Motlanthe calls for leaders to forge citizenry unity:Wednesday 24 June 2015. Kgalema Motlanthe says what the Freedom Charter envisaged is not reflective today(SABC) Former Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe, says it is the responsibility of leaders in government to forge a sense of belonging and unity amongst citizens.
Motlanthe was speaking at an event to mark the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Charter in Johannesburg. He says while the document stipulates that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, it is not reflective of what the Freedom Charter envisaged. The Charter was officially adopted on June 26 in 1955 at a Congress of the People in Kliptown, attended by roughly 3 000 delegates. Motlanthe says those tasked with the responsibility to bring about social change and lead the nation to a clearly defined moral vision cannot afford to falter.
Youth debate relevance of Freedom Charter :Monday 15 June 2015. ANC urges govt to uphold the Freedom Charter values. One original signed copies of the Freedom Charter go on public view. Goals of Freedom Charter not achieved: Kathrada:Saturday 30 May 2015. Ahmed Kathrada says there are a number of challenges facing the country, among those are inequalities, youth unemployment and poverty.
(SABC) Struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada says despite the strides made since the democratic dispensation, the full attainment of the goals of the Freedom Charter have not been achieved. He says this is underscored by poverty, inequality and unemployment. He was addressing a Social Cohesion Summit in Richards Bay on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast. "We are Africa" is a recently coined theme for the summit aimed at fostering tolerance in the country after the xenophobic attacks. About seven people were killed and several others were displaced during attacks on foreign nationals in KwaZulu-Natal.
Kathrada says there are a number of challenges facing the country, among those are inequalities, youth unemployment and poverty. He says this makes it impossible to realise the Freedom Charter. Mbete says South Africans still lag behind in learning about other nations. The Freedom Charter continues to guide post-democratic SA: Ramaphosa. Freedom Charter remains basis of all ANC policies: Mkhize:Monday 2 February 2015. The rally was part of the ruling party's platform to garner support ahead of next year's municipal elections.
(SABC) African National Congress (ANC) Treasurer-General Zweli Mkhize has defended the ruling party from people who accuse it of having abandoned the Freedom Charter. He was addressing the party's 103rd anniversary celebrations rally in Nkandla - President Jacob Zuma's home town. The rally was also part of the ruling party's platform to garner support ahead of next year's municipal elections. It says reclaiming the Nkandla municipality from the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) will be one of its priorities during next year's municipal elections. ANC National Executive Committee members Nomvula Monkonyane and Pule Mabe were among those who attended the rally. ANC should re-dedicate itself to core values: Zuma:Saturday 10 January 2015. President Jacob Zuma is delivering the January 8 statement in Cape Town.
(SABC) President Jacob Zuma has asked the party re-dedicate themselves to the core values of the African National Congress (ANC), which include discipline, selflessness, and constructive criticism. Celebrating the Freedom Charter in a time of adversity:Friday 9 January 2015. Susan Booysen is professor at the Wits School of Governance and author of The ANC and the Regeneration of Political Power, Wits Press.
(OPINION: Susan Booysen, Professor at the Wits School of Governance) The African National Congress (ANC) this week used celebration cleverly as the entrance into its 2016 local election campaign. It anchored the week’s 103rd birthday celebrations in what it presented as a renewed assault to ‘liberate’ the Western Cape – to try and wrest control away from ‘apartheid enemy relic Number One’, the Democratic Alliance (DA). It was optimistic to imagine that South Africans can suspend disbelief and hold that it is liberation struggle all over again, albeit this time around with the focus on the last outpost that the ANC still needs to reconquer. Mobilisation against an enemy is what the ANC party politically does best. Many citizens have not abandoned the association between white faces in opposition parties and the apartheid past, sometimes with good reason.
ANC use its 103rd anniversary to reclaim the Freedom Charter. Freedom Charter endorsed in SA constitution: Mkhize. NDP is similar to the Freedom Charter: Ramaphosa.