South Africa, look to the Freedom Charter – The Mail & Guardian

South Africa, look to the Freedom Charter – The Mail & Guardian

In the dusty heart of Kliptown on the outskirts of apartheid-era Johannesburg, a bold and unprecedented gathering took place on 26 June 1955 — an audacious act of defiance that would echo through the decades of struggle to come. Under threat of state surveillance and repression, thousands of delegates assembled to give birth to a revolutionary vision: the Freedom Charter — a political blueprint that challenged colonial domination and apartheid a…