congress of the people and freedom charter
«Coming as it does on the 40th anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Vadi's history of the Congress of the people is timely and most welcome. I must commend him on a magnificent effort and I strongly recommend that the book be widely read. - Walter Sisulu, May 1995.»
The congress of the people - where the freedom charter was formally approved by several thousand delegates - was held over the weekend of 25-26 June 1955 in an open field in Kliptown, south of Johannesburg. Les mer
This was followed by the presentation of the Isitwalandwe - an honour of a bird feather conferred on distinguished sons of the Xhosa people - to Chief Albert Luthuli, Dr Yusuf Dadoo and Father Trevor Huddleston "in recognition of their work to build a better life in our country, founded upon democracy and equality". After this each clause of the Freedom Charter was motivated by various speakers as listed below; limited discussion and comments were elicited from the delegates, and the clause was adopted by a show of hands: Preamble of the Freedom Charter - Alfred Hutchinson; The people shall govern - NT Naicker; All national groups shall have equal rights - Dr Letele; The people shall share in the country's wealth - Ben Turok; The land shall be shared amongst those who work it - TE Tshunungwa; All shall be equal before the law - Dr A Sader; All shall enjoy equal human rights - Sonya Bunting; There shall be work and security - Leslie Masina; The doors of learning and culture shall be opened - Es'kia Mphahlele.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Fanele
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781928232124
- Utgivelsesår
- 2016
- Format
- 21 x 15 cm
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«Coming as it does on the 40th anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Vadi's history of the Congress of the people is timely and most welcome. I must commend him on a magnificent effort and I strongly recommend that the book be widely read. - Walter Sisulu, May 1995.»