JOHANNESBURG - Seventy years ago, forward thinking South Africans from across the country gathered in Kliptown to adopt the Freedom Charter, a document that laid the foundation for the country’s future democratic vision.
South Africa belongs to all who live in it black and white – the document declared.
Some of the ideals have largely been achieved like universal suffrage that led to the democratic era and equality before the law.
But things like quality education for all are still out of reach given South Africa’s education standards.
Retired Constitutional Court Judge Albie Sachs, who was present in 1955 when the Charter was signed shared his memory of the historical day.