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Citizens Corner: 70 years of the Freedom Charter as a result of active citizenry


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Tomorrow (26 June) marks the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Freedom Charter. It was on this day in 1955 where South Africans of all race groups gathered in what is know as the Congress of the People in Kliptown to discuss the sort of future country they would like to see. They drew up and adopted the Freedom Charter, a document that outlined their vision of a non-racial and democratic South Africa which also called for rights, equality before the law, political rights and access to education to name a few. The document later influenced the country's constitution. Leon Levy was a trade unionist who was there on that day and gives us a glimpse of how the meeting went and what was achieved... 

Guest: Rachel Bukasa - Executive Director at Black Sash

Guest: Zwelinzima Vavi - General Secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Union

Guest: Omar Badsha - CEO of SA History Online

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