Answer to Question #259970 in Sociology for NEO

Question

In your opinion, what do you think is the role of the Freedom Charter in South African politics currently?

Answer 1

The main issues that the Freedom Charter addresses are the following: the right of people to govern themselves; equality of all races; sharing in the country’s wealth; access to land by all; equality before the law; equal human rights; the right to work; education for all; housing for all; and peaceful co-existence with other countries. All these principles are topical issues in present-day South Africa. Considering the fundamental changes of the last two decades, one could say that some of the issues addressed in the Freedom Charter have to a very large extent been achieved.

The Freedom Charter sustains political activity in the curbing of the Defiance Campaign and to develop and strengthen political organization by broadening the geographical and social bases of the liberation movement and raising the political consciousness of the masses by offering a vision of an alternative social order.