The Freedom Charter must be implemented in its entirety, not just one clause, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Friday. "We are the upholders of the Freedom Charter in its entirety," he said delivering the inaugural Violet Seboni memorial lecture at the Johannesburg City Hall.
The ANC Youth League has based its argument for the nationalisation of mines on a clause in the Freedom Charter. ANC alliance partner Cosatu has also come out in support of nationalisation of mines, also using the Freedom Charter as its basis.
Mantashe said the clause on mineral wealth was not the only clause in the charter. The charter is a document drawn up by the ANC during the apartheid era setting out the goals and aspirations of a democratic society. It formed the reference point for the country's Bill of Rights and Constitution.
