We must find different people to implement Freedom Charter: Boesak

Deputy President Paul Mashatile and other government leaders at the Freedom Charter Monument in Kliptown, Soweto on June 6, 202.

South African cleric and anti-apartheid activist, Reverend Allan Boesak, has described the Freedom Charter as one of the most important political documents of the 20th century, whose principles should be implemented by the new generation.

Yesterday marked 70 years since the adoption of the Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown, Soweto.

It is a foundational document of the country’s democracy that outlines a vision for a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic society.

Boesak says the task that lies ahead of the current generation is to implement its values and principles.

He says, “Those of us who remember must make sure that this is the task of this generation, how do we reclaim the Freedom Charter and its values and its meaning? How do we put that into practice in South Africa? That means that we have to find different people to implement the Freedom Charter because those who are in charge now have no idea what the Freedom Charter is all about and they do not want to have an idea what the Freedom Charter is all about.”