Today in Kimberley's History
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ANC adopts motion to hold a Congress of the People to draw up the Freedom Charter - 1953
At the annual conference of the ANC (Cape) held in Craddock on 15th and 16th August 1953, Kimberley-born Prof ZK Matthews proposed that a radically inclusive national convention be held to draw up a democratic Freedom Charter. The ANC supported the call for a Congress of the People and the resolution was adopted at their National Conference in Queenstown in December 1953. The Congress of the People took place in Kliptown on the 25th and 26th June 1955, attended by more than 3,000 delegates from across South Africa. The Congress ended with the historic adoption of the Freedom Charter.
At the annual conference of the ANC (Cape) held in Craddock on 15th and 16th August 1953, Kimberley-born Prof ZK Matthews proposed that a radically inclusive national convention be held to draw up a democratic Freedom Charter. The ANC supported the call for a Congress of the People and the resolution was adopted at their National Conference in Queenstown in December 1953. The Congress of the People took place in Kliptown on the 25th and 26th June 1955, attended by more than 3,000 delegates from across South Africa. The Congress ended with the historic adoption of the Freedom Charter.
