The Continent on Nostr: In 1955, more than 3,000 people gathered in the central square in Kliptown, in ...

In 1955, more than 3,000 people gathered in the central square in Kliptown, in defiance of the apartheid government. Over two days, they listened as speakers read out what became known as the Freedom Charter: a manifesto for a democratic, non-racial, equitable South Africa. Today the national heritage site lies in ruins. https://open.substack.com/pub/continent/p/dereliction-of-duty