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The meeting in 1955 was broken up by police on the second day, although by then the charter had been read in full. the famous Nelson Mandela escaped this meeting under the Disguise of a Milkman , because at that time his was restricted by banning orders, which limited his movement and who he could talk to. The charter was drafted by Z.K. Mathews , Lionel 'Rusty' Bernstein and others of the South African Communist Party (Obituary, '' The Times '', London, 27 June 2002 ). The document is notable for its demand for and commitment to a non-racial South Africa, and this has remained the platform of the ANC, in contrast to the Africanist position of the Pan Africanist Congress ; the charter also contains calls for Democracy and Human Rights , Land Reform , Labour Rights , and Nationalization . Arguably, when the ANC came to power in May 1994 , the new Constitution Of South Africa was based on this document. EXTERNAL LINK |
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