The State

(A) South Africa shall be an independent, unitary, democratic and non-racial state.

(B) Sovereignty shall belong to the people as a whole and shall be exercised through one central legislature, executive, judiciary and administration. Provision shall be delegation of the powers of the central authority to subordinate re units for purposes of more efficient administration and democratic participation.

(C) The institution of hereditary rulers and chiefs shall be transformed to serve the interest of the people as a whole in conformity with the democratic principles embodied in the constitution.

(D) All organs of government, including justice, security and armed forces, shall be representative of the people as a whole, democratic in their structure and functioning, and dedicated to defending the principles of the constitution.

Franchise

(E) In the exercise of their sovereignty, the people shall have the right to vote under a system of universal suffrage based on the principle of one-person one vote.

(F) Every voter shall have the right to stand for election and to be elected to all legislative bodies.

National Identity

(G) It shall be state policy to promote the growth of a single national identity and loyalty binding on all South Africans. At the same time, the state shall recognise the id cultural diversity of the people and provide facilities for tree linguistic development.

Bill of Rights and Affirmative Action

(H) The Constitution shall include a Bill of Rights based on the Freedom Charter. Such a Bill Rights shall guarantee the fundamental human rights of all citizens, irrespective of race, colour, sex or creed, and shall provide appropriate mechanisms for their protection and enforcement.

(I) The state and all social institutions shall be under constitutional duty to eradicate race discrimination in all its forms.

(J) The state and all social institutions shall be under a constitutional duty to take active steps to eradicate, speedily, the economic and social inequalities produced by racial discrimination.

(K) The advocacy or practice of racism, fascism, Nazism or the incitement of ethnic or regional exclusiveness or hatred shall be outlawed.

(L) Subject to clauses (I) and (K) above, the democratic state shall guarantee the basic rights and freedoms, such as freedom of association, thought, worship and the press.

Furthermore, the state shall have the duty to protect the right to work and guarantee the right to education and social security.

(M) All parties which conform to the provision of (I) to (K) above shall have the legal right to exist and to take part in the political life of the country.

Economy

(N) The state shall ensure that the entire economy serves the interests and well being of the entire population.

(0) The state shall have the right to determine the general context in which economic life takes place and define and limit the rights and obligations attaching to the ownership and use of productive capacity.

(P) The private sector of the economy shall be obliged to cooperate with the state in realising the objectives of the Freedom Charter in promoting social well being.

(Q) The economy shall be a mixed one, with a public sector, a private sector, a cooperative sector and a small-scale family sector.

(R) Co-operative forms of economic enterprise; village industries and small-scale family activities shall be supported by the state.

(S) The state shall promote the acquisition of management, technical and scientific skills among all sections of the population, especially the blacks. (T) Property for personal use and consumption shall be constitutionally protected.

Land

(U) The state shall devise and implement a land reform programme that will include and address the following issues:

Abolition of all racial restrictions on ownership and use of land.

Implementation of land reform in conformity with the principle of affirmative action, taking into account the status of victims of forced removals.

Workers

(V) A character protecting workers' trade union rights, especially the right to strike and collective bargaining, shall be incorporated into the constitution.

Women

(W) Women shall have equal rights in all spheres of public and private life and states shall takes the affirmative action to eliminate inequalities and discrimination between the sexes.

The Family

(X) The Family, parenthood and children’s' rights shall be protected.

International

(Y) South Africa shall be a non-aligned state committed to the principles of the OAU and the Charter of the UN and to the achievement of national rid peace and disarmament.

Adopted by the National Executive of the ANC, 1988