Values and Principles
We stand together with all South Africans who share a community of values embodied by these words: freedom, fairness, opportunity and diversity.
In particular, we believe:
South Africa
- South Africa is a special country because of our people and must take our rightful place among the great nations of the world;
- Ours is not yet the fair society envisioned in the Constitution. Our historic mission is to establish, for the first time in our history, a fair society which will enable the South African people to unleash their talents and ingenuity so that they can realise their full potential. We call this the Open, Opportunity Society For All;
- The inalienable rights of every South African are recorded in the Bill of Rights;
- The Bill of Rights is a victory over South Africa’s unjust past. Apartheid was an evil system which denied generations of South African citizens the freedom, rights and opportunities to improve their lives and fulfil their potential. South Africans, working individually and collectively through many different organisations, freed themselves when they defeated the system of Apartheid;
- The injustices suffered by previous generations harm those who follow. The effects of the past are therefore still felt by many born after 1994;
- We cannot undo the past, but as a nation we have a duty to redress any disadvantages caused by our past, so that all South Africans may make equal use of their opportunities;
- A prosperous future for South Africa can only be assured when every South African child receives a quality education, and when all adults have sufficient skills for dignified employment.
