ANC 8 January statement: It’s 2015 and back to the future

At 103 the ANC, the oldest liberation movement on the continent, has much to celebrate but in this crucial year - with declining support, cracks in the alliance and a president seemingly perpetually ducking dark clouds of alleged impropriety - the ruling party is strategically going backwards in order to go forwards. On Wednesday, Secretary General Gwede Mantashe announced that 2015 would be the year of "reclaiming" the Freedom Charter. Um, okay, but what about 2030 and the NDP? By MARIANNE THAMM.