24. The ANC Wanted to Establish Democracy in South Africa
The South African Native National Congress delegation to England, June 1914. Left to right: Thomas Mapike, Rev. Walter Rubusana, Rev. John Dube, Saul Msane, and Sol Plaatjie. They attempted to get the British to intervene against the Land Act, but WWI broke out. Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain.
The ANC was formed in 1912 with the goal of extending voting rights to blacks in South Africa. With independence from Britain and the formal implementation of the apartheid government, that goal became the ending of apartheid and establishment of equal rights for all citizens of South Africa.
