Chairperson, Nelson Mandela had this to say about the ANC and the struggle:
The ideological creed of the ANC is, and always has been, the creed of African Nationalism. ... The African Nationalism for which the ANC stands is the concept of freedom and fulfilment for the African people in their own land.
The realisation of the Freedom Charter would open up fresh fields for a prosperous African population of all classes, including the middle class. It calls for redistribution, including of monopoly industry, because big monopolies are owned by one race only, and without redistribution of the economy, racial domination will be perpetuated, despite the struggle for political power. [Interjections.]