the freedom charter contains the vision that steers the anc led government’s effort towards the creation of a society based on democratic values social justice and fundamental human rights the constitution also stresses the principles of accountability transparency and openness we never saw these before nineteen ninety four i_letter m sorry to say before things were swept under the carpet you would hardly hear anything about what was happening from the government’s side but because of the anc’s policies and principles and a vision that we must make sure that we are transparent people can also raise their views we are much better off now