The Reconstruction and Development Programme: A Policy Framework

(Johannesburg: Umanyano Publication, for African National Congress, 1994) 0958383413. 245 x 168 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (x) + 147. Wrappers very slightly rubbed; gift inscription to half-title. Very good condition. "This document - The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) - is the end of one process and the beginning of another. The document is the result of many months of consultation within the ANC, its Alliance partners and other mass organisations in the wider civil society. This consultation has resulted in the policy framework contained in this document. The process now underway is that of developing the detailed policy and legislative programme necessary to implement the RDP. In preparing the document, and in taking it forward, we are building on the tradition of the Freedom Charter. In 1955, we actively involved people and their organisations in articulating their needs and aspirations. Once again we have consulted widely. However, in 1994 we are about to assume the responsibilities of government and must go beyond the Charter to an actual programme of government. This RDP document is a vital step in that process." - From the Preface by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. .