They had been incarcerated for upholding and fighting for the achievement of a society based on the democratic values enshrined in the Freedom Charter. Their crime had been to assert that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of the people. That beacon of hope, the Freedom Charter, still remains one of the most famous documents in the history of the freedom struggle. The aspirations contained therein, including peace, security and comfort, define the tasks that we, today's generation, must accomplish.