Atlantic Charter
The 28 member Committee met at Bloemfontein and deliberated on the Atlantic Charter on Monday and Tuesday, December 13 and 14, 1943. The Committee elected Mr. Z.K. Matthews as Chairman and Mr. L.T. Mtimkulu as Secretary, and a Sub-Committee consisting of Messrs. S.B. Ngcobo, M.L. Kabane, and J.M. Nhlapo, with the chairman and the secretary as ex officio members, to draft the findings of the Atlantic Charter Committee. The main task of the committee was to (1) consider and interpret the Atlantic Charter, and (2) formulate the Bill of Rights. Their findings were unanimously adopted by the Annual Conference of the African National Congress at Bloemfontein, on the 16th of December, 1943.