{"id":23,"count":1,"description":"<strong>In 1994 the South African regime transformed from  a racially based oppressive one to a democratically elected inclusive  government. \u00a0Described as a miracle, it was built on challenging  negotiations among the various interest groups. This was nonviolence in  action largely driven by the African National Congress and its  formidable leadership, led by Nelson Mandela.<\/strong>\r\n<strong><\/strong>\r\n<strong>The African National Congress was established in  1912 by leaders such as Dr John Dube and others, advocating nonviolence  as the dominant strategy to bring about change in the country of their  birth. \u00a0The ANC followed this path through its nonviolent mass action in  the country and through the anti-apartheid movement set up  internationally.<\/strong>\r\n<strong><\/strong>\r\n<strong>Civil society in many countries of the world has  begun to organise for effective change through nonviolent action. \u00a0  Many who resorted to violent actions have laid down their weapons and  are opting for nonviolence. \u00a0 Religious communities have reiterated the  compassion, peace, equity, respect and love message of their scriptures.  \u00a0As the miseries caused by environmental problems begin to dominate the  lives of people throughout the world, hope is now built on the  philosophy and action based on nonviolence. \u00a0 The legacy of nonviolence  established by Gandhi, King, and Luthuli is now more relevant than ever.<\/strong>\r\n<strong><\/strong>\r\n<strong>This conference aims to address these issues by building on that legacy internationally.<\/strong>\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0","link":"https:\/\/www.gdt.org.za\/word\/category\/conference\/conference-conference\/","name":"Conference","slug":"conference-conference","taxonomy":"category","parent":7,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdt.org.za\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdt.org.za\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdt.org.za\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdt.org.za\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/7"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdt.org.za\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}