It was a tradition in the ANC that a congregation of the ANC for any purpose be formally organized. Thus they congregated to construct a school in Mazimbu in 1977; a village situated 5km away from a town of Morogoro, Southeast of Tanzania, about 200km from the capital Dar-es-Salaam, a motion was taken to have classes organized for educational purposes. There was a need to establish a formal organization to enable the people who had left South Africa under various reasons to uplift their standard of education. The parents who were illiterate had had also opportunities to learn, read and write like anybody else's. The Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO), the ANC School, became a place where this objective could be realized. As result in addition to other education divisions: Day Care Centre, Nursery, and Secondary, Adult Education became one of College's components. Like in any society where people are faced with a new environment, SOMAFCO was no Exception.

In the early 80s the planners of the College were faced with new problems in putting the College to meet all requirements of education divisions. There were lack of qualified staff both in construction and teaching, teaching materials, non-concentration and execution of assignments by learners. The situation got improved when some of the ANC officials took bolt steps to minimize the problems. The names were: Mr. Dennis (School Building Project Manager), W.Njobe and H.Makgothi (Principal and Commissar), M.Msimang (Education officer), A.Masondo (National Commissar) and the assistance of the Tanzanian Director of Education. As a result of the intervention of these officials some improvements were made. Scholarships were offered pertaining to construction, staff training programmes took place; Collaboration with Tanzanian Adult Education Centre was established, and the drive for recruitment for contructors and teachers gained momentum. Thus, the teaching programme commenced on the 15th September 1980. Consequently, year after another, the situation at the College was improving for the better. .

The Adult Education Division had had profound objectives. Among others it concerned itself with functional literacy while the ANC stressed for the concept of continuing education, which implies that all adults should be given the opportunity of developing themselves, understanding the world and heightening their political consciousness. As a result the followings were highlighted: (a) to enable comrades to read and write propaganda material; (b) to enable comrades to compile a report; (c) to enable comrades to do basic calculations, computations and geometry to facilitate training; (d) to teach as many African languages as possible, including Afrikaans, although the medium of instruction was English from quite early on.

When the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College officially closed down 1992, and taken over by the Tanzanian government, most adults who came to the College illiterate were able to read and write. It was due to the commitment and efforts of the ANC that its education programme enabled both young and old to uplift themselves and to play a significant role in their communities.