PAC 50th Anniversary
On 6 April 2009, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) celebrates it 50th anniversary. The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), which was later called the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, was a South African liberation movement that later became a political party. The PAC remains an active party, with Letlapa Mphahlele as its current president.
The PAC was founded in 1959 after a number of members broke away from the African National Congress (ANC) because of various ideological and theoretical differences. Robert Sobukwe, a charismatic and intellectual leader, was elected as the first president at the founding conference held in April 1959 in Johannesburg... more
Profiles:
- Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
- Potlako Leballo
- Philip Kgosana
- Zephania Mothopeng
- Vusumuzi Make
- John Pokela
- Nana Mahomo
- Peter Molotsi
- Peter Raboroko
- Gora Ebrahim
- Benny Alexander (aka !Khoisan X)
- Motsoko Pheko
- This list is not complete