Pan Africanist Congress of Azania
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | |
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| Abbreviation | PAC |
| President | Mzwanele Nyhontso |
| Secretary-General | Apa Pooe |
| Deputy | Victor Serakalala |
| Founder | Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe |
| Founded | 6 April 1959 |
| Split from | African National Congress |
| Headquarters | Khotso House, 7th Floor, Office 725-731, 62 Marshal Street Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Student wing | Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania |
| Youth wing | Pan Africanist Youth Congress of Azania |
| Women's wing | Pan Africanist Women's Organisation |
| Paramilitary wing | Azanian People's Liberation Army (POQO) (formerly) (integrated into SANDF) |
| High school wing | Pan Africanist Student Organization (PASO) |
| Pupil wing | Pan Africanist Student Organization (PASO) |
| Ideology | Black nationalism Pan-Africanism African socialism Anti-communism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Progressive Caucus (2024) |
| Colours | Black Green Gold |
| Slogan | Izwe Lethu!! Our Land!! |
| National Assembly | 1 / 400 |
| National Council of Provinces | 0 / 90 |
| Pan-African Parliament | 0 / 5 |
| Cape Town City Council | 1 / 231 |
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The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, often shortened to the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), is a South African pan-Africanist national liberation movement that is now a political party. It was founded by an Africanist group, led by Robert Sobukwe, that broke away from the African National Congress (ANC) in 1959, as the PAC objected to the ANC's theory that "the land belongs to all who live in it both white and black" and also rejected a multiracialist worldview, instead advocating a South Africa based on African nationalism.