PAC will not go quietly as IEC disallows it from taking part in municipal elections
An internal revolt over who is the rightful leader of the Pan Africanist Congress has taken its toll, resulting in the party splitting into two factions THE Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) is challenging the decision by the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) to disallow the party from contesting the forthcoming municipal elections.This was after the party reportedly failed to comply with the IEC’s participation requirements.The PAC is now a mere shadow of its former self. An internal revolt over who was the rightful leader has taken its toll, resulting in the party splitting into two factions.Squabbles over the August municipal polls are just the latest of a long-drawn factional fight that has paralysed the party, founded by an Africanist group under Robert Sobukwe, which broke away from the ANC in 1959.In April, the High Court in Pretoria reportedly ordered that Luthando Mbinda be recognised as the leader of the PAC.The IEC had asked the PAC to present a court order confirmin...
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