Provinces such as Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape, North West and Gauteng have held party meetings to discuss nominations for the conference and have all endorsed his re-election.

But other PAC structures, the PAC Youth Congress (Payco), Pan Africanist Student Movement and some elements within the Apla Military Veterans Association (MVA), are vehemently opposed to Mphahlele being retained. A faction within Apla MVA is lobbying for Raymond Fihla to contest the presidency.

Party spokesman Mudini Maivha said nominations had not been opened, and he warned provincial leaders from making public announcements about their preferences. "We are at a stage where our structures can only discuss names, but nominations are not opened yet," he said.

PAC secretary general in Mpumalanga, Nkoto Maoka, said the party had already finalised whom they preferred for the presidential position. "Our branches have nominated Mphahlele as president ... this weekend we are going to finalise our list for the entire leadership.

"There is no need to change Mphahlele as the president. He has united the party and his vision will change the fortunes of the PAC," Maoka said.

Eastern Cape chairman Mzwanele Nyhotso said the province felt that Mphahlele should be given a chance to lead as he had spent most of the time in office uniting the fractured party.

But Payco has called for the establishment of an inclusive committee to organise a "credible" congress.

"The PAC must hold an all-inclusive congress to bring an end to the ongoing leadership paralysis," said Payco secretary-general Lucky Khoza.

"It is clear that Letlapa alone cannot be trusted with the mammoth task of organising a proper congress of the PAC," he said.

Khoza accused Mphahlele of previously suspending the constitution of the party to extend his stay in office.

But Maivha said Mphahlele was empowered by the PAC constitution to rule by decree.

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Apr 19, 2012

Papage

Are the liberation movement contributing anything to building SA? I think they are just there for nothing, ANC is comicing about the lives of people and they do nothing, PAC is dead.
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Apr 19, 2012

ngutha

..will the Real PAC make a come-back. SA desperately needs some pan-africanism flavour in our politics.
Hamba tenderpreneurship hamba!!!

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Apr 19, 2012

kuyozekubenini

While Crd Mphahlela has good credentials and a track record of bringing an amount of unity within the party,he still has to prove to the world that the PAC has more to live for than just the notion of leadership problems from the times of P.Leballo.Let the party be build upon concrete and solid principles based on the vission of the first founding president Crd Robert Mangaliso ka-Sobukwe.The challenges are such that members must strive to salvage the vanguard liberation movement from impirialist sabotage that seek to distroy us and offcause not forgeting our own kith and kin that also seek our death whilest using our political language to confuse the african masses.Leaders must not only come from our military veterans but we should also look deep into our political kitty and be able to come up with credible leaders to take the organisation to the next level.

Fuctionalism should not dictate our way forward so that we are people driven based on good political standing and a clear knowledge of party principles and also be worry of doing so without loosing sight of who and where we cometh from.The PAC basic documents must be our guardian and make us custodians of AFRICAN NATIONALISM and the bigger picture here is helping the layman to understand why we have chosen the path that was followed by Patrice LUMUMBA ,NAMDI AZIKIWE,KWAME NKRUMA and Sokou Ture to name but a few.

IZWE-LETHU I-AFRIKA
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Apr 19, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

Good luck with their Azanian Policies!!!!!!!!!
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Apr 19, 2012

manga2

The ANC branches hold their regular meetings in community halls. The PAC holds their national elective conference in a school classroom. Kunzima.
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Apr 19, 2012

kuyozekubenini

The future of the PAC is clouded by raging storms of western impirialism and their headed for the total distruction of you and me.But it is not too late to save us for Africanism must triumph like good over evil.The slavemaster and the masters slave are on our way to total liberation therefore IMAMBA NE GAMBA ziya fana ngoba zinyoka zonke.Soze uthi u zao bulala i gamba ngale u shiye imaba ngaphaya.The captured leadership will continue to stand on our way and we are aware of this but we refuse to believe that my brother can not become my enemy when the bait is perfect.

It is time to fight tirelessly to unite ourselves by whatever means at our disposal and become vigilant when dealing with the new enemy who has notably begotten my brother.At the hight of the struggle we allways said that the ANC was not our enemy but they have proven to us otherwise and made us realise that we are on our own.They have joined the ranks of the enemy and as such this had become the battle of a people amongst themselves and so it shall seem.
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Apr 19, 2012

Toivo

I think its noble cause died with its founding members. Robert Sobukhwe (if you take off your ANC glasses when analysing him & the PAC's ideology) together with Steve Biko's insights were probable the best for the opressed black man in this country.
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Apr 19, 2012

Idohl

Manga you know as well as I do that the ANC has all monies to book halls and everything, other parties are surviving from the leftovers of the greedy ANC. Atleast they are not folding their arms. I just beg Payco, MVA and others to use their brains for the sake of unity in their party. It is high time we have strong opposition parties. Why can't they leave the man un-opposed? The guy is trying to unify for Pete,s sake. Unity first.
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Apr 19, 2012

SabeloPhama

Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being.
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Apr 20, 2012

Sirhe

To Manga2. Your utterances are very childish and do not add value to the debate. You know who controls the coffers of this country, anyway your statement is not true, it is intended to humiliate and demean the PAC. You will not succeed.

The PAC has a rich history of liberation. It contributed immensely to the liberation of this country. I call on all our supporters to join hands and uplift the PAC by unitng and make sacrifices for the sake of unity. This will ultimately give confidence to our people who want to vote PAC.

Izwe lethu

Poqo
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