Formation Of The PAC

Question 1

How did the PAC form

Answer 1

In the 1950s, people continued to resist apartheid, but still without using violence. Protests were met with repression - banning, arrests, stricter laws and police violence.

The ‘Africanist’ members of the ANC decided to break away, and on 6 April 1959 the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) was formed.

Question 2

Who who’s as the 1st present any of the PAC

Answer 2

Robert Sobukwe

Question 3

Did the PAC allow non African organizations work with them

Why ??

Answer 3

No The PAC believed that the struggle against apartheid was an African struggle. They did not want to work with organisations which were non African and with organisations that were white.

Question 4

Was the PAC racist because of the fact that they didn’t want white organizations to work with them

Answer 4

The PAC was not racist, they believed that white people had too much to lose to be reliable allies