Potlako Leballo
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Potlkako Leballo (died 1986) was an Africanist who led the Pan Africanist Congress until 1979.
Leballo was co-founder of the Basutoland African Congress in 1952 and a World War Two veteran.
Leballo was active in the African National Congress Youth League until he and other radical leaders including Robert Sobukwe were expelled from the ANC and went on to form the PAC, a more radical Africanist movement.[1]
After the anti-pass campaign and the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, Leballo was sentenced to prison for incitement, and on his release in 1962 moved to Basutoland (now Lesotho), where he helped re-establish the PAC.
His leadership included the formation of the extremist Poqo military wing of the PAC, later to become the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA). He was repeatedly challenged for the PAC leadership but held on until he was effectively sidelined in 1978.[2]
In the 1970's Leballo facilitated the Libyan training of the Lesotho Liberation Army (LLA). He died in 1986.
[edit] References
- ^ The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania: A viable alternative or a flat spare-tyre?. ANC (1998).
- ^ PAC - Pan African Congress of Azania. About South Africa.
| Preceded by Robert Sobukwe |
Chairman of the Pan Africanist Congress 1962-1979 |
Succeeded by Vusumzi Make |
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