Letlapa Mphahlele

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Letlapa Mphahlele (b. 8 Dec 1960) is a member of the National Assembly of South Africa who represents the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania.^[1]

Exile

Mphahlele left for exile in Botswana in August 1978. Upon his arrival, he joined the Pan Africanist Congress. Here, he decided to join the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). As a refugee in Botswana, he was sent by the Botswana Government to the Dukwe Refugee Camp, and from there left for Tanzania, and then Guinea, where he underwent military training.

Returning to Botswana on an Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) assignment, he was expelled from the country and crossed the border to Zimbabwe, where he was detained as an illegal immigrant. After being released, he was appointed by the PAC as Chief representative to Uganda, but Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni turned down his appointment in favour of an old colleague. He was then appointed to APLA's high command, where he helped orchestrate several high profile attacks against whites in South Africa, stating that he "regarded all whites as legitimate targets as they were complicit in the government's policy of apartheid". Still based in Zimbabwe, he was responsible for couriering arms from Botswana to South Africa, but was arrested in Botswana and sentenced to five years imprisonment. Ignored by the PAC and forced to rely upon African National Congress members for food and supplies, he embarked on a hunger strike and was visited by then PAC-president Zephania Mothopeng.

Political career

He was elected leader of the PAC in September 2006, and reelected unopposed in July 2008.^[2]

Under his leadership, the PAC suffered numerous splits,^[3] a rebellion by its youth wing, PAYCO,^[4] and lost two of its three seats in the 2009 general election.

He was expelled from the party in May 2013 on charges of financial impropriety, bringing the party into disrepute, and not steering the party in the right direction, and the decision was ratified in August 2013.^[5]

Books

Mphahlele has written two books:^[2]

Child of this Soil: My life as a freedom fighter (2002)
Matlalela: The flood is coming

Films

Beyond Forgiving - Beyond Forgiving - Mphahlele to visit UK in May 2014

References

↑ http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/governence-projects/organisations/pac/pac-frameset.htm
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Letlapa Mphahlele". SA History. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
↑ "PAC to split again over 'power-grab'". Mail and Guardia. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
↑ "PAC youth congress rebels against party leader". Mail and Guardian. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
↑ "PAC conference endorses Mphahlele's expulsion". Mail and Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2013.

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