Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River,which forms the province's western and northern borders. The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane,while the provincial legislature is situated in Lebowakgomo.
The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania is a South African national liberation Pan-Africanist movement that is now a political party. It was founded by an Africanist group,led by Robert Sobukwe,that broke away from the African National Congress (ANC) in 1959,as the PAC objected to the ANC's "the land belongs to all who live in it both white and black" and also rejected a multiracialist worldview,instead advocating a South Africa based on African nationalism.
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe OMSG was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and founding member of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC),serving as the first president of the organization.
The Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) is a South African liberation movement and political party. The organisation's two student wings are the Azanian Students' Movement (AZASM) for high school learners and the other being for university level students called the Azanian Students' Convention (AZASCO),its women's wing is Imbeleko Women's Organisation,simply known as IMBELEKO. Its inspiration is drawn from the Black Consciousness Movement inspired philosophy of Black Consciousness developed by Steve Biko,Harry Nengwekhulu,Abram Onkgopotse Tiro,Vuyelwa Mashalaba and others,as well as Marxist Scientific Socialism.
The African People's Socialist Party (APSP) is a pan-Africanist political party and organization working towards reparations for slavery in the United States,identifying ideologically with African internationalism and African socialism. The party was create in May 1972 by the merger of three black power organizations based in Florida and Kentucky. Omali Yeshitela has been chairman of the APSP since 1972. The APSP leads its sister organization,the Uhuru Movement. Uhuru,pronounced,is Swahili for "freedom".
Pan Africanist Youth Congress (PAYCO) is the youth wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in South Africa. Eastern Cape Launched the first PAYCO Regional Congress under the RTT Leadership led by Comrade Luvo Nkwenkwe.
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) is the youth wing of the African National Congress (ANC). As set out in its constitution,the ANC Youth League is led by a National Executive Committee (NEC) and a National Working Committee (NWC).
The University of Venda is a South African comprehensive rural-based institution,located in Thohoyandou in Limpopo province. It was established in 1982 under the then Republic of Venda government.
The Venḓa are a Bantu people native to Southern Africa living mostly near the South African-Zimbabwean border. The Venda language arose from interactions with Sotho-Tswana and Kalanga initiates during the 15th century in Zimbabwe.
Lebowakgomo is the seat of the Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality and was the capital of the former Bantustan of Lebowa. Lebowakgomo lies 45 km (28 mi) southeast of the Limpopo capital of Polokwane. The majority of Lebowakgomo's inhabitants speak SePedi.
The African People's Convention is a South African political party formed by Themba Godi,former deputy leader of the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) via floor-crossing legislation,on 4 September 2007. Godi defected along with the PAC's only two provincial representatives,Eastern Cape MPL Zingisa Mkabile and Gauteng MPL Malesela Ledwaba. Godi is the current leader of the APC. The party retained its seat in the National Assembly in the 2009 elections,although it lost both of its representatives in the provincial legislatures of Gauteng and Eastern Cape.
Letlapa Mphahlele is a member of the National Assembly of South Africa who represents the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania. He is from Manaleng in the Northern Cape Province.
Sbusiso Xaba is the national chairman of Pan Africanist Congress of Azania from 2019. He was elected in PAC Mangaung National Congress and re-elected in 2022 Polokwane Congress.
Khoisan X,formerly Benny Alexander,was a South African political activist born in Kimberley,South Africa.
The Uhuru Movement is an American socialist,Pan-Africanist movement founded in 1972 and led by the African People's Socialist Party (APSP),whose chairman is Omali Yeshitela. It is centered on the theory of African internationalism,which it says provides a historical materialist explanation for the social and economic conditions of African people worldwide.
The Pan Africanist Movement is a minor South African political party founded by Thami ka Plaatjie and others from a faction in the Pan Africanist Congress. After a year of in-fighting between supporters of Ka Plaatjie and PAC president Letlapa Mphahlele,the high court ruled that ka Plaatjie's faction could not organise under the name or colours of the Pan Africanist Congress,and a new party was formed to accommodate the Ka Plaatjie faction.
Mkhacani Joseph Maswanganyi is a South African politician from Limpopo Province. He represents the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly,where he is the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance. He was formerly the Minister of Transport from March 2017 to February 2018.
Mathume Joseph Phaahla is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Health since August 2021. He was formerly the Deputy Minister of Health from May 2014 to August 2021. He had been a deputy minister since May 2009,when he joined the National Assembly. He is also a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC).
Ronald Ozzy Lamola is a South African lawyer and politician,Minister of Justice and Correctional Services,and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). He has also been serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 22 May 2019. He is a member of the ANC's National Executive Committee and National Working Committee. Lamola had previously been involved in the African National Congress Youth League.
Mzwanele Nyhontso is a South African politician who is the president of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania. He is also a member of the National Assembly of South Africa.
