This article is part of the series:
Politics and government of South Africa

• Constitution
  • Bill of Rights

• Government

• Executive
  • President
    • Kgalema Motlanthe
  • Deputy President
    • Baleka Mbete
  • Ministers

• Legislative
• Parliament
  • Council of Provinces
    • Chairperson
      • M. J. Mahlangu
  • National Assembly
    • Speaker
      • Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde
    • Leader of the Opposition
      • Helen Zille (national)
      • Sandra Botha ( parliamentary)
• Elections

• Judiciary
  • Constitutional Court
  • Supreme Court of Appeal
  • High Court
  • Magistrates Courts

• Provinces
• Districts ( MMs, DMs)
• Municipalities ( list)

• Political parties
• Foreign relations

The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (once known as the Pan Africanist Congress, abbreviated as the PAC), was a South African liberation movement, that is now a minor political party. It was founded in 1959 after a number of members broke away from the African National Congress (ANC) because they objected to the substitution of the 1949 Programme of Action with the "Freedom" Charter adopted in 1955. ^[1]