hey ya going honeyissweet25? well im part of the 1% (or something) of the students doing South Africa and share your burden of a lack of information, hope its useful straight from the top of my head-
Well,
the PAC were responsible for the Sharpeville protests which sparked the Sharpeville massacre. They pretested against the pass laws they were constantly required to carry with them 24/7
During the peaceful protest, the police opened fire on the crowd of unarmed demonstrators and killed 69 wounding 180 others. Most shot were women and children and 70% of victims were shot in the back (i.e. on retreat as they were pissing off)
The sharpeville massacre was televised around the world sparking outrage overseas and in SA istelf
The gov as a result enters a state of emergency and bans all anti apartheid organizations (claiming they were communist orgs)
hence the ANC abd PAC were forced into exile.
Vorwoerd also introduces the second phase of apartheid and gov capture Mandela and the heads of the ANC
and Sobukwe of the PAC
Both the PAC and ANC changed to militant tacts, ANC adopted "Umkhonto we Sizwe" (spear of the nation) or "MK"
PAC adopted "Poqo"
Poqo terrorist stance was more radical than the ANC's killing white civilians and gov authorities.
When Sobukwe died in 1978, the PAC no longer had a leader and died out.
The PAC was no longer a dominant org as it once had been.
The PAC did not have a major influence (i reckon) in stopping apartheid, the major impact they had was by raising international awareness to the international community
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