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The Citizen reports that the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) on Monday made an appeal to government to declare 5 December a public holiday and name it after their fallen anti-apartheid hero, Robert Sobukwe.
The PAC said Nelson Mandela should not be the only political icon commemorated on the day. Sobukwe, the founder of the PAC, was born on 5 December 1924 in Graaff-Reinet and Mandela died on 5 December 2013. Both leaders were incarcerated at Robben Island. Speaking on Monday, PAC spokesperson Kenneth Mokgatlhe said: “We are worried that not honouring Sobukwe will seem as if his contribution towards the liberation of this country was less important.”
- Read this report in full at The Citizen
- Read the PAC’s press statement at Polity
- See too, PAC calls for Sobukwe Day as national public holiday, at SowetanLive
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