The Progressive ANC Voters Network (PAVN) is a sub-party
voting bloc A voting bloc is a group of voters that are strongly motivated by a specific common concern or group of concerns to the point that such specific concerns tend to dominate their voting patterns, causing them to vote together in elections. For exampl ...
organization that was formed by AIDS activist
Zackie Achmat
Abdurrazack "Zackie" Achmat (born 21 March 1962) is a South African activist and film director. He is a co-founder the Treatment Action Campaign and known worldwide for his activism on behalf of people living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa. ...
and other card-carrying members of the
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ...
on March 28, 2007. It is meant to push for greater representation and furtherance of
progressivist ideals within the party.
Criticism
The creation of the network was initially criticized by leaders of the ANC and the
South African Communist Party
The South African Communist Party (SACP) is a communist party in South Africa. It was founded in 1921 as the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), tactically dissolved itself in 1950 in the face of being declared illegal by the governing Na ...
. However, the network's invitation to the President and NEC of the ANC received a reply from the office of then-Secretary-General
Kgalema Motlanthe (later ANC Deputy President and then
President of South Africa) which indicated his support for the organization.
letter from the Office of the Secretary General
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References
External links
PAVN
YouTube channel
{{Political history of South Africa
Progressivism in South Africa
African National Congress
Political party factions in South Africa