African People's Convention

African People's Convention
President	Themba Godi
Founder	Themba Godi
Slogan	The Alternative Voice
Founded	5 September 2007
Split from	PAC
Headquarters	4th Floor, Dr. Neil Aggett House, 90 President Street, Johannesburg 2001
Student wing	APCYL
Ideology	Socialism Pan-Africanism African nationalism
Political position	Left-wing
National Assembly seats	1 / 400
Website
www.theapc.org.za
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The African People's Convention is a political party formed by Themba Godi, former deputy leader of the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania 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.^[1] Godi is the current leader of the APC in parliament. 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.

It retained its seat in the 2014 election.

Like the PAC, the party's ideology officially appeals to "Africanists, Pan Africanists and socialists".

Election results

National elections

Election	Votes	%	Seats
2014	30,676	0.17	1
2009	35,867	0.20	1

Provincial elections

Election	Eastern Cape		Free State		Gauteng		Kwazulu-Natal		Limpopo		Mpumalanga		North-West		Northern Cape		Western Cape
%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats
2014	0.23%	0/63	0.32%	0/30	0.16%	0/73	0.18%	0/80	0.35%	0/49	0.44%	0/30	0.40%	0/33	0.28%	0.30	0.06%	0/42
2009	0.20%	0/63	0.31%	0/30	0.12%	0/73	0.15%	0/80	0.30%	0/49	0.37%	0/30	0.29%	0/33	0.34%	0.30	0.09%	0/42

References

1. Jacques Keet (4 September 2007). "Godi leaves PAC for African People's Convention". The M&G Online.

External links

• African People's Convention