On 21 March 1960 , the PAC organised a campaign against pass laws . People gathered in the townships of Sharpeville and Langa where Sobukwe and other top leaders were arrested and later convicted for incitement . Sobukwe was sentenced to three years and Potlako Leballo to two years in prison . Sobukwe died in Kimberley , Cape Province , 1978 of lung cancer . Immediately after the Sharpeville massacre the National Party Government banned both the ANC and PAC on 8 April 1960 . The PAC responded by founding its armed wing , the Azanian People 's Liberation Army
Sharpeville massacre
Sharpeville massacre
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania