EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
The mandate of the People’s Freedom Council of Southern Africa is driven by Executive Council members who lead Ten (10) Portfolio Committees responsible to drive advocacy-related key strategic policy direction in matters of intrusive political agendas, economic policies that exclude our citizens, social ills due to lack of service delivery, weaponized technologies, all legal and judiciary and environmental policies (programs). The PFCSA Portfolio Committees together with other organizations, civil societies, and concerned groups, focus its main efforts on the following projects:
- Political landscape transformation that ensures ethical and accountable political leaders working to improve the lives of our citizens.
- Economic transformation that is all-inclusive and facilitates easy access of its citizens to all economic activities from national, provincial, and local municipalities.
- Social conducive environment free from fear and want where citizens have access to free education, health, food security, and social wellbeing (drugs, alcohol).
- Technology that is non-intrusive to our environment including flora and fauna, nor food supply chain (GMO), pollinators, and our land as our currency (Infrastructure).
- An unfettered Legal system that treats every citizen as equals before the law and is accessible to all irrespective of political or economic status.
- Environment security that ensures food, water, energy, and agricultural ecosystem that preserve our natural habitats for the generations.


Henry William McCarter, adept at Law, has contributed extensively to African Cannabis Legislation thus
far assisting nine African countries to amend their legislation. Has extensive experience in Family Law,
Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Insolvency, Property, Trusts & Family Law, Insolvency Law.
International Law, Conventions & Treaties and International Banking Laws & Acts.
He was appointed in 2018 to take up the position of African Ambassador for the State of the African
Diaspora as he is well versed in politics and interaction with state officials and governmental advisory
services. His travels have been world-wide, extensively on the African continent and has fostered
relevant and deep relationships across the geographical divides.
In July 2019 he was appointed to the Liberian Economic Development Committee which committee will
encompass the development of West, East and Central African economies.
Continuously engages in consultative and governmental inputs. Member of the Command Council of the
‘Tyrannical banks must fall’ national campaign. He was invited on the Board of 8 Summits Foundation
NPO as a director in 2019. Chairman of the People’s Freedom Council of Southern Africa, Chairman of
the Pan-African Financial Oversight Committee. Special Envoy to the SWAF Federation of African
Monarchs.
He has spent 40 years in business leadership. Experienced in all aspects of business formation,
operation, finance, and management. Visionary product developer with deep education in research and
analytics. Effective communicator and motivator who identifies and leverages assets in personnel to
reach organizational goals. Relentless optimist who believes there is no failure, only feedback. His
business start-ups include film and music production as Executive Producer of film, advertising and
music videos, the printing industry as well as current African Cannabis ventures.
He has retired and immerses himself in assisting the disadvantaged pro-bono with Family, Criminal, and
Property Law.
His main focus is at the forefront of empowering and uplifting Africa is in attempting to peacefully release humanitarian and economic funds blocked by governments.


Dr. Abdul Elgoni is an international consultant on public health programmes aiming to enable increased access to high quality PHC services, a physician who started caring for AIDS patients and has worked for UNICEF; University of Free State and the Health Systems Trust in South Africa. Has volunteered for a number of NGOs working for migrants, community development and prevention of drug and alcohol abuse. In addition supports (with the help of donors) rural community members in Sudan to build their skills and resources to reduce their vulnerability in a sustainable way.
Acquired knowledge and practical skills in STIs, HIV and AIDS and TB project management working with stakeholders from national to grassroots level with international organizations. Turns research into policy and planning.
Is involved in social and development issues in SADC and the Arab world especially in relation to HIV, AIDS and human rights. His key performance areas include: experience in M&E fundraising and resource mobilization to strengthen an enabling environment in which people most vulnerable to HIV infection, especially youth and women who can reduce their HIV-related risk and receive the support they deserve.
Experienced facilitation skills in buy-in, developing strategic partnerships, planning, management, monitoring and evaluation and writing project reports initiated by governments or NGOs.
Deals with policy and operational issues with a strong conceptual and analytical ability including analysis and interpretation of research and demographic trends, sharing information and reinforcing knowledge distribution systems.
Well versed in public private partnerships with skills and experience in fundraising and resource mobilization including planning for performance based financing.


General ‘Sankara’ Shezi has more than 30 years of extensive experience in the military environment as a commissioned officer and the latter decade as a military strategist who specialised in intelligence analysis, cybersecurity concept development, and Director and Regional Coordinator for both BRICS and SADC Cyber Work Groups.
He has been at the forefront of designing and implementation new concepts: Peace Building initiatives (Winning Hearts & Minds), post-conflict reconstruction initiatives in Burundi, DRC, Sudan, and disaster relief operations in Mozambique.
Currently preoccupied with finding solutions that will bring about lasting peace in the African continent.
He was appointed as the first African Defence Attache’ in Hanoi, Vietnam from 2007 to 2011 where he initiated and drove “Save the Rhino Initiative”, a project to demystify the rhino horn myth in Asia.
Upon his return, he established the first Cyber Command in the African continent, initiated, organised, and coordinated the SADC Cybersecurity Workgroup, Conferences, and Training Curriculum. Later before taking early retirement, he was appointed head of Directorate Performance Audit of the DOD Inspector General.
(gensankara@pfcsa.co.za)