[1] Pambo became politically active through the Black Consciousness Movement and, as a law student at Wits, was attracted to the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) because its supported land redistribution.
[4] The following year, he and 11 other EFF members occupied the office of Adam Habib, the Wits vice-chancellor, as part of a protest demanding the EFFSC's registration as an official student society.
[12] Pambo's role in the protests is captured in two documentary films: Aryan Kaganof's Decolonising Wits and Rehad Desai's Everything Must Fall.
[18] After the party's next plenum in Centurion in February 2020, Pambo was appointed as the national spokesperson of the EFF, replacing longstanding incumbent Mbuyiseni Ndlozi.
[22] In November 2021, Malema said that Pambo would face internal disciplinary action after he missed the deadline to declare his financial interests to Parliament.