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'''David Bambatha Maphgumzana Sibeko''' (26 August 1938 in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]] &ndash; 12 June 1979 in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]])<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.vvaw.org/veteran/article/?id=1981|title=PAC Leader Assassinated: David Sibeko|journal=VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War|volume=9|number=3|date=Fall 1979|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> was a [[South Africa]]n political activist. Known as the "[[Malcolm X]] of South Africa", he began his political career as a journalist for the black South African magazine ''[[Drum (South African magazine)|Drum]]''. During his tenure with that magazine, he became a leading figure within the [[Pan Africanist Congress of Azania]] (South Africa).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/six-pac-members-are-sentenced-killing-pac-leader-david-sibeko|title=Six PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader david Sibeko|website=South African History Online|date=15 June 1981|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> During the 1970s he headed the [[United Nations]] Observer Mission of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in New York City and used this position to popularize the PAC, particularly among [[African Americans]]. In 1979 Sibeko was partially successful in a leadership coup against [[Potlako Leballo]]. However, he failed to get support from the Second Azanian People's Liberation Army, recruited from the 1976 student protest generation, and was shot dead during an argument with them at his flat in [[Oyster Bay, Tanzania|Oyster Bay]] in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]] on 12 June 1979.
'''David Bambatha Maphangumzana Sibeko''' (26 August 1938 in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]] &ndash; 12 June 1979 in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]])<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.vvaw.org/veteran/article/?id=1981|title=PAC Leader Assassinated: David Sibeko|journal=VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War|volume=9|number=3|date=Fall 1979|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> was a South African political activist. Known as the "[[Malcolm X]] of South Africa", he began his political career as a journalist for the black South African magazine ''[[Drum (South African magazine)|Drum]]''. During his tenure with that magazine, he became a leading figure within the [[Pan Africanist Congress of Azania]] (South Africa).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/six-pac-members-are-sentenced-killing-pac-leader-david-sibeko|title=Six PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader david Sibeko|website=South African History Online|date=15 June 1981|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> During the 1970s he headed the [[United Nations]] Observer Mission of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in New York City and used this position to popularize the PAC, particularly among [[African Americans]]. In 1979 Sibeko was partially successful in a leadership coup against [[Potlako Leballo]]. However, he failed to get support from the Second Azanian People's Liberation Army, recruited from the 1976 student protest generation, and was shot dead during an argument with them at his flat in [[Oyster Bay, Tanzania|Oyster Bay]] in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]] on 12 June 1979.


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Latest revision as of 03:11, 24 September 2024

David Sibeko (1969)

David Bambatha Maphangumzana Sibeko (26 August 1938 in Johannesburg, South Africa – 12 June 1979 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)[1] was a South African political activist. Known as the "Malcolm X of South Africa", he began his political career as a journalist for the black South African magazine Drum. During his tenure with that magazine, he became a leading figure within the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (South Africa).[2] During the 1970s he headed the United Nations Observer Mission of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in New York City and used this position to popularize the PAC, particularly among African Americans. In 1979 Sibeko was partially successful in a leadership coup against Potlako Leballo. However, he failed to get support from the Second Azanian People's Liberation Army, recruited from the 1976 student protest generation, and was shot dead during an argument with them at his flat in Oyster Bay in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 12 June 1979.

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Further reading

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  • Leeman, Lieutenant-General Bernard, "The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania", in AFRICA TODAY A Multi-Disciplinary Snapshot of the Continent in 1995, edited by Peter F. Alexander, Ruth Hutchison and Deryck Schreuder, The Humanities Research Centre, The Australian National University Canberra, 1996, pages 172–195 ISBN 0-7315-2491-8.
  • Sampson, A. South Africa 1978–1979. Johannesburg: Black and Gold.

References

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  1. ^ "PAC Leader Assassinated: David Sibeko". VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War. 9 (3). Fall 1979. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Six PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader david Sibeko". South African History Online. 15 June 1981. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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