__NOTOC__ David Bambatha Maphangumzana Sibeko (26 August 1938 in

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– 12 June 1979 in

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) was a South African political activist. Known as the "

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of South Africa", he began his political career as a journalist for the black South African magazine ''

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''. During his tenure with that magazine, he became a leading figure within the

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(South Africa). During the 1970s he headed the

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Observer Mission of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in New York City and used this position to popularize the PAC, particularly among

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. In 1979 Sibeko was partially successful in a leadership coup against

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. 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

on 12 June 1979.

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