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PAC leader, David Sibeko shot dead in Dar-es-Salaam

PAC leader, David Sibeko shot dead in Dar-es-Salaam

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22 Aug 2019
PAC leader, David Sibeko shot dead in Dar-es-Salaam

Former Pan African Congress (PAC) director of Foreign Affairs and representative to the United Nations, David Sibeko, was murdered by a militant stance faction in the PAC in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. At the time of his death, Sibeko was based New York. The death of Sibeko came as result of increasing hostility between fighting factions within the PAC's newly appointed Central Committee, led by Potlako Leballo, in Tanzania. This committee was dominated by Sibeko's faction members. After Leballo had left Dar-es-Salaam for medical treatment in London, the committee announced that Leballo had resigned and that the President's council, which was led by Sibeko, was in control. This hostility culminated in the assassination of David Sibeko.

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South African History Online. (2019, August 22). PAC leader, David Sibeko shot dead in Dar-es-Salaam. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148933

South African History Online (2019) 'PAC leader, David Sibeko shot dead in Dar-es-Salaam', South African History Online, 22 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148933 (Accessed: 10 September 2026).

South African History Online, PAC leader, David Sibeko shot dead in Dar-es-Salaam [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148933, (accessed 10 September 2026).

"PAC leader, David Sibeko shot dead in Dar-es-Salaam." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148933. Accessed 10 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "PAC leader, David Sibeko shot dead in Dar-es-Salaam." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148933.

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