Identity
Person No.
30180
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Sibusiso
Initials
S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died after an explosion at the Nyiragongo base in Goma, DRC
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SANDF 1,021
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
SANDF Mobilisation Centre, De Brug
Address
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Operation
Operation
Dates
2001
About
SANDF contribution to UN (MONUC/MONUSCO) and later SADC (SAMIDRC) peace support operations in the DRC. Covers the whole run of DRC peacekeeping deployments, which have been renamed and restructured several times over more than two decades; individual sub-operation names are not given per-person in the source used to compile this Operation link.
Awards
United Nations
United Nations Mission in the DR Congo Medal (MONUC/MONUSCO), awarded for qualifying service with the SANDF peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Automatically applied 7 Sep 2026 to all SANDF personnel in this database who died while serving on that mission (DateDeath >= 1999, when MONUC was instituted).
Notes
Husband of Zama Dube of Umlazi, Durban
Research notes
Cleared stolen ServiceNo 80024094PE (belongs to Dube J.T. PN 30179, 5 Recce, 1993-08-18).
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "SA Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("United Nations Monuc Mission") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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defenceWeb -- SANDF peacekeeper fatalities
open source ↗
defenceWeb, "SANDF peacekeeper fatalities" and "DRC deaths pushed SANDF peacekeeper fatalities to over 100 since democracy" (compiled lists). Confirms existing record.
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