Identity
Person No.
31474
Service No.
94855939PF
Last Name
First Name
Sibusiso
Initials
S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident, shot by 1st SAI member after he shot other 1st SAI members, at Bloemfontein
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,025
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
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
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (Mechanised)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Mechanised) (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes
Son of Mrs. J. Madubela
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 16 Sep 2026: 94855939PF Lieutenant Sibusiso Madubela, the perpetrator of the 1 SAI shooting rampage, shot dead by Lt Anton Otto and WO1 Aldo Mattheus while returning to the Unit Armoury to replenish his ammunition. CauseDeath clarified/corrected from the previous garbled version. Already on file; no age given by Graham for Madubela himself.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Graham Last Post 16 Sep 2026
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
Stories 7
16 Sep 1999: One of the more unsavoury events in the history of 1 South African Infantry occurred when Lieutenant Sibusiso Madubela from 1 SAI went on a murder rampage and started indiscriminately shooting serving members at the Unit with his R4 Automatic Assault Rifle. Seven serving SANDF members including one female civilian working for the SANDF were murdered and another twelve SANDF members were wounded. Lieutenant Madubela’s murder spree came to an abrupt end when he was intercepted on his way back to the Base Armoury to replenish his ammunition. In the ensuing gun-fight, he was shot dead by Lieutenant Anton Otto and Warrant Officer Class I Aldo Mattheus. Those killed in this incident were: 84478957PE Major Jacques Coetzer. He was 31 66435959PE Warrant Officer Class I Johannes Frederick Lombard. He was 48 77389005PE Warrant Officer Class I Reginald Gregory Sieberhagen. He was 38 88317177PF Sergeant Willem Adriaan Nell. He was 27 89562169PE Sergeant Tertius Gideon Lombard. He was 26 91725457CA Civilian Worker (Miss) Marita Marlene Hamilton. She was 57 85258129PE Major Zirk Burger Coetzee was critically wounded in this incident and finally succumbed to his wounds in hospital on 22 Sep 1999. He was 31 Graham Du Toit
16 Sep 1999: One of the more unsavoury events in the history of 1 South African Infantry occurred when Lieutenant Sibusiso Madubela from 1 SAI went on a murder rampage and started indiscriminately shooting serving members at the Unit with his R4 Automatic Assault Rifle. Seven serving SANDF members including one female civilian working for the SANDF were murdered and another twelve SANDF members were wounded. Lieutenant Madubela’s murder spree came to an abrupt end when he was intercepted on his way back to the Base Armoury to replenish his ammunition. In the ensuing gun-fight, he was shot dead by Lieutenant Anton Otto and Warrant Officer Class I Aldo Mattheus. Those killed in this incident were: 84478957PE Major Jacques Coetzer. He was 31 66435959PE Warrant Officer Class I Johannes Frederick Lombard. He was 48 77389005PE Warrant Officer Class I Reginald Gregory Sieberhagen. He was 38 88317177PF Sergeant Willem Adriaan Nell. He was 27 89562169PE Sergeant Tertius Gideon Lombard. He was 26 91725457CA Civilian Worker (Miss) Marita Marlene Hamilton. She was 57 85258129PE Major Zirk Burger Coetzee was critically wounded in this incident and finally succumbed to his wounds in hospital on 22 Sep 1999. He was 31
16 Sep 1999: One of the more unsavoury events in the history of 1 South African Infantry occurred when Lieutenant Sibusiso Madubela from 1 SAI went on a murder rampage and started indiscriminately shooting serving members at the Unit with his R4 Automatic Assault Rifle. Seven serving SANDF members including one female civilian working for the SANDF were murdered and another twelve SANDF members were wounded. Lieutenant Madubela’s murder spree came to an abrupt end when he was intercepted on his way back to the Base Armoury to replenish his ammunition. In the ensuing gun-fight, he was shot dead by Lieutenant Anton Otto and Warrant Officer Class I Aldo Mattheus. Those killed in this incident were: 84478957PE Major Jacques Coetzer. He was 31 66435959PE Warrant Officer Class I Johannes Frederick Lombard. He was 48 77389005PE Warrant Officer Class I Reginald Gregory Sieberhagen. He was 38 88317177PF Sergeant Willem Adriaan Nell. He was 27 89562169PE Sergeant Tertius Gideon Lombard. He was 26 91725457CA Civilian Worker (Miss) Marita Marlene Hamilton. She was 57 85258129PE Major Zirk Burger Coetzee was critically wounded in this incident and finally succumbed to his wounds in hospital on 22 Sep 1999. He was 31
16 Sep 1999: One of the more unsavoury events in the history of 1 South African Infantry occurred when Lieutenant Sibusiso Madubela from 1 SAI went on a murder rampage and started indiscriminately shooting serving members at the Unit with his R4 Automatic Assault Rifle. Seven serving SANDF members including one female civilian working for the SANDF were murdered and another twelve SANDF members were wounded. Lieutenant Madubela’s murder spree came to an abrupt end when he was intercepted on his way back to the Base Armoury to replenish his ammunition. In the ensuing gun-fight, he was shot dead by Lieutenant Anton Otto and Warrant Officer Class I Aldo Mattheus. Those killed in this incident were: 84478957PE Major Jacques Coetzer. He was 31 66435959PE Warrant Officer Class I Johannes Frederick Lombard. He was 48 77389005PE Warrant Officer Class I Reginald Gregory Sieberhagen. He was 38 88317177PF Sergeant Willem Adriaan Nell. He was 27 89562169PE Sergeant Tertius Gideon Lombard. He was 26 91725457CA Civilian Worker (Miss) Marita Marlene Hamilton. She was 57 85258129PE Major Zirk Burger Coetzee was critically wounded in this incident and finally succumbed to his wounds in hospital on 22 Sep 1999. He was 31
16 Sep 1999: One of the more unsavoury events in the history of 1 South African Infantry occurred when Lieutenant Sibusiso Madubela from 1 SAI went on a murder rampage and started indiscriminately shooting serving members at the Unit with his R4 Automatic Assault Rifle. Seven serving SANDF members including one female civilian working for the SANDF were murdered and another twelve SANDF members were wounded. Lieutenant Madubela’s murder spree came to an abrupt end when he was intercepted on his way back to the Base Armoury to replenish his ammunition. In the ensuing gun-fight, he was shot dead by Lieutenant Anton Otto and Warrant Officer Class I Aldo Mattheus. Those killed in this incident were: 84478957PE Major Jacques Coetzer. He was 31 66435959PE Warrant Officer Class I Johannes Frederick Lombard. He was 48 77389005PE Warrant Officer Class I Reginald Gregory Sieberhagen. He was 38 88317177PF Sergeant Willem Adriaan Nell. He was 27 89562169PE Sergeant Tertius Gideon Lombard. He was 26 91725457CA Civilian Worker (Miss) Marita Marlene Hamilton. She was 57 85258129PE Major Zirk Burger Coetzee was critically wounded in this incident and finally succumbed to his wounds in hospital on 22 Sep 1999. He was 31
16 Sep 1999: One of the more unsavoury events in the history of 1 South African Infantry occurred when Lieutenant Sibusiso Madubela from 1 SAI went on a murder rampage and started indiscriminately shooting serving members at the Unit with his R4 Automatic Assault Rifle. Seven serving SANDF members including one female civilian working for the SANDF were murdered and another twelve SANDF members were wounded. Lieutenant Madubela’s murder spree came to an abrupt end when he was intercepted on his way back to the Base Armoury to replenish his ammunition. In the ensuing gun-fight, he was shot dead by Lieutenant Anton Otto and Warrant Officer Class I Aldo Mattheus. Those killed in this incident were: 84478957PE Major Jacques Coetzer. He was 31 66435959PE Warrant Officer Class I Johannes Frederick Lombard. He was 48 77389005PE Warrant Officer Class I Reginald Gregory Sieberhagen. He was 38 88317177PF Sergeant Willem Adriaan Nell. He was 27 89562169PE Sergeant Tertius Gideon Lombard. He was 26 91725457CA Civilian Worker (Miss) Marita Marlene Hamilton. She was 57 85258129PE Major Zirk Burger Coetzee was critically wounded in this incident and finally succumbed to his wounds in hospital on 22 Sep 1999. He was 31
16 Sep 1999: One of the more unsavoury events in the history of 1 South African Infantry occurred when Lieutenant Sibusiso Madubela from 1 SAI went on a murder rampage and started indiscriminately shooting serving members at the Unit with his R4 Automatic Assault Rifle. Seven serving SANDF members including one female civilian working for the SANDF were murdered and another twelve SANDF members were wounded. Lieutenant Madubela’s murder spree came to an abrupt end when he was intercepted on his way back to the Base Armoury to replenish his ammunition. In the ensuing gun-fight, he was shot dead by Lieutenant Anton Otto and Warrant Officer Class I Aldo Mattheus. Those killed in this incident were: 84478957PE Major Jacques Coetzer. He was 31 66435959PE Warrant Officer Class I Johannes Frederick Lombard. He was 48 77389005PE Warrant Officer Class I Reginald Gregory Sieberhagen. He was 38 88317177PF Sergeant Willem Adriaan Nell. He was 27 89562169PE Sergeant Tertius Gideon Lombard. He was 26 91725457CA Civilian Worker (Miss) Marita Marlene Hamilton. She was 57 85258129PE Major Zirk Burger Coetzee was critically wounded in this incident and finally succumbed to his wounds in hospital on 22 Sep 1999. He was 31
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