Sparks Mahamba was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Mahamba was killed in the Third Battle of the Wankie Campaign in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) at the hands of Rhodesian forces, on 22 August 1967.
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African National Congress. (1996).List of ANC Members who Died in Exile from the ANC online. Available at www.anc.org.za. Accessed on 19 July 2012.