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{{Short description|Granite mountain in Swaziland, second-largest monolith in the world}}
[[File:Granite monolith.jpg|thumb|280px|right|Hikers on the [[Sibebe Survivor]] walk]]
'''Sibebe''' is a granite mountain in [[Swaziland|Eswatini]], located 10&nbsp;km from the capital city [[Mbabane]]. It is the second-largest [[monolith]] in the world and the largest exposed [[granite]] [[pluton]],<ref name="Swaziland Tourism">[http://www.thekingdomofswaziland.com/pages/attractions/the_attraction.asp?AttractionsID=15 Sibebe Rock], Swaziland Tourism website. Retrieved 2012-11-12.</ref> rising 350m above the valley of the [[Mbuluzi River]].<ref>David Pryce-Williams, [https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3888015?uid=2&uid=4&sid=21101427830607 ''A Preliminary Report on Recent Excavations of Middle and Late Stone Age Levels at Sibebe Shelter, North-West Swaziland''], The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 36, no. 33, June 1981, page 22.</ref> It is also known as 'Bald Rock'.<ref>Michael Bright (ed.), "1001 Natural Wonders: You Must See Before You Die", [https://books.google.com/books?id=XKZSKmRCCosC&dq=sibebe+swaziland&pg=PT1682 AFRICA: Sibebe, Swaziland], Octopus Publishing (2010), {{ISBN|978-1-84403-674-5}}.</ref>
The Mbabane-Mbuluzi [[Rotary Club]] organises an annual fund-raising walk up Sibebe Rock, called the [[Sibebe Survivor]]. Several thousand people take part each year.<ref name="Observer Jul2012">Bodwa Mbingo, [http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=41254 'SB come through for Sibebe survivor'], ''The Swazi Observer'', 27 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-12.</ref>
Sibebe also gives its name to a [[lager]] produced by [[Eswatini Beverages Ltd]], called ''Sibebe Premium Lager''.<ref name="Observer Jul2012" />
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