# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/blade-nzimande
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:29:21.538Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/blade-nzimande"
name: "Blade Nzimande"
slug: "blade-nzimande"
description: "Bonginkosi Emmanuel \"Blade\" Nzimande is a South African politician, sociologist, and former anti-apartheid activist who is currently serving as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation. A cabinet minister since 2009, Nzimande was the General Secretary of the South African Communist Party from 1998 to 2022."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blade_Nzimande_-_Unisa_Roundtable.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1958-04-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.385533333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "布莱德·恩齐曼德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Nzimande"
    title: "Blade Nzimande"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Nzimande"
    title: "Blade Nzimande"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Nzimande"
    title: "Blade Nzimande"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Nzimande"
    title: "Blade Nzimande"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Nzimande"
    title: "Blade Nzimande"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B4_%D0%9D%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5"
    title: "Блейд Нзиманде"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Nzimande"
    title: "Blade Nzimande"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Nzimande"
    title: "Blade Nzimande"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%88_%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88%DB%92"
    title: "بلیڈ نزمینڈے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16765311"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump