# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/busisiwe-mkhwebane
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:00:26.127Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/busisiwe-mkhwebane"
name: "Busisiwe Mkhwebane"
slug: "busisiwe-mkhwebane"
description: "Busisiwe Mkhwebane is a South African advocate and prosecutor who served as the 4th Public Protector of South Africa from October 2016 until her impeachment in September 2023. Following her impeachment, she served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from October 2023 to October 2024, representing the EFF. She is the first head of a Chapter 9 institution to be removed through impeachment."
tagline: "Public Protector of South Africa"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Busisiwe_Mkhwebane_Jul_2019.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1970-02-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.619548
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/AdvBMkhwebane"
    handle:    "AdvBMkhwebane"
sources:
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busisiwe_Mkhwebane"
    title: "Busisiwe Mkhwebane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Busisiwe_Mkhwebane"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busisiwe_Mkhwebane"
    title: "Busisiwe Mkhwebane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busisiwe_Mkhwebane"
    title: "Busisiwe Mkhwebane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busisiwe_Mkhwebane"
    title: "Busisiwe Mkhwebane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busisiwe_Mkhwebane"
    title: "Busisiwe Mkhwebane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busisiwe_Mkhwebane"
    title: "Busisiwe Mkhwebane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busisiwe_Mkhwebane"
    title: "Busisiwe Mkhwebane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busisiwe_Mkhwebane"
    title: "Busisiwe Mkhwebane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busisiwe_Mkhwebane"
    title: "Busisiwe Mkhwebane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busisiwe_Mkhwebane"
    title: "Busisiwe Mkhwebane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27449522"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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