# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buyelwa-sonjica
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:44:14.939Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buyelwa-sonjica"
name: "Buyelwa Sonjica"
slug: "buyelwa-sonjica"
description: "Buyelwa Patience Sonjica is a South African politician who served as Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs from May 2009 until November 2010."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buyelwa_Patience_Sonjica_-_World_Economic_Forum_on_Africa_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1950-03-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.25
  momentum:             1.428571428571428
  historical:           6.403168
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Buyelwa_Sonjica"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyelwa_Sonjica"
    title: "Buyelwa Sonjica"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyelwa_Sonjica"
    title: "Buyelwa Sonjica"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyelwa_Sonjica"
    title: "Buyelwa Sonjica"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyelwa_Sonjica"
    title: "Buyelwa Sonjica"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyelwa_Sonjica"
    title: "Buyelwa Sonjica"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyelwa_Sonjica"
    title: "Buyelwa Sonjica"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Buyelwa_Sonjica"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5003356"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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