# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edna-molewa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:04:59.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edna-molewa"
name: "Edna Molewa"
slug: "edna-molewa"
description: "Bomo Edith Edna Molewa, formerly known as Edna Sethema, was a South African politician and member of the African National Congress. Molewa became the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs of South Africa on 31 October 2010, as part of a cabinet reshuffle by President Jacob Zuma. On 25 May 2014 her Ministry has been divided and she was appointed Minister of Environmental Affairs. She succeeded Buyelwa Sonjica. Prior to her death, Molewa was studying towards a Bachelor's of Arts Honours in Developmental Studies through the University of South Africa."
tagline: "South African politician (1957-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edna_Molewa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1957-03-23"
deathDate: "2018-09-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.341469333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Molewa"
    title: "Edna Molewa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "إدنا مولوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Molewa"
    title: "Edna Molewa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Molewa"
    title: "Edna Molewa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Molewa"
    title: "Edna Molewa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Molewa"
    title: "Edna Molewa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Molewa"
    title: "Edna Molewa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Molewa"
    title: "Edna Molewa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Molewa"
    title: "Edna Molewa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5340080"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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