# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-thabethe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:03:28.708Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-thabethe"
name: "Elizabeth Thabethe"
slug: "elizabeth-thabethe"
description: "Elizabeth Thabethe was a South African politician and former trade unionist from Gauteng. She represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa for five terms from May 1994 to May 2019. Between 2005 and 2019, she served as a deputy minister in the national governments of four successive presidents. After leaving the National Assembly, she was special investment envoy to President Cyril Ramaphosa until her death in March 2021."
tagline: "South African politician (1959-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ElizabethThabethe.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-09-26"
deathDate: "2021-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.97
  momentum:             15.8641975308642
  historical:           6.403168
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Thabethe"
    title: "Elizabeth Thabethe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Thabethe"
    title: "Elizabeth Thabethe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Thabethe"
    title: "Elizabeth Thabethe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Thabethe"
    title: "Elizabeth Thabethe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Thabethe"
    title: "Elizabeth Thabethe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Thabethe"
    title: "Elizabeth Thabethe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Thabethe"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16744371"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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