# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/epainette-mbeki
# Generated: 2026-09-06T20:52:41.704Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/epainette-mbeki"
name: "Epainette Mbeki"
slug: "epainette-mbeki"
description: "Nomaka Epainette Mbeki, commonly known as \"MaMbeki\", a stalwart community activist and promoter of women's development, mother of former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki. and widow of political activist and Rivonia trialist, Dr. Govan Mbeki. She lived in Ngcingwane, a rural hamlet near Dutywa, one of South Africa's poorest municipalities. She was known for her auspicious relatives and, more importantly to her, her endeavours to improve the residents' quality of life. Gillian Rennie, in an award-winning profile, quoted a co-worker as saying, \"She is not like other retired people, getting a pension and saying, 'Let me play golf and fish a bit.' The old lady is a humble person.\""
tagline: "South African anti-apartheid activist"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1916-02-16"
deathDate: "2014-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.38
  momentum:             0.8579881656804734
  historical:           5.959757333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epainette_Mbeki"
    title: "Epainette Mbeki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epainette_Mbeki"
    title: "Epainette Mbeki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epainette_Mbeki"
    title: "Epainette Mbeki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%BF_%D5%84%D5%A2%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%AB"
    title: "Իպանետտ Մբեկի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epainette_Mbeki"
    title: "Epainette Mbeki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8%2C_%D0%98%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82"
    title: "Мбеки, Ипанетт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epainette_Mbeki"
    title: "Epainette Mbeki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4963108"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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