# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-manyi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:38:00.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-manyi"
name: "Jimmy Manyi"
slug: "jimmy-manyi"
description: "Mzwanele Manyi is a South African businessman, politician, and former government spokesperson. He serves as a member of the National Assembly of South Africa. Manyi previously served as chief executive officer of the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) before acquiring The New Age newspaper and the ANN7 news channel. He was elected to the National Assembly in 2023 as a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mzwanele_Manyi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1964-01-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.71
  momentum:             5.199306759098788
  historical:           5.098238666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  243
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzwanele_Manyi"
    title: "Mzwanele Manyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzwanele_Manyi"
    title: "Mzwanele Manyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzwanele_Manyi"
    title: "Mzwanele Manyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzwanele_Manyi"
    title: "Mzwanele Manyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mzwanele_Manyi"
    title: "Mzwanele Manyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Manyi"
    title: "Jimmy Manyi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2194791"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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