# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lydia-sindisiwe-chikunga
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:14:58.749Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lydia-sindisiwe-chikunga"
name: "Lydia Sindisiwe Chikunga"
slug: "lydia-sindisiwe-chikunga"
description: "Sindisiwe Lydia Chikunga is a South African politician who is serving as the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities since 2024, and acting Minister of Social Development following the dismissal of Sisisi Tolashe. A member of the African National Congress, she has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2004. Chikunga had previously served as Deputy Minister of Transport twice, from 2012 to 2019 and again from 2021 to 2023, as Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration from 2019 until 2021, and as Minister of Transport from 2023 to 2024. She is a midwife by profession."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sindisiwe_Chikunga_-_2023_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1958-11-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.647556
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindisiwe_Chikunga"
    title: "Sindisiwe Chikunga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindi_Chikunga"
    title: "Sindi Chikunga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindisiwe_Chikunga"
    title: "Sindisiwe Chikunga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindisiwe_Chikunga"
    title: "Sindisiwe Chikunga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindisiwe_Chikunga"
    title: "Sindisiwe Chikunga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindisiwe_Chikunga"
    title: "Sindisiwe Chikunga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindisiwe_Chikunga"
    title: "Sindisiwe Chikunga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindisiwe_Chikunga"
    title: "Sindisiwe Chikunga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47529839"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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