# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/makoti-sibongile-khawula
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:26:44.721Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/makoti-sibongile-khawula"
name: "Makoti Sibongile Khawula"
slug: "makoti-sibongile-khawula"
description: "Makoti Sibongile Khawula is a South African politician and previous anti-apartheid activist from KwaZulu-Natal serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party since 2014. Khawula is known for her insistence on speaking Zulu in Parliament."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Makoti_Khawula%2C_April_2024_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1954-12-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.11
  momentum:             6.999999999999998
  historical:           4.872642666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makoti_Khawula"
    title: "Makoti Khawula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makoti_Khawula"
    title: "Makoti Khawula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makoti_Khawula"
    title: "Makoti Khawula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makoti_Khawula"
    title: "Makoti Khawula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makoti_Khawula"
    title: "Makoti Khawula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makoti_Khawula"
    title: "Makoti Khawula"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47529859"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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