# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nosimo-balindlela
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:12:43.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nosimo-balindlela"
name: "Nosimo Balindlela"
slug: "nosimo-balindlela"
description: "Nosimo Zisiwe Beauty Balindlela is a South African politician who served as the Premier of the Eastern Cape from 26 April 2004 until 1 August 2008. She changed parties in 2008 when she became a member of the Congress of the People, and again in 2012 to join the Democratic Alliance. In 2018 she defected back to the ANC."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nosimo-21-02-09.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949-11-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.17
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.60432
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  235
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nosimo_Balindlela"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosimo_Balindlela"
    title: "Nosimo Balindlela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosimo_Balindlela"
    title: "Nosimo Balindlela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosimo_Balindlela"
    title: "Nosimo Balindlela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE"
    title: "Балиндлела, Носимо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosimo_Balindlela"
    title: "Nosimo Balindlela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosimo_Balindlela"
    title: "Nosimo Balindlela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosimo_Balindlela"
    title: "Nosimo Balindlela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7061817"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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