# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raymond-mhlaba
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:32:50.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raymond-mhlaba"
name: "Raymond Mhlaba"
slug: "raymond-mhlaba"
description: "Raymond Mphakamisi Mhlaba OMSG was an anti-apartheid activist, Communist and leader of the African National Congress (ANC) who became the first premier of the Eastern Cape. Mhlaba spent 25 years of his life in prison. Well-known for being sentenced with Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki, Walter Sisulu and others in the Rivonia Trial, he was an active member of the ANC and the South African Communist Party (SACP) all his adult life. His kindly manner brought him the nickname \"Oom Ray”."
tagline: "Anti-apartheid activist and politician from South Africa (1920-2005)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1920-02-12"
deathDate: "2005-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.46
  momentum:             6
  historical:           8.355113333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "U-Raymond Mhlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%87%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "ريمون مهلابا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Mhlaba"
    title: "Raymond Mhlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Mhlaba"
    title: "Raymond Mhlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Mhlaba"
    title: "Raymond Mhlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Mhlaba"
    title: "Raymond Mhlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Mhlaba"
    title: "Raymond Mhlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%85%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4"
    title: "Мхлаба, Рэймонд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Mhlaba"
    title: "Raymond Mhlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Mhlaba"
    title: "Raymond Mhlaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166024"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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