# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sibusiso-bengu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:46:23.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sibusiso-bengu"
name: "Sibusiso Bengu"
slug: "sibusiso-bengu"
description: "Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu was a South African academic and politician. He was the first post-apartheid Minister of Education between May 1994 and June 1999. Before that, he was the vice-chancellor of the University of Fort Hare from 1991 to 1994. A former secretary-general of Inkatha, he represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the government."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bengu2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1934-05-08"
deathDate: "2024-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.92
  momentum:             1.75438596491228
  historical:           4.409648
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibusiso_Bengu"
    title: "Sibusiso Bengu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "سيبوسيسو بينجو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibusiso_Bengu"
    title: "Sibusiso Bengu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibusiso_Bengu"
    title: "Sibusiso Bengu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibusiso_Bengu"
    title: "Sibusiso Bengu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7507310"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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