# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sindisiwe-van-zyl
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:04:53.731Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sindisiwe-van-zyl"
name: "Sindisiwe van Zyl"
slug: "sindisiwe-van-zyl"
description: "Sindisiwe van Zyl was a Zimbabwean-born South African physician, radio DJ, columnist, health activist and researcher known for using social and mainstream media to share HIV-related, mental health, reproductive health, other medical and public health information. She won several awards for her work. Because of her extensive public health advocacy, she was known as \"the people's doctor\"."
tagline: "South African physician, radio DJ and columnist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr_Doreen_Sindisiwe_van_Zyl.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1976-04-03"
deathDate: "2021-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.56
  momentum:             15.66666666666667
  historical:           7.272426666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/sindivanzyl"
    handle:    "sindivanzyl"
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindisiwe_van_Zyl"
    title: "Sindisiwe van Zyl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindi_van_Zyl"
    title: "Sindi van Zyl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%89_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "سينديسيوى فان زيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindisiwe_van_Zyl"
    title: "Sindisiwe van Zyl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindisiwe_van_Zyl"
    title: "Sindisiwe van Zyl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindisiwe_van_Zyl"
    title: "Sindisiwe van Zyl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindisiwe_van_Zyl"
    title: "Sindisiwe van Zyl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindisiwe_van_Zyl"
    title: "Sindisiwe van Zyl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindisiwe_van_Zyl"
    title: "Sindisiwe van Zyl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50396635"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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