# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sipho-thwala
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:43:09.561Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sipho-thwala"
name: "Sipho Thwala"
slug: "sipho-thwala"
description: "Sipho Mandla Agmatir Thwala is a South African rapist and serial killer who was convicted in 1999 for the murders of 16 women and 10 rapes. He was sentenced to 506 years in prison. Thwala was known by the moniker the Phoenix Strangler."
tagline: "South African rapist and serial killer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1968-03-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.32
  momentum:             4.340425531914894
  historical:           10.03492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  244
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipho_Thwala"
    title: "Sipho Thwala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipho_Thwala"
    title: "Sipho Thwala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipho_Thwala"
    title: "Sipho Thwala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipho_Thwala"
    title: "Sipho Thwala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipho_Thwala"
    title: "Sipho Thwala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipho_Agmatir_Thwala"
    title: "Sipho Agmatir Thwala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipho_Thwala"
    title: "Sipho Thwala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipho_Twala"
    title: "Sipho Twala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipho_Thwala"
    title: "Sipho Thwala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE"
    title: "Твала, Сифо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipho_Thwala"
    title: "Sipho Thwala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1391127"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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