# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/siyabonga-cwele
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:11:30.077Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/siyabonga-cwele"
name: "Siyabonga Cwele"
slug: "siyabonga-cwele"
description: "Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele is a South African politician who served in the cabinet of South Africa from September 2008 to May 2019, most recently as the Minister of Home Affairs between 2018 and 2019. He was appointed as the South African Ambassador to China in December 2020. He is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and represented the party in Parliament from 1994 to 2019."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Siyabonga_Cyprian_Cwele_-_2018_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1958-09-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.67
  momentum:             2.49266862170088
  historical:           5.948669333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%92"
    title: "سیا بونگا سویلے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siyabonga_Cwele"
    title: "Siyabonga Cwele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siyabonga_Cwele"
    title: "Siyabonga Cwele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siyabonga_Cwele"
    title: "Siyabonga Cwele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siyabonga_Cwele"
    title: "Siyabonga Cwele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siyabonga_Cwele"
    title: "Siyabonga Cwele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siyabonga_Cwele"
    title: "Siyabonga Cwele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2290959"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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