# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stella-sigcau
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:26:09.983Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stella-sigcau"
name: "Stella Sigcau"
slug: "stella-sigcau"
description: "Stella Nomzamo Sigcau was a South African politician. Sigcau was also the first female Prime Minister of the bantustan of Transkei before being deposed in a military coup in 1987. After Transkei was merged into South Africa following the end of apartheid, Sigcau became a minister in the cabinets of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki until her death."
tagline: "South African activist (1937–2006)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1937-01-04"
deathDate: "2006-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.150325333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Sigcau"
    title: "Stella Sigcau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Sigcau"
    title: "Stella Sigcau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Sigcau"
    title: "Stella Sigcau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Sigcau"
    title: "Stella Sigcau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Sigcau"
    title: "Stella Sigcau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Sigcau"
    title: "Stella Sigcau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Sigcau"
    title: "Stella Sigcau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Sigcau"
    title: "Stella Sigcau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Sigcau"
    title: "Stella Sigcau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Sigcau"
    title: "Stella Sigcau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2342184"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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