# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thulas-nxesi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:15:00.450Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thulas-nxesi"
name: "Thulas Nxesi"
slug: "thulas-nxesi"
description: "Thembelani Waltermade \"Thulas\" Nxesi is a South African politician and former trade unionist who was the Minister of Employment and Labour from May 2019 to June 2024. A representative of the African National Congress (ANC), he has been a member of cabinet since October 2011 and the Deputy National Chairperson of the South African Communist Party (SACP) since July 2012."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Minister_Thulas_Nxesi.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-01-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.874622666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thulas_Nxesi."
    title: "Thulas Nxesi."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thulas_Nxesi"
    title: "Thulas Nxesi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thulas_Nxesi"
    title: "Thulas Nxesi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thulas_Nxesi"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thulas_Nxesi"
    title: "Thulas Nxesi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%86%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C"
    title: "تھولاس نکیسی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16193273"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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