# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zandile-ndhlovu
# Generated: 2026-09-01T06:42:20.153Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zandile-ndhlovu"
name: "Zandile Ndhlovu"
slug: "zandile-ndhlovu"
description: "Zandile Ndhlovu is a South African ocean conservationist, social activist, and filmmaker who is the first black female freediving instructor from the country. She is the founder of The Black Mermaid Foundation. In November 2023, Ndhlovu was named to the BBC's 100 Women list."
tagline: "South African freediving instructor"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Activists"
  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "1989"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.73
  momentum:             14.66632705043301
  historical:           11.4063
  currentAttention:     59.44055944055944
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  95
  category: 77
totalFollowers: 1850
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/zandithemermaid"
    handle:    "zandithemermaid"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/zandithemermaid/"
    handle:    "zandithemermaid"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@zandithemermaid"
    handle:    "zandithemermaid"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Zandithemermaid"
    handle:    "Zandithemermaid"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/zandithemermaid/"
    handle:    "zandithemermaid"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5WcBx07Vo_J531hY_b4vRA"
    handle:    "@theblackmermaid"
    followers: 1850
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81%D9%88"
    title: "زانديل ندلوفو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zandile_Ndhlovu"
    title: "Zandile Ndhlovu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zandile_Ndhlovu"
    title: "Zandile Ndhlovu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zandile_Ndhlovu"
    title: "Zandile Ndhlovu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zandile_Ndhlovu"
    title: "Zandile Ndhlovu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zandile_Ndhlovu"
    title: "Zandile Ndhlovu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zandile_Ndhlovu"
    title: "Zandile Ndhlovu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zandile_Ndhlovu"
    title: "Zandile Ndhlovu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zandile_Ndhlovu"
    title: "Zandile Ndhlovu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zandile_Ndhlovu"
    title: "Zandile Ndhlovu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zandile_Ndhlovu"
    title: "Zandile Ndhlovu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%86%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%88%D9%88"
    title: "زنڈیل ندلوو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B4%8A%E8%BF%AA%E7%88%BE%C2%B7%E6%81%A9%E5%BE%B7%E6%B4%9B%E6%AD%A6"
    title: "贊迪爾·恩德洛武"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123512832"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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