# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zwelakhe-sisulu
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:31:19.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zwelakhe-sisulu"
name: "Zwelakhe Sisulu"
slug: "zwelakhe-sisulu"
description: "Zwelakhe Sisulu was a South African black journalist, editor, and newspaper founder. He was president of the Writers' Association of South Africa, which later became the Black Media Workers Association of South Africa, and he led a year-long strike in 1980 for fair wages for black journalists. Under apartheid, he was imprisoned at least three times for his journalism. After apartheid ended, he became the chief executive officer of the South African Broadcast Corporation."
tagline: "South African journalist, editor, and newspaper founder (1950-2012)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1950-12-17"
deathDate: "2012-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.747409333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwelakhe_Sisulu"
    title: "Zwelakhe Sisulu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A7_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "زولاخا سیسولو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ts.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwelakhe_Sisulu"
    title: "Zwelakhe Sisulu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwelakhe_Sisulu"
    title: "Zwelakhe Sisulu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8075652"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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