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Mathilda Bains

PEP · Politician

Mathilda Bains is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Mathilda Bains · Mathilda Michelle Bains				[sources]
Birth date	1957-10-25				[sources]
Death date	2025-08-27				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Citizenship	South Africa				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Mathilda Michelle				[sources]
Last name	Bains				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q135989829				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	African National Congress Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (16th Candidate, 2019-2019) · National Council of Provinces (Delegate, 2024-2025) · member of the National Council of Provinces (2024-2025)				[sources]
Source link	pa.org.za				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-09	Last processed	2026-04-09	First seen	2024-09-05

Descriptions

South African politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-15

Relationships

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,823

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

South Africa National and Provincial Legislators1,815

Current members of the National Assembly, National Council of Provinces, and provincial legislatures and executives in South Africa.

South Africa · PMG · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata329,941

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions502,422

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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