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Violet Siwela

Politician

Violet Siwela 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	Violet Siwela · Violet Sizani Siwela				[sources]
Birth date	1956-04-25 · 1956-04-26				[sources]
Death date	2024-01-18				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	South Africa				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status) · State government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Violet · Violet Sizani				[sources]
Last name	Siwela				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57548018				[sources]
Position	Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature (2014-) · Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature (Member, 2014-2019) · Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature (Speaker, -2019) · National Assembly (Member, 2019-2024) · None (Member, 2019-2024) · 1 more...				[sources]
Source link	www.pa.org.za				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-16	Last processed	2026-01-16	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

politician in South Africa

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature	2014-05-21	-
Member of the National Assembly	2019-05-22	2024-01-18

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,576

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

South Africa National and Provincial Legislators1,956

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South Africa · PMG · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata334,489

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions525,917

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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