Bantu Holomisa
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Bantu Holomisa is a South African politician and former military leader best known as the co-founder and long-time president of the United Democratic Movement (UDM).
All labels observed (1)
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| Bantu Holomisa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10652416 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bantu Holomisa Context triple: [Transkei, laterLeader, Bantu Holomisa]
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A.
Fulatha Tshabalala
Fulatha Tshabalala was a Ndebele woman best known as the mother of Lobengula Khumalo, the second and last king of the Northern Ndebele (Matabele) kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe.
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B.
Thembi Radebe
Thembi Radebe is a notable individual who has brought recognition to the surname Radebe, likely through achievements in a public or professional field.
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C.
Moroka Lembede
Moroka Lembede was a South African anti-apartheid activist and founding president of the African National Congress Youth League, known for his influential role in shaping militant African nationalism.
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D.
Peter Mokaba
Peter Mokaba was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who became a leading figure in the African National Congress Youth League and later served as a national government minister.
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E.
Malusi Gigaba
Malusi Gigaba is a South African politician who has held several key ministerial positions in the post-apartheid government and is a prominent figure within the African National Congress.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bantu Holomisa Target entity description: Bantu Holomisa is a South African politician and former military leader best known as the co-founder and long-time president of the United Democratic Movement (UDM).
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A.
Fulatha Tshabalala
Fulatha Tshabalala was a Ndebele woman best known as the mother of Lobengula Khumalo, the second and last king of the Northern Ndebele (Matabele) kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe.
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B.
Thembi Radebe
Thembi Radebe is a notable individual who has brought recognition to the surname Radebe, likely through achievements in a public or professional field.
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C.
Moroka Lembede
Moroka Lembede was a South African anti-apartheid activist and founding president of the African National Congress Youth League, known for his influential role in shaping militant African nationalism.
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D.
Peter Mokaba
Peter Mokaba was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who became a leading figure in the African National Congress Youth League and later served as a national government minister.
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E.
Malusi Gigaba
Malusi Gigaba is a South African politician who has held several key ministerial positions in the post-apartheid government and is a prominent figure within the African National Congress.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
South African politician
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former military leader ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn | South African politics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | United Democratic Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryRepresented | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1955-07-25 ⓘ |
| era | post-apartheid era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Xhosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expulsionReason | public allegations of corruption against senior ANC figures ⓘ |
| familyName | Holomisa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founderOf | United Democratic Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Bantubonke Harrington Holomisa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Bantubonke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalRole | opposition party leader ⓘ |
| hasTitle | General ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf | Transkei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding the United Democratic Movement
ⓘ
opposition politics in post-apartheid South Africa ⓘ role as military ruler of Transkei ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Xhosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Parliament of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | United Democratic Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Major General ⓘ |
| notableFor | long-time leadership of the UDM ⓘ |
| notableWork | building the United Democratic Movement as a national party ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| officeHeld | Member of the National Assembly of South Africa ⓘ |
| participatedIn | South African constitutional negotiations ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mqanduli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalActivity | anti-corruption advocacy ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | centrist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Head of the Transkei Defence Force
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Military ruler of Transkei ⓘ President of the United Democratic Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previouslyMemberOf |
African National Congress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Transkei National Independence Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Eastern Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn | Transkei Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPowerIn | Transkei coup d’état of 1987 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasExpelledFrom | African National Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bantu Holomisa Description of subject: Bantu Holomisa is a South African politician and former military leader best known as the co-founder and long-time president of the United Democratic Movement (UDM).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.