Sindisiwe Lydia Chikunga (born 9 November 1958) is a South African politician who is serving as the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities since 2024.

During her childhood, her family frequently moved between towns, from Muden to Greytown and on to Kopleegte where she attended primary school.

At the time of her appointment as Minister of Transport in March 2023, she was studying for a master's degree in political sciences from the University of South Africa.

[6] She remained as Deputy Minister of Transport after Zuma announced a major overhaul of his cabinet after being sworn in for a second term as president in May 2014.

[7] After Zuma resigned as president and was succeeded by Cyril Ramaphosa in February 2018, Chikunga remained as Deputy Minister of Transport.

[16] On 6 November 2023, Chikunga was robbed at gunpoint by three masked individuals after her vehicle stopped along the N3 highway outside Johannesburg to change a tyre that hit a deliberately planted spike.

[2] One of Chikunga's sons, his wife and their four children died in a car accident on the N11 highway between Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal on 17 July 2022.