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Umsebenzi wakhe wezopolitiko
USisulu akazange abonakalise mdla kwipolitiki ekuqaleni, ehamba iintlanganiso zombuso kuba wayexhasa uWalter, kodwa ke waphela engena kuzo ezopolitiko wada wangenela i-African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) ngomnyaka we-1955 ekwathabatha nenxaxheba ekupapashweni kwe-Freedom Charter kwangaloo nyaka. USisulu nguye kuphela umntu obhinqileyo owayekho ukuqalwa kwe-ANC Youth League (ANCYL). USisulu wade wabalilo nelungu elibekekileyo le-Federation of South African Women ngomnyaka we-1959. Ngomhla we-9 kweyeThupha ngomnyaka we-1956, wadibana noHelen Joseph kunye noSophia Williams-De Bruyn xa babematsha namanye amanina angama-20 000 esiya kwii-Union Buildings zasePitoli, eqhankqalaza esilwa norhulumente wengcinezelo, owayefuna amabhinqa aphathe amapasi njengenxalenye yemithetho yamapasi. “Sathi, ‘nothing doing’. Asisokuze siphathe mapasi thina.” Lo mhla ukhunjulwa ngokubhiyozelwa eMzantsi Afrika njengomhla wamanina obizwa ngokuba yiNational Women’s Day. Wachitha iiveki ezintathu eluvalelweni phambi kokuba akhululwe etyaleni lamapasi, inguNelson Mandela igqwetha lakhe. USisulu wayechasene nezifundo ezazibekelwe abantu abantsundu, ukutsho oko iBantu Education, eqhuba izikolo ekhayeni. USisulu waye wabanjwa emveni kokuba umyeni wakhe waqhwesha eluvalelweni ukuze azimele ngomnyaka we-1963, waba ngowokuqala owasetyhini ukubanjwa phantsi koMthetho wePalamente Wokulungiswa Kwemithetho Jikelele womnyaka we-1963 owabekwa ngokusesikweni ngenyanga kaCanzibe. Lo mthetho wanika amapolisa amandla okuba abambe aze avalele abarhanelwa iintsuku ezingama-90 ngaphandle kokubabeka ityala. uSisulu wafakwa eluvalelweni ixesha elisondele kwiinyanga ezimbini kwade kwangosuku lwesithandathu (6) kwinyanga yeThupha. Wayengena ephuma ke eluvalelweni ngenxa yemisebenzi yezopolitiko awayeyenza, kodwa uqhubeke waxhathisa ekuchaseni ingcinezelo, nangona wayegxothiwe iminyaka emininzi ngexesha leminyaka yama-1960. Wayekwanguye nomncedisi-mphathi we-United Democratic Front (UDF) ngeminyaka yama-1980. Ukususela ngomnyaka wama-1984 ukuya kutsho kumnyaka wama-1989 wokubulawa komyeni wakhe, uSisulu wasebenzela uGqirha obalaseleyo onguAbu Baker Asvat nowathi wamvumela ukuba aqhubekeke ngemisebenzi yakhe yezopolitiko lo gama esamsebenzela, kwaye wayekhona mhla alandulelayo eli uGqirha uAbu Baker Asvat. USisulu wayebubona kwaye ebuthatha ubudlelwane babo njengobo bomama nonyana wakhe, kwaye esi sibini asizange sibuvumele ubutshaba obabuphakathi kwe-UDF ne-Azapo uAsvat owayenguNobhala Wezempilo kwanelungu elingumsunguli wayo, ukuba luphazamise ubuhlobo babo okanye ubudlelwane bokusebenza kwabo ndaweninye. Ngomnyaka wama-1986 wathi wawongwa ngobumi bembeko baseReggio nell’Emilia eseItaly, nekwayidoluphu yokuqala ehlabathini eyathi yawonga eli bhaso libaluleke kangaka kuSisulu. Ngomnyaka wama-1984 wakwazi ukufumana ipaspoti waze wakhokela igqiza le-UDF kumazwe aphesheya apho wathi wadibana nePrime Minister yaseNgilane uMargaret Thatcher kwakunye noMongameli waseMelika uGeorge H.W. Bush. Ngethuba eseNgilane waba sisithethi kwintlangano enkulu yokuchasa ingcinezelo, eyayiqhankqalezela utyelelo lukamongameli we-National Party, u-FW De Klerk. Ngonyaka wama-1994, waye wonyulwa kwiPalamente yokuqala yentando yesininzi apho wakhonza isizwe wade wabe uthatha umhlala-phantsi emva kweminyaka emine esebenza. Kwintlanganiso yokuqala yePalamente, wabanembeko yokonyula uNelson Mandela njengoMongameli waseMzantsi Afrika. Ngaloo nyaka wathi wafumana iwonga ngebhaso ela lisuka kowayenguMongameli ngoko uNelson Mandela.