Thenjiwe Lesabe

Thenjiwe Lesabe 'yar kishin ƙasa ce 'yar ƙasar Zimbabwe wacce kuma malama ce, tsohuwar soja kuma 'yar gwagwarmayar siyasa.

 Rayuwar farko da aiki 
An haifi Khumalo a Hope Fountain kusa da Bulawayo a ranar 5 ga watan Janairu 1932. Ta halarci White Water Primary sannan ta sami horo a matsayin malama a Hope Fountain. Ta kasance malama a makarantar firamare ta Lotshe a Mkokoba kafin ta yi murabus a shekarar 1949 kuma ta shiga Bantu Mirror a matsayin 'yar jarida. 

 Gwagwarmayar siyasa 
Tsakanin shekarun 1949 zuwa 1953 ta kasance mai fafutukar siyasa a wata kungiyar jama'a da ake kira Gama Sigma Club wacce ta mayar da hankali kan al'amuran zamantakewa ga 'yan Afirka. A shekarar 1957 ta shiga jam'iyyar Southern Rhodesian African National Congress ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mambobin jam'iyyar na farko. 

A shekarar 1960, ta shiga jam'iyyar National Democratic Party kuma aka zaɓe ta shugabar kwamitin gundumar Bulawayo a kwamitin reshe na farko. A matsayinta na shugabar ta haɗa yankuna biyu na Mzilikazi da Barbourfields sannan ta kafa reshe mai suna Mziba.

Bayan dakatar da NDP da kafa ZAPU, Lesabe ta ci gaba da riƙe muƙamin ta na shugabar kungiyar mata a sabuwar jam’iyyar har zuwa lokacin da aka dakatar da jam’iyyar a shekarar 1962. 

Lesabe ta ci gaba da fafutuka duk da dakatar da jam’iyyar, daga baya kuma ta zama jam’iyyar People’s Caretaker Council (PCC)  inda aka zaɓe ta a majalisar wakilai ta ƙasa. PCC (wacce abin hawa ne na ZAPU don gujewa haramcin) ita kanta an dakatar da ita a shekarar 1964.

Tsakanin shekarun 1970 zuwa 1974 ta zagaya ƙasar tana ta dirar mikiya ga ZAPU. A wani taron jam'iyyar ANC a shekarar 1975 an zaɓe ta a matsayin shugabar zartaswa ta ƙasa a matsayin shugabar ZAWU yayin da Josiah Chinamano ya zama mataimakin shugaban ƙasa sannan Joseph Msika ya zama babban sakataren jam'iyyar.

Daga baya ta koma ƙasar Zambiya a lokacin da yakin kwato 'yancin kai ya tsananta kuma aka ba ta damar yin hulɗa da ƙasashen duniya da masu fafutukar neman 'yancin kai.

An zaɓi Lesabe a matsayin 'yar majalisa mai wakiltar Matobo akan tikitin PF-Zapu bayan samun 'yancin kai. A shekarar 1984 aka zaɓe ta shugabar ZAWU a wani taro na ZAPU.

Bayan rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar haɗin kai tsakanin ZANU da ZAPU, an naɗa ta mataimakiyar ministar yawon buɗe ido ta kuma yi aiki a kwamitin mata a jam'iyyar ZANU PF. A shekarar 2009 ta bar ZANU PF ta koma ZAPU.

Lesabe ta mutu a shekara ta 2011 kuma an hana ta matsayinta na jaruma amma anyi mata jana'iza a jiharta.  Daga shekara ta 2003 har zuwa mutuwarta an sanya ta a cikin jerin Takunkumin Amurka.Blocking property of persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2011
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1932