Val Viljoen

Valerie Viljoen, tsohuwar Valerie Sullivan, 'yar siyasa ce kuma 'yar gwagwarmayar Burtaniya–Afirka ta Kudu mai ritaya. Ta wakilci jam'iyyar African National Congress (ANC) a majalisar dokokin ƙasar  daga shekarun 1994 zuwa 1999 kuma a lokacin nuna wariyar launin fata ta kasance memba na Black Sash a yankin Gabashin Cape.

 Rayuwar farko da aiki 
An haifi Viljoen a Surrey, Ingila ga dangin magoya bayan Jam'iyyar Liberal. Bayan ta kammala makarantar sakandare, ta koma Landan, inda ta kammala karatun sakatariya, ta sami aikin sakatariya a kamfani, ta auri injiniya. Ita da mijinta sun zauna a Rhodesia daga shekara ta 1966 zuwa 1969 yayin da mijinta yake aiki. Bayan haka an mayar da shi muƙamin a Gabashin London a lardin Cape na Afirka ta Kudu. 

 Gwagwarmaya a zamanin mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata 
Yayin da take zaune a Gabashin London, Viljoen ta shiga reshen Border na Black Sash bayan ta karanta game da aikinsa a cikin Daily Dispatch.  Bayan ta rabu da mijinta a cikin shekarar 1970s, ta kuma fara aiki a Cibiyar Harkokin Race ta Afirka ta Kudu, da farko a matsayin sakatariyar gudanarwa na lokaci-lokaci sannan kuma ta zama sakatariyar yanki. Ta bar cibiyar a cikin shekarar 1984 ko 1985 lokacin da ta fara dawo da kanta a matsayin babbar ƙungiya mai tushen bincike, tare da ba da fifiko ga ayyukan tushen aiki.  Ta ci gaba da yin aiki da ofishin shawara na Black Sash daga baya, kuma ta kasance mai ƙarfafawa don yin wani babban bincike na cikin gida a Black Sash, wanda aka sani da Hukumar Viljoen, wanda ya binciki ayyukan gudanarwa na kungiyar a duk faɗin ƙasar. 

Duk da haka, a lokacin da aka buga rahoton hukumar a cikin shekarar 1993,  Viljoen ta bar Black Sash; Bayan da gwamnatin nuna wariyar launin fata ta haramta wa jam’iyyar ANC da sauran ƙungiyoyin siyasa baƙar fata takunkumi a shekarar 1990, ta ji takaicin yadda ‘yan Black Sash ba su yi niyyar sake fasalin kanta ba domin ta zama ‘yar farar fata ta mamaye kanta.  Ta shiga jam'iyyar ANC a maimakon haka, kuma a ƙarƙashin tutarta ta gudanar da wayar da kan jama'a a matsugunan Cape na Cape a lokacin miƙa mulki na dimokuraɗiyya.  Gabanin babban zaɓe na shekarar 1994, ta kasance shugabar ofishin zaɓe na ANC kuma ta wakilci jam'iyyar a matsayin mai sa ido kan zaɓe. 

 Majalisa: 1994-1999 
Viljoen ta tsaya a matsayin 'yar takarar ANC a zaɓen shekara ta 1994, amma daga baya ta ce ba ta yi hasashen zaɓukan da jam'iyyar ta ANC za ta yi a gabashin Cape ba, kuma ba ta yi tsammanin za a zaɓe ta ba.  An zaɓe ta don wakiltar jam'iyyar a Majalisar Dokoki ta ƙasa, majalisar wakilai ta Afirka ta Kudu,  kuma ta yi aiki a can har zuwa babban zaɓe na gaba a shekarar 1999.

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Mijin Viljoen na farko, wanda ta aura a Ingila, shine Colin Sullivan; suna da 'ya'ya mata biyu.  Ta haifi wata ɗiya tare da Tony Viljoen, wanda ta aura a Gabashin London a shekarar 1980; ya kasance shugaban makarantar sakandaren Cambridge ta Gabashin London kuma mai goyon bayan jam'iyyar United Party.

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