Cassim Saloojee

Ebrahim "Cassim" Saloojee (7 Mayu 1935 - 1 Fabrairu 2009) ɗan siyasan Afirka ta Kudu ne kuma tsohon ɗan gwagwarmayar yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata. A lokacin mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata, ya kasance ma'ajin jam'iyyar United Democratic Front, wanda ake tuhuma a cikin shari'ar cin amanar ƙasa ta Pietermaritzburg, sannan kuma shugaban jam'iyyar Transvaal Indian Congress. Ya wakilci jam'iyyar African National Congress a majalisar dokokin ƙasar  daga shekarun 1994 har zuwa rasuwarsa a shekarar 2009.

 Rayuwar farko da aiki 
An haifi Saloojee a Krugersdorp a tsohuwar Transvaal  a ranar 7 ga watan Mayu 1935. Daga baya danginsa sun ƙaura Roodepoort sannan suka koma Bloemhof. Ya fara makaranta a Sophiatown kuma ya yi digiri a cikin shekarar 1954 a Johannesburg, inda ya ƙaura tun yana matashi a makaranta. Yusuf Dadoo, wanda shi ma daga Krugersdorp ne, ya kasance muhimmiyar tasiri ga Saloojee, kuma ya shiga reshen matasa na Transvaal Indian Congress yayin da yake Johannesburg. 

Bayan kammala karatunsa, ya fara karatun likitanci a kwaleji a Bombay, Indiya, amma daga baya ya koma Afirka ta Kudu don horar da malami a Kwalejin Ilimi ta Transvaal.   Duk da haka, ya ƙi koyarwa a cikin iyakokin Dokar Ilimi ta Bantu na nuna wariyar launin fata kuma daga shekarun 1967 ya yi aiki a matsayin darekta na Hukumar Kula da Jin Daɗin Jama'a ta Indiya ta Johannesburg. Ya kuma jagoranci madadin rukunin gidan wasan kwaikwayo, Phoenix Players, kuma shine wanda ya kafa Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Kasuwa na Johannesburg. 

 Gwagwarmayar yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata 
Bayan shekara guda a Amurka, inda ya yi karatu a kan malanta a Jami'ar Princeton, Saloojee ya shiga cikin gwagwarmaya a kan Dokar Yankunan Rukuni a matsayin memba na kafa kuma shugaban Kwamitin Ayyuka don Dakatar da Korar (ACTSTOP), wanda ke adawa da korar iyalan Indiya (ciki har da nasa) daga haya a cikin gari na Johannesburg.   A cikin wannan lokacin, a farkon shekarun 1980, Saloojee ya ƙara shiga cikin siyasar yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata, wani ɓangare saboda tasirin 'ya'yansa matasa. Ya shiga cikin ƙauracewa Majalisar Indiya da kuma daga baya na Majalisar Tricameral, dukansu an kafa su don ba da wakilci na siyasa ga Indiyawa a cikin gwamnatin nuna wariyar launin fata. Ya kasance memba wanda ya kafa United Democratic Front (UDF) a shekarar 1983 kuma ya zama ma'ajin ta na ƙasa. 

A cikin wannan matsayi, an kama shi a cikin watan Fabrairu 1985,  kuma tare da Albertina Sisulu, Archie Gumede, Frank Chikane, da sauran shugabannin UDF an tuhume shi da laifin cin amanar ƙasa  a cikin Kotun Koli ta Pietermaritzburg. An soke tuhumar da ake masa a watan Disamba 1985.  A watan Agustan 1988, a taron farko na Transvaal Indian Congress tun bayan farfaɗo da shi a shekarar 1983, an zaɓi Saloojee ya gaji Essop Jassat a matsayin shugaban majalisar.

 Aikin bayan mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata 
A zaɓen farko da aka yi a Afirka ta Kudu bayan mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata a shekarar 1994, an zaɓi Saloojee a matsayin wakilin majalisar dokokin Afirka a sabuwar majalisar dokokin ƙasar. A lokacin wa'adinsa na farko a Majalisar daga shekarun 1994 zuwa 1999, ya jagoranci Kwamitin Fayil kan Jin Daɗin Jama'a. Ya zama ɗaya daga cikin 'yan majalisa mafi daɗewa a majalisa, yana aiki har zuwa mutuwarsa a shekarar 2009.

 Rayuwa ta sirri da mutuwa 
Saloojee ya auri Khatija kuma ya haifi 'ya'ya biyu.  Ya rasu a ranar 1 ga watan Fabrairun 2009 a gidansa da ke Johannesburg bayan ya yi fama da rashin lafiya.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2009
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1935