Reggie Oliphant

Reginald Oliphant (17 ga watan Janairun 1948 - 15 ga watan Mayu 2003) ɗan siyasan Afirka ta Kudu ne, ɗan jarida, kuma Mai fafutukar adawa da nuna wariyar launin fata. Malami ne ta hanyar sana'a, ya zama sananne a cikin ƙungiyar jama'a ta Oudtshoorn, inda ya kafa jaridar ci gaba ta al'umma, Saamstaan. Ya kasance shugaban Kudancin Cape na United Democratic Front. 

Bayan kawo karshen mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata, Oliphant ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin mataimakin magajin garin Oudtshoorn. Ya kuma wakilci jam'iyyar African National Congress (ANC) a majalisar dokokin ƙasar  a takaice a lokacin zaman majalisar dimokuraɗiyya ta farko. An kashe shi ne a Cape Flats a wani yunkurin yin garkuwa da shi a watan Mayun 2003.

 Rayuwar farko da gwagwarmaya 
An haifi Oliphant a ranar 17 ga watan Janairu 1948,   ya girma a wurin kakarsa bayan iyayensa duka sun mutu.  Malami a fannin sana'a, ya yi fice a fagen siyasa a matsayin mai fafutukar kare hakkin jama'a a Bridgeton, unguwar Colored a ƙarƙashin ƙaramar hukumar Oudtshoorn a lardin Cape.  Ya kasance memba na kafa ƙungiyar Bridgeton Civic Movement kuma wanda ya kafa kuma Journalist for Saamstaan, jaridar gida a Oudtshoorn.  Ya kuma kasance shugaban jam'iyyar United Democratic Front a yankin Kudancin Cape.

Sakamakon gudanar da ayyukansa na jama'a, gwamnatin nuna wariyar launin fata tana yawan tursasa shi: an tsare shi ba tare da shari'a ba a lokuta da dama, ya fuskanci umarnin hana shi da yawa, kuma a wani lokaci hukumomi sun mayar da shi zuwa koyarwa a wata makaranta a garin Kenhardt. A shekarar 1990, lokacin da gwamnatin nuna wariyar launin fata ta haramtawa jam’iyyar ANC, baki ɗaya aka zaɓi Oliphant a matsayin shugaban sabuwar jam’iyyar reshen da aka kafa a Oudtshoorn.

 Aikin bayan mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata 
Bayan zaɓen ƙananan hukumomi na farko bayan mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata a shekarar 1995, an zaɓi Oliphant a matsayin mataimakin magajin ƙaramar hukumar Oudtshoorn.  Bayan wani ɗan lokaci da ya yi a wancan ofishin, ya koma jam’iyyar ANC a majalisar dokokin ƙasar, inda ya cike gurbin da ba a so.  Duk da cewa ya sake tsayawa takara a shekarar 1999, ya kasance na 143 a jerin jam'iyyar ANC ta ƙasa kuma bai sake yin takara ba. A lokacin mutuwarsa, ɗan kasuwa ne, mai sha'awar sana'ar kamun kifi. 

 Kisa 
A daren 15 ga watan Mayu 2003, an harbe Oliphant a kai a kusa da kusa yayin da yake zaune a cikin motarsa a wata mahadar a Mitchells Plain a kan Cape Flats. An tabbatar da mutuwarsa a asibitin Groote Schuur jim kaɗan bayan haka.  Matarsa ta ce ta kasance tana tafiya zuwa Mitchells Plain don aikin al'umma na HIV/Aids. 

 Masu aikata laifin 
An kama mutane takwas, waɗanda ake zargin 'yan ƙungiyar  Jukkies da Home Boys ne a cikin mako guda da kisan Oliphant. Ɗaya daga cikinsu mai suna Nazeem Amien, an same shi da laifin kisan Oliphant a watan Fabrairun 2005 kuma an yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin rai da rai.   A yayin shari'ar Amien, wani mai shaida a jihar ya shaida cewa Amien da sauran wasu shugaban 'yan ƙungiyar ne ya umurce su da su ajiye wata mota kirar Toyota Corolla, kamar ta Oliphant, ga wani dillalin magunguna na Johannesburg; An kuma samu Amien da laifin yunkurin satar mutane.  

 Rayuwa ta sirri da girmamawa 
Ya auri Elizabeth Oliphant, wacce yake da 'ya'ya mata huɗu da namiji. A cikin watan Afrilu 2017, Shugaba Jacob Zuma ya shigar da shi bayan mutuwarsa ga Order of Luthuli, ya ba shi lambar yabo ta azurfa saboda "kyawawan gudummawar da ya bayar wajen yaki da rashin adalcin zamantakewa da aka fuskanta a kan baƙaƙen fata a Afirka ta Kudu".

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Matattun 2003
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1948