Ray Swart

Ray Albert Francis Swart (28 Fabrairu 1928 - 14 Fabrairu 2020) ɗan siyasan Afirka ta Kudu ne farar fata mai sassaucin ra'ayi wanda ya kwashe rayuwarsa yana adawa da manufofin nuna wariyar launin fata na gwamnati.   Ya yi karatu a Durban a Glenwood High School da Jami'ar Natal, inda ya kammala karatunsa a matsayin lauya. Tun yana ƙarami ya fara sha'awar siyasa kuma tun farko ya kasance mai goyon bayan jam'iyyar United Party, wanda a shekarar 1953 aka zaɓe shi, yana ɗan shekara 25, ɗan majalisar wakilai na Zululand.

A cikin shekarar 1959, Swart da wasu 'yan majalisar United Party guda goma sha ɗaya sun bar jam'iyyar kuma suka kafa jam'iyyar Progressive Party mai sassaucin ra'ayi. Manufofinsu ba su sami karɓuwa daga masu jefa ƙuri'a na masu ra'ayin mazan jiya ba a lokacin kuma Swart, tare da duk sauran 'yan majalisa masu ci gaba ban da Helen Suzman, sun rasa kujerarsu a zaɓen shekara ta 1961. Jam'iyyar ba ta sake samun kujeru ba sai a shekarar 1974, kuma Swart bai sake komawa majalisar ba har sai zaɓen shekarar 1977, lokacin da aka zaɓe shi ɗan majalisar Musgrave a Durban. Wannan zaɓen ya haifar da koma baya na jam'iyyun adawa da sabuwar jam'iyyar Progressive Federal Party, ta maye gurbin United Party a matsayin 'yan adawa a hukumance. Swart ya zama shugaban jam'iyyar. Ya ci gaba da zama a majalisar har zuwa shekara ta 1994, ta hanyar shawarwarin kawo ƙarshen mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata da kuma kafa mulkin rinjaye. Swart,Ray. Progressive Odyssey: Toward a Democratic South Africa.1991, Human & Rousseau 

Swart ya mutu yana barci a Durban yana da shekara 92. Matarsa Charmian da ’ya’yansa Christopher, Richard, Simon, da Jeanette suka bar shi."Prog Ray Swart (92) dies still an optimist", Natal Witness, 19 February 2020

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Rukuni:Mutattun 2020
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1928