Mary Malahlela

Mary Malahela-Xakana (2 Mayu 1916 – 8 ga Mayu 1981)  ita ce Bakar fata ta farko da ta yi rajista a matsayin likita a Afirka ta Kudu (a cikin shekarar 1947). Ta kasance memba ta kafa kungiyar Kiristocin Matasa Mata.  

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Mary Susan Makobatjatji Malahela a Pietersburg.  Mahaifinta shi ne Thadius Chweu Malahela, sabon tuba Kirista. An kori mahaifinta daga gidansa saboda ya ƙi kashe ’ya’yansa tagwaye, tunda tagwaye an ɗauke su a matsayin tsinuwa.  Tun tana yarinya ɗaliba ce a Makarantar Firamare ta Methodist a Juliwe, kusa da Johannesburg. Ta halarci Jami'ar Fort Hare a matsayin digiri na farko, kuma a cikin shekarar 1941 ta sami tallafi daga Asusun Amincewa na Native na nazarin likitanci a Jami'ar Witwatersrand. Lokacin da ta kammala karatu a shekarar 1947, ita ce Bakar fata ta farko da ta kammala digiri daga Wits.  A cikin shekarar 2015 Jami'ar Witwatersrand ta kafa wani plaque a kan filayenta a matsayin abin tunawa ga Dr Malahela da kuma a matsayin hanyar da za ta gyara taɓarɓarewar tarihi na tsofaffin ɗalibai baƙar fata. 

 Aiki 
A cikin shekarar 1947, Malahela ta kammala karatun likitanci kuma ta yi rajista a matsayin likita, mace baƙar fata ta farko a Afirka ta Kudu da ta yi hakan.  Ta buɗe aikin likita mai zaman kansa a Kliptown, da na biyu a Mofolo South. Bayan Dokar Yankunan Rukuni, ta yi aiki a asibitin a Dobsonville.  

Malahlele ta kasance memba na YWCA a Afirka ta Kudu, kuma tana aiki a cikin zaman lafiya da ƙungiyoyi masu adawa da wariyar launin fata. Ta kasance memba a ƙungiyar Mata ta Zaman Lafiya, mamba a Majalisar Jami'ar Fort Hare, kuma shugabar Hukumar Makarantar Roodepoort. 

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Mary Malahela ta yi aure kuma ta haifi 'ya'ya mata biyu. Ta mutu a cikin shekarar 1981, tana da shekaru 65, bayan bugun zuciya, yayin da take aikin sa kai tare da Nthato Motlana a asibitin Witkoppen na karkara a Sandton, Johannesburg. "Mary Susan Malahlela-Xakana", in Women Marching Into the 21st Century: Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo (HSRC Press, 2000): 2022–03. .

Ana kiran makarantar firamare a Dobsonville bayan Malahela-Xakana.  A cikin shekarar 2015, Malahela-Xakana an ba ta lambar yabo ta Baobab bayan mutuwarta saboda aikinta na majagaba.  

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1981