Josiah Jele

**Josiah Khiphusizi Jele** (an haife shi a ranar 1 ga watan Mayu 1930) ɗan siyasan Afirka ta Kudu mai ritaya ne, jami'in diflomasiyya, kuma tsohon mai fafutukar yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata wanda shi ne wakilin dindindin na Afirka ta Kudu na farko a Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya daga shekarun 1995 zuwa 1999. Shi dai tsohon soja ne a jam'iyyar ANC ta Afirka, wacce tun a shekarar 1950 ya kasance memba a cikinta.

Jele ya tafi gudun hijira tare da ANC a shekarar 1965 kuma ya wakilci jam'iyyar a ɓangarori daban-daban, ciki har da shugabanta na harkokin ƙasa da ƙasa daga shekarun 1978 zuwa 1982. Ya kasance memba a kwamitin gudanarwa na ANC na ƙasa  sama da shekaru ashirin. Bayan kawo ƙarshen mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata, Jele ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a majalisar dokokin ƙasar  kafin shugaba Nelson Mandela ya naɗa shi jakada a shekarar 1995.

## Rayuwar farko da gwagwarmayar yaki da nuna wariyar launin fata
An haifi Jele a ranar 1 ga watan Mayu 1930 a Alexandra, wani ƙauye a wajen Johannesburg.  Ya shiga jam’iyyar ANC a shekarar 1950 kuma ya kasance memba bayan gwamnatin wariyar launin fata ta haramta kungiyar a shekarar 1960. Bayan an tsare shi saboda fafutukarsa tsakanin shekarun 1964 zuwa 1965, ya tafi gudun hijira, inda ya shiga jam'iyyar ANC a hedikwatarta a ƙasashen waje. Ya kasance tare da Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) a Tanzaniya, inda ya shirya mujallar MK, *Dawn*, yayin da yake aiki a matsayin kwamishinan siyasa tsakanin shekarun 1967 da 1968.  A cikin wannan lokaci, Jele ya shiga cikin kwamitin gudanarwa na ANC na ƙasa, inda aka zaɓe shi tare bayan taron ANC na 1969 na Morogoro. 

Jele shi ne darektan yaɗa labarai na jam'iyyar ANC daga shekarun 1970 zuwa 1971 kuma sakataren harkokin Afirka a majalisar zaman lafiya ta duniya a Helsinki, Finland daga shekarun 1970 zuwa 1971.  Ya kasance a Majalisar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya tsawon shekaru biyar.  Ya kuma kasance ɗaya daga cikin jiga-jigan  manufofin jam'iyyar ANC da kuma shirya wasiku biyu kan harkokin duniya, *mai suna Focus on Africa* da *The Peace Courier*.  A cikin shekarar 1978, ya koma hedkwatar ANC, yanzu a Lusaka, Zambia, domin ya jagoranci Sashen Harkokin Ƙasashen Duniya na ƙungiyar. Ya riƙe wannan muƙamin har zuwa shekara ta 1982, lokacin da Johnny Makhathini ya gaje shi. 

Bayan ya sauka daga muƙaminsa na shugaban harkokin ƙasa da ƙasa, Jele ya ci gaba da aiki da jam'iyyar ANC a birnin Lusaka; ya kuma ci gaba da zama mamba a kwamitin zartaswa na jam'iyyar ANC, kuma ya samu zaɓe kai tsaye ga hukumar a karon farko a taron Kabwe na 1985.  Ya kuma kasance memba a ofishin siyasa na Jam'iyyar Kwaminisanci ta Afirka ta Kudu (SACP).  Ya gaji Joe Nhlanhla a matsayin shugaban sakatariyar majalisar siyasa da soji ta ANC daga shekarun 1987 har zuwa 1990,  lokacin da ya koma Afirka ta Kudu yayin tattaunawar kawo karshen mulkin wariyar launin fata.  A shekara mai zuwa, a babban taron jam'iyyar ANC karo na 48 a birnin Durban, ba a zaɓe shi kai tsaye a cikin kwamitin gudanarwa na ANC na kasa ba, amma an zaɓe shi a matsayin memba na wa'adi na karshe, wanda ya kare a shekarar 1994. 

## Ayyuka bayan mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata
A babban zaɓe na 1994, wanda shi ne na farko a Afirka ta Kudu a ƙarƙashin ƙuri'ar zaɓe na duniya, an zaɓi Jele ya wakilci jam'iyyar ANC a sabuwar majalisar dokokin ƙasar.  Duk da haka, an riga an ɗauke shi a matsayin wanda zai iya zama ɗan diplomasiyya,  kuma a cikin watan Fabrairu 1995 an naɗa shi a matsayin wakilin dindindin na farko na Afirka ta Kudu bayan mulkin wariyar launin fata a Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya.  Ya ci gaba da kasancewa a wannan matsayi har zuwa shekara ta 1999,  kuma a lokacin ya wakilci Afirka ta Kudu a matsayin mataimakin shugaban babban taron Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya da kuma shugaban ofishin ƙasashe masu zaman kansu. 

Bayan ya koma Afirka ta Kudu, Jele ya yi ritaya daga fagen siyasa  amma duk da haka ya ci gaba da aiki a ANC. A cikin Oktoba 2002, gabanin taron kasa na ANC na 51st, Jele da Jabu Moleketi sun buga wata takarda mai cike da cece-kuce, *Dabaru Biyu na Kungiyar 'Yanci ta Ƙasa a Fafutukar Samun Nasara na Juyin Dimokuradiyya na Kasa*, wanda ya haifar da rikici a cikin kawancen Tripartite;  Jele da Moleketi sun amince da shugaba mai ci Thabo Mbeki cewa "ɓangaren ɓangaranci mai ra'ayin mazan jiya" ya yi barazanar durkusar da jam'iyyar ANC. 

A cikin watan Yuli 2004, wasu da ba a san ko su waye ba sun harbe Jele a wajen gidansa da ke Lombardy West, Johannesburg.   An ɗauki harin a matsayin yunƙurin kisan kai kuma yana da alaƙa da hannun Jele a cikin ka'idojin masana'antun tsaro masu zaman kansu na Afirka ta Kudu; a lokacin ya kasance shugaban hukumar jami’an tsaro kuma shugaban majalisar hukumar kula da masana’antun tsaro masu zaman kansu. 

A shekarar 2021, kwamitin zartaswar jam’iyyar ANC na kasa ya naɗa Jele a wani kwamitin cikin gida da ke da alhakin sauraron ƙarar da Ace Magashule ya shigar kan dakatar da shi daga ofishinsa a matsayin babban sakataren jam’iyyar ANC. 

## Girmamawa
A ranar 22 ga watan Afrilun 2008, Shugaba Mbeki ya ba Jele lambar yabo ta Luthuli a azurfa saboda "kyakkyawan gudunmawar da ya bayar wajen yaki da tsarin wariyar launin fata a Afirka ta Kudu".  

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Matar Jele Catherine Jele, Bafaranshya ce-Hungary; suna da yara.  Hakanan yana da ɗa, mai fafutukar yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata kuma jami'in diflomasiyya Mpendulo "Squire" Jele (1955-2022), tare da Simangele Khumalo.

## Manazarta