Ram Salojee

**Rashid Ahmed Mahmood "Ram" Salojee** (24 Maris 1933 - 2 Disamba 2020), sau da yawa ba a kuskure **Ram Saloojee**, ɗan siyasan Afirka ta Kudu ne, likita, kuma tsohon mai fafutukar yaƙi da wariyar launin fata . Tsakanin shekarun 1994 zuwa 2009, ya wakilci jam'iyyar ANC a majalisar dokokin lardin Gauteng da majalisun biyu.

Salojee ya tashi zuwa matsayi ta hanyar ƙungiyoyin jama'a na gida a Lenasia, inda ya gudanar da aikin likita. Tsohon jam'iyyarsa ta siyasa, People's Candidate Party, ta mamaye kwamitin gudanarwa na Lenasia daga shekarun 1973 zuwa 1977, lokacin da Salojee ya sauya matsayinsa na shiga tsarin mulkin wariyar launin fata ya fice daga kwamitin. Daga baya ya zama babban jigo a cikin ƙungiyar adawa da wariyar launin fata ta Congress a Transvaal, kuma daga shekarun 1983 ya yi aiki a lokaci guda a matsayin mataimakin shugaban Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) da reshen Transvaal na United Democratic Front (UDF).

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Babban yaya ga yara goma sha biyu, an haifi Salojee a ranar 24 ga watan Maris 1933 a gonar iyalinsa a Kliprivier a tsohuwar lardin Transvaal.  Sunan laƙabi, Ram, ya fito ne daga farkon sunansa uku. Iyalinsa suna da alaƙa da ƙungiyar satyagraha ta Mahatma Gandhi, kuma mahaifinsa ya kasance babban memba na TIC. Baya ga lokutan da ke makarantar firamare ta Indiya ta Ferreira da makarantar sakandare ta Indiya ta Johannesburg, Salojee ya shafe shekaru biyar a Cibiyar Musulunci ta Waterval, inda ya yi karatun Alkur'ani. 

Bayan kammala karatunsa a shekarar 1951,  Salojee ya halarci Jami'ar Witwatersrand, inda ya kammala MBBCh a shekarar 1958.  Da yawa daga baya, yayin da yake aiki a Majalisar, Salojee ya rubuta a cikin wata wasika zuwa ga *Mail &amp;amp; Guardian* cewa, "Ba a taɓa sanya ni jin wani ɓangare na Alma Mater na ba. Nuna wariya, wariyar ra'ayi da kuma keɓancewa daga zamantakewar zamantakewa sun bar ni jin wofi, rashi da rashin cikawa."  Bayan shekaru goma na aikin likita a Nylstroom, ya kammala ƙarin horo a asibitin Coronation na Johannesburg a cikin shekarar 1964 sannan ya zauna a Lenasia, inda ya shafe yawancin rayuwarsa. 

## Gwagwarmayar yaƙi da wariyar launin fata
Yayin da yake aikin likitanci a Lenasia, Salojee ya zama babban jigo a cikin ƙungiyoyin jama'a na gida.  Ya kasance memba na kafa Lenasia Resident's and Ratepayers Association, a tsakanin sauran kungiyoyi,  kuma ya kasance mai aiki a cikin kungiyoyin kula da wasanni na gida, da kansa ɗan wasan cricketer. 

A shekara ta 1973, Salojee ya kafa jam'iyyar People's Candidate Party (PCP) don tsayawa takara a zaben farko na kwamitin gudanarwa na Lenasia, wanda aka kafa don bai wa Indiyawan Afirka ta Kudu wakilcin wakilci na siyasa a yankin. PCP ta yi rawar gani sosai a zaɓukan, kuma an zaɓi Salojee a cikin kwamitin.  A cewar Salojee, shigarsa cikin kwamitin ya samo asali ne daga manufofin bayar da shawarwari ga bukatun zamantakewar zamantakewar mazauna da kuma hana kwamitin fadawa karkashin ikon 'yan kasuwa,  amma matsayinsa ya yi hannun riga da babban taron Congress Alliance da Black Consciousness motsi, duka biyun sun yi adawa da irin wannan tsari a matsayin legiid. 

A watan Yulin 1977, bayan boren Soweto, Salojee ya sanar da cewa ya zo ya amince da wannan ra'ayi kuma ya janye jam'iyyarsa daga kwamitin gudanarwa. Ya yi tir da kwamitin a matsayin "kwamiti mai ba da shawara" kuma ya ce Indiyawa ba su da wani abin da za su amfana daga shiga cikin tsarin wariyar launin fata.  Daga baya, lokacin da aka kafa kwamitin Anti-SAIC a Transvaal don shirya kauracewa Majalisar Indiya ta Afirka ta Kudu, Salojee ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mataimakan kwamitin. 

Ayyukan Kwamitin Anti-SAIC sun haifar da sake dawowa da TIC a watan Mayu 1983, kuma an zabi Salojee a matsayin mataimakin shugaban majalisa, wanda ya wakilci Essop Jassat.  Daga baya a wannan shekarar, an kafa UDF, kuma Salojee ya zama mataimakin shugaban reshen Transvaal. 

Ya ƙara ganinsa a cikin gwagwarmayar yaƙi da wariyar launin fata ta hanyar TIC da UDF suka jagoranci a cikin 1984 don ƙara tsanantawa daga Reshen Tsaro na 'yan sanda.  Bayan nasarar da UDF ta yi na kauracewa babban zaɓen 1984, an kai hari gidan Salojee, kuma an tsare shi a dandalin John Vorster daga 21 ga watan Agusta 1984 zuwa 10 Disamba 1984.  Bayan an sake shi, an ba shi umarnin dakatar da shi har zuwa watan Yulin 1985, lokacin da aka sake kama shi a lokacin da yake aikin tiyatar. An tsare shi a gidan yari na tsawon kwanaki 81 kafin daga bisani ya koma saboda koke da matarsa da lauyansa, Priscilla Jana suka yi. An sake shi a ranar 11 ga watan Nuwamba 1985, ya kasance ƙarƙashin wani umarnin hana shi, kuma an sake tsare shi daga 12 Yuni 1986 zuwa 31 Yuli 1986 bayan wani hari a gidansa. 

## Aikin majalisa
A zaɓen farko da aka gudanar bayan mulkin wariyar launin fata a Afirka ta Kudu a shekarar 1994, an zaɓi Salojee a matsayin wakilin jam'iyyar ANC a majalisar dokokin ƙasar , 'yan majalisar wakilai ta sabuwar majalisar dokokin Afirka ta Kudu.  Ya yi aiki a kujerarsa har zuwa Janairu 1996, lokacin da aka canza shi zuwa kujerar ANC a Majalisar Dattawa. 

Daga baya an sake mayar da shi sau ɗaya, yanzu zuwa majalisar dokokin lardin Gauteng, inda aka sake zaɓen shi ga cikakken wa'adi a shekarar 1999 da 2004  kuma inda ya yi aiki har ya yi ritaya a babban zaɓen 2009.  A shekara ta 2001, yayin da yake shugabantar kwamitin kula da lafiya na lardi kan harkokin kiwon lafiya da kuma lokacin bullar cutar kanjamau, Salojee ya kaucewa matsayin gwamnatin shugaba Thabo Mbeki wajen bayar da shawarwarin samar da magungunan cutar kanjamau don yiwa wadanda aka yiwa fyade fyade. 

A lokacin jawabinsa na ƙarshe a zauren majalisa a watan Maris 2009, Salojee ya nuna cewa:Wani lokaci nakan ji ban cika ba. Ban sani ba shin har yanzu muna cikin zamanin gwagwarmayar 'yantar da 'yanci ko kuwa muna cikin wannan zamani na tattalin arziki da masana'antu... Me game da masu rauni, marasa lafiya, marasa lafiya, marasa lafiya, marasa aikin yi?... talakawan da [ba a ba su] damammaki masu yawa ba, wadanda ba mu iya bayarwa ba, abin takaici, har ma a cikin shekaru goma sha biyar na dimokuradiyyar mu. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri da addini
Salojee musulmi ne mai kishin addini kuma addininsa ya kara rura wutar fafutukarsa. Da aka tambaye shi a wata hira da aka yi da shi a shekara ta 1981 ko yana jin tsoron zaluncin gwamnatin wariyar launin fata, ya amsa cewa imaninsa ya buƙaci ya yi adawa da zalunci da wariyar launin fata. A matsayina na musulmi na kuduri aniyar yin aiki da aiki cikin cikakken wanzuwar imanina, wanda ba ya raba tsakanin ɓangarorin rayuwa, siyasa, tattalin arziki, da nishaɗi.  Ya kasance shugaban Majalisar Musulunci ta Afirka ta Kudu a tsakiyar shekarun 1990, inda a cikinta ya fito fili ya yi Allah wadai da shigar musulmi masu fafutuka a cikin mutanen da ke yaki da 'yan daba da muggan kwayoyi. 

A cikin watan Fabrairu 1960, Salojee ya auri Sara Makda,  wanda ya riga shi.  Sun haifi 'ya'ya biyu, mace ɗaya da namiji.  An gano shi yana da ciwon suga a shekara ta 2011 kuma an yanke masa sassan biyu.  Ya rasu ne a ranar 2 ga watan Disamba, 2020 a gidansa da ke Westcliff, Johannesburg kuma an binne shi kamar yadda addinin Musulunci ya tanada a makabartar Westpark.  

## Manazarta

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* Hoton zabe mai nuna Salojee
* Tambayoyi da Padraig O'Malley (1990-1991)