Lassy Chiwayo

**Lekota Lazarus "Lassy" Chiwayo** (an haife ta a 11 ga Oktoba 1966) 'yar siyasa ce ta Afirka ta Kudu, diflomasiyya, kuma ɗan kasuwa daga Mpumalanga . Ya kasance Magajin garin Mbombela daga shekara ta 2008 har zuwa shekara ta 2011, lokacin da ya shiga aikin diflomasiyya. 

Chiwayo ya zama sananne a cikin shekarun 1980s a matsayin Mai fafutukar adawa da wariyar launin fata kuma matashi mai zaman kansa na Tsibirin Robben . Bayan karshen wariyar launin fata a shekara ta 1994, ya yi aiki a gidajen majalisa biyu da kuma Majalisar Zartarwa ta Mpumalanga a karkashin Firayim Minista Mathews Phosa . Ya koma aiki na cikakken lokaci a har zuwa Yuni 2008, lokacin da ya koma siyasa ta gaba don shiga ofishin magajin gari. Lokacin da ya kasance a cikin mukamin ya yi daidai da shirye-shiryen Mbombela don zama birni mai karɓar bakuncin gasar cin Kofin Duniya na FIFA na 2010, da kuma rikice-rikicen siyasa da ke tattare da cin hanci da rashawa a cikin kwangila masu alaƙa. A wannan lokacin, Chiwayo ya kasance babban abokin hamayya kuma mai sukar Firayim Minista na Mpumalanga David Mabuza .

Chiwayo ya bar ofishin magajin gari bayan Zaben kananan hukumomi na Mayu 2011 kuma daga baya aka nada shi a matsayin babban wakilin Afirka ta Kudu a Shanghai, China. An tuno shi daga wannan matsayi a farkon 2013.

## Rayuwa ta farko da gwagwarmaya
An haife shi a ranar 11 ga Oktoba 1966,  Chiwayo ya kasance mai aiki a cikin ƙungiyar adawa da wariyar launin fata a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa. A shekara ta 1988, an daure shi a Tsibirin Robben saboda gwagwarmayarsa. Daga baya ya ce yadda jami'an kurkuku suka yi masa maganin farko - gami da azabtarwa da zamba bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa - ya kai shi ga karɓar "mummunar halin adawa da fararen fata", amma cewa jagorancin ANC a tsibirin Robben sun kalubalanci halayensa kuma sun "canja" su. Bai kammala hukuncinsa na kurkuku ba, saboda yana daga cikin fursunonin siyasa da aka saki bayan gwamnatin wariyar launin fata ta sanya hannu kan Minti na Pretoria a watan Agustan 1990.

## Ayyukan majalisa

### Majalisar Dokokin Lardin Mpumalanga
A zaben farko na Afirka ta Kudu bayan wariyar launin fata a shekarar 1994, an zabi Chiwayo, har yanzu bai kai shekara 30, a matsayin kujerar ANC a Majalisar Dattijai, babban gidan Majalisar dokokin Afirka ta Kudu, inda ya wakilci mazabar Gabashin Transvaal.  A lokacin majalisar dokoki, ya yi murabus daga kujerarsa don shiga Majalisar Dokokin Lardin Mpumalanga, inda ya yi aiki a gwamnatin Firayim Minista Mathews Phosa a matsayin memba na Majalisar Zartarwa (MEC) don Wasanni da Nishaɗi,  kuma daga baya, daga ƙarshen 1998, a matsayin MEC na Kudi.  A wannan lokacin, Chiwayo ya kasance mai aiki a cikin Kungiyar Matasan ANC, kuma a cikin 1998 ya ƙaddamar da yunkurin da bai yi nasara ba don fitar da Malusi Gigaba daga shugabancin ƙungiyar.

A cikin Babban zaben 1999, an sake zabar Chiwayo don cikakken lokaci a Majalisar Dokokin Lardin Mpumalanga; an sanya shi na biyu a jerin jam'iyyun ANC, tare da Ndaweni Mahlangu kawai a gabansa. An zabi Mahlangu a matsayin Firayim Minista na Mpumalanga kuma bai sake nada Chiwayo a Majalisar Zartarwa ba. Maimakon haka, Chiwayo ya yi aiki a matsayin babban bulala a majalisar dokoki. A cikin rarrabuwar bangarorin Mpumalanga ANC na wannan zamanin, an kalli Chiwayo a matsayin abokin adawar Mahlangu kuma mai goyon bayan magajin Mahlangu, Mathews Phosa . 

### Majalisar Dokoki ta Kasa
A watan Yunin shekara ta 2001, a cikin abin da 'yan jarida suka bayyana a matsayin "tsarkakewa" ta Mahlangu, Chiwayo da wasu wakilan lardin an sauya su daga majalisar dokokin lardin zuwa Majalisar Dokoki ta Kasa. An rantsar da shi a Majalisar Dokoki ta Kasa a ranar 3 ga Yulin 2001, yana cika gurbin da ya taso bayan mutuwar Cengi Mahlalela;  Jabu Mahlangu ya gaje shi a matsayin shugaban lardin.  Koyaya, Chiwayo bai kammala wa'adin majalisa a sabon kujerarsa ba;  ya yi ritaya daga siyasa mai aiki don neman aiki a kasuwanci.  A wannan lokacin, kasuwancinsa sun shiga cikin aikin Gautrain.

## Magajin garin Mbombela
A farkon watan Yunin 2008,  Chiwayo ya koma siyasa ta gaba lokacin da aka zabe shi a matsayin magajin gari na Mpumalanga's Mbombela Local Municipality. Naɗin nasa ya kasance wani ɓangare na kamfen ɗin da ANC ta yi don tabbatar da gwamnatin birni, wanda aka sanya shi a ƙarƙashin kulawa a watan Fabrairu biyo bayan jerin laifuka na cin hanci da rashawa da suka shafi shirye-shiryen gasar cin Kofin Duniya na FIFA na 2010.  Bayan ya hau mulki, Chiwayo ya ba da sanarwar cewa zai kwace bukatun kasuwancinsa a cikin amana mara kyau kuma ya ba da gudummawar dukkan albashin magajin gari ga sadaka.

### Gasar tare da David Mabuza
A lokacin da ya shiga ofishin magajin gari, Chiwayo ya fito ne a matsayin mai yiwuwa mai neman nasara don maye gurbin Thabang Makwetla a matsayin Shugaban lardin reshen Mpumalanga na ANC.  Boy Nobunga, Jacques Modipane, da sauran fitattun 'yan siyasa na lardin sun goyi bayan kamfen dinsa, amma abokin hamayyarsa, David Mabuza, ya gudu a kan dandalin kamfen din "Mpumalanga First" kuma ya kai farmaki ga Chiwayo saboda alakar da ya yi da lardin Gauteng na birane. Lokacin da aka gudanar da taron zaɓe na lardin ANC a Nelspruit a watan Agustan 2008, Chiwayo ya sha kashi a hannun Mabuza, inda ya samu kuri'u 305 ga Mabuza 388.

A cikin shekaru masu zuwa, Chiwayo ya kasance sanannen mai sukar kuma abokin hamayya na Mabuza,  wanda ya zama firaministan lardin a 2009 kuma wanda Chiwayo daga baya ya bayyana shi a matsayin wanda "ya jagoranci dakarun duhu kuma yana aiki a cikin inuwa".  Lalle ne, a wasu asusun, a cikin shekaru uku masu zuwa ya zama "fuskar yakin neman zabe na Mabuza" a lardin.

### Filin wasa na Mbombela
Yawancin wa'adin magajin gari na Chiwayo ya mamaye ta hanyar abin kunya da ya shafi cin hanci da rashawa a sayen gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 2010, musamman a cikin kwangila don gina Filin wasa na Mbombela. A cikin wata hira ta gaskiya a tsakiyar shekara ta 2010, Chiwayo ya gaya wa Mail & Guardian cewa zabar Mbombela a matsayin birni mai karbar bakuncin gasar cin kofin duniya ya kara tsananta "mafi munin halin baƙi a cikin ANC", yana cewa, "dakarun cikin jam'iyyar a lardin - wakiltar bukatun kasuwanci maimakon na mutanen da suka jefa kuri'a ga ANC - suna aiki don karfafa matsayinsu don samun kuɗi daga gasar tun da wuri".l

A watan Janairun shekara ta 2009, an harbe kakakin majalisar Mbombela, Jimmy Mohlala, a cikin wani kisan gillar siyasa. A farkon shekara ta 2010, jaridu da yawa sun ba da rahoton cewa Chiwayo da kansa ya bayyana a cikin akalla jerin sunayen da aka ɓoye wanda ke yawo a lardin. Chiwayo ya ce ya tabbata cewa an kashe Mohlala ne saboda kamfen dinsa na gano cin hanci da rashawa a cikin kwangilar filin wasa na Mbombela,  kuma daga baya ya ce ya rike Mabuza "kai tsaye ko a kaikaice". 

Shi da Mabuza sun ruwaito sun kasance ba su da tabbas game da abin da Chiwayo ya ɗauka a matsayin rashin son Mabuza don magance cin hanci da rashawa da tashin hankali na siyasa a lardin. A watan Maris na shekara ta 2011, an ruwaito cewa ya yi gwagwarmaya da Mabuza a wani taro a hedikwatar lardin ANC. Chiwayo ya ce ya kira taron don magance damuwarsa:Dole ne a gaya wa wani [Mabuza] inda za a sauka... Na kasance kai tsaye tare da shi game da rawar da ya taka a lardin - cin hanci da rashawa da kuma Mai ba da gudummawa da ya kirkira. Na kuma gaya masa cewa ya shirya ni ta hanyar kusantar da ni don barin kasuwancin da nake yi a Johannesburg kuma ya zo nan ya zama magajin gari don ya hallaka ni.A lokacin taron, Chiwayo ya ruwaito cewa ya kaddamar da "tirade", yana ƙara fushi har sai da ya caje Mabuza a zahiri, ya tilasta Sakataren lardin ANC Charles Makola ya shiga tsakani.

Saboda wadannan da sauran dalilai, Chiwayo daga baya ya ce ya "sha wahala sosai" a Mbombela. Makonni biyu bayan ya yi jayayya da Mabuza, ya ce ya bincika kansa a asibitin lafiyar kwakwalwa don maganin damuwa. Lalle ne, a cewar News24, shi ne karo na uku tun lokacin da ya zama magajin gari cewa Chiwayo ya kwantar da shi a asibiti saboda damuwa; an kuma ruwaito cewa ya karfafa shirye-shiryen tsaro na sirri, yana tsoron za a kashe shi.

### Succession
A watan Janairun shekara ta 2011, a lokacin da za a gudanar da zaben kananan hukumomi na shekara ta 2011, Chiwayo ya sanar da cewa ya nemi ANC ta ba shi damar yin murabus daga ofishin magajin gari don komawa aikinsa na kasuwanci. Bayan zaben, Cathy Dlamini ne ya gaje shi a matsayin magajin gari.

## Aikin Diflomasiyya

A watan Satumba 2011, *Mail & Guardian* ta ruwaito cewa an nada Chiwayo a matsayin babban jami'in jakadancin Afirka ta Kudu a Shanghai, China. Ya halarci horon diflomasiyya a Pretoria har zuwa watan Janairu 2012, lokacin da aka tura shi kasashen waje; News24 ta ruwaito cewa manyan jiga-jigan ANC Mathews Phosa da Kgalema Motlanthe ne suka tsara wannan nadin.

Yayinda Chiwayo ke zaune a Shanghai, a watan Fabrairu 2013, gobara ta lalata motar sa ta Porsche da wasu kadarorinsa a gidansa da babu kowa a ciki da ke Mbombela. Chiwayo ya bayyana cewa yana zargin wannan hari da cewa yana da nasaba da siyasa, kuma wasu abokan hamayya ne suka shirya shi don "sanya shi jin wani sako"; ya ce an taba kai hari gidansa sau da dama kuma yana karbar "kiran waya masu barazana suna ce masa ya bar Mpumalanga". Ya nuna cewa dalilin da yasa ya karɓi aikin diflomasiyya shine domin gujewa irin wadannan barazanar.

A watan Maris 2013, Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje da Hadin Gwiwa ta sanar da cewa an dawo da Chiwayo gida Afirka ta Kudu domin ya samu magani. *Sunday World* ta ruwaito cewa an dawo da shi ne saboda ya bata sunan kasa, ta hanyar yawo tsirara a unguwarsa da ke Shanghai da kuma dukan jakadan Afirka ta Kudu a China, Bheki Langa, a wani taron da aka gudanar a Beijing. Chiwayo ya karyata rahotannin tare da cewa karya ne.