Mzwandile Masala

**Mzwandile McDonald Masala** (20 Fabrairu 1938 - 2 Mayu 2023) ɗan siyasan Afirka ta Kudu ne kuma tsohon mai fafutukar yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata. Ya wakilci jam'iyyar African National Congress (ANC) a majalisar dokokin ƙasar  daga shekarun 1997 zuwa 2004. Ya kasance jakadan Afirka ta Kudu a Zambia daga shekarun 2004 zuwa 2007.

A lokacin mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata, Masala ya kasance yana aiki a ƙarƙashin jam'iyyar ANC a gabashin Cape. Ya shiga Umkhonto we Sizwe a shekarar 1962 kuma an kama shi a shekarar 1964 saboda ayyukansa na MK. Ya shafe shekaru 11 a Tsibirin Robben kuma bayan an sake shi aka dakatar da shi. A cikin shekarun baya, ya kasance memba na kafa United Democratic Front, kuma ya kasance mataimakin shugaban lardin ANC na reshen gabashin Cape daga shekarun 1994 zuwa 1996.

## Rayuwar farko da gwagwarmaya
An haifi Masala a ranar 20 ga Fabrairu 1938 a Alice a tsohuwar lardin Cape.  Ya shiga jam'iyyar African National Congress (ANC) a matakin farko na gwagwarmayar yaki da nuna wariyar launin fata bayan ya koma Port Elizabeth a lokacin kuruciyarsa.  A shekara ta 1962, shekaru biyu bayan gwamnatin nuna wariyar launin fata ta haramtawa ANC, Masala ya tafi gudun hijira don samun horon soja tare da sabon reshen ANC na ɗauke da makamai, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), a Habasha da Aljeriya.  Lokacin da ya koma ƙasar Afrika ta Kudu a shekarar 1964 domin gudanar da wani aiki na MK a Soweto, jami'an tsaro sun kama shi tare da yanke masa hukuncin daurin shekaru 11 a gidan yari a tsibirin Robben.  

Bayan da aka sake shi daga kurkuku a shekara ta 1976, an ba shi umarnin hana shi shiga harkokin siyasa kuma aka kore shi zuwa Ciskei bantustan. Duk da haka ya kasance mai aiki a cikin tsarin ƙarƙashin ƙasa na ANC kuma ya kasance memba na United Democratic Front (UDF) a shekarar 1983.  Lokacin da ANC ba a dakatar da shi a cikin shekarar 1990, ya shiga cikin sake gina gine-ginen da ke sama a Gabashin Cape,  kuma ya kasance mataimakin shugaban lardi na jam'iyyar reshen gabashin Cape daga shekarun 1994 har zuwa 1996, lokacin da Stone Sizani ya gaje shi. 

## Aiki a gwamnati
A cikin shekarar 1997,  Masala ya shiga Majalisar Dokoki ta ƙasa , majalisar wakilai ta Afirka ta Kudu bayan mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata, inda ya cike gurbin da ba a so.  An sake zaɓen shi zuwa cikakken wa'adi a cikin shekarar 1999  da 2004, yana hidima ga mazaɓar Eastern Cape. Ya yi murabus a ranar 29 ga watan Yuni 2004, inda ya miƙa kujerarsa ga Peter Hendrickse. 

Masala ya bar majalisar ya shiga aikin diflomasiyya, yana aiki a matsayin jakadan Afirka ta Kudu a Zambia daga shekarun 2004 zuwa 2007. 

## Ritaya da mutuwa
Bayan ya yi ritaya, Masala ya ci gaba da aiki a cikin ANC Veterans' League.  A cikin watan Disamba na shekarar 2012, yana cikin membobin MK da aka ba da lambar yabo ta soja a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar da ake kira Luthuli Detachment, ƙarni na farko na MK da aka ɗauka a cikin shekarar 1960s.   A watan Oktoban 2016, yana ɗaya daga cikin jiga-jigan jam'iyyar ANC 101 da suka rattaba hannu kan wata buɗaɗɗiyar wasika da ke nuna damuwa game da alkiblar jam'iyyar ANC ƙarƙashin shugaba Jacob Zuma, da dai sauran abubuwan da ke sukar "ficewar jam'iyyar daga kimarta" da kuma rashin mayar da martani ga alamu na kama jihar.  

Ya mutu a ranar 2 ga watan Mayu 2023 a wani asibiti a Cape Town bayan gajeriyar rashin lafiya.  

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