Sylvia Benjamin

**Sylvia Motlagomang “Mamza” Benjamin** (15 Nuwamba 1939 – 27 Disamba 2012) ‘yar Afirka ta Kudu ce ’yar ƙungiyar ƙwadago kuma mai fafutukar yaƙi da wariyar launin fata. Ita ce ma'ajin ƙungiyar ma'aikatan ma'adinai ta ƙasa  daga shekarun 1985 zuwa 1987 kuma ita ce mace ta farko da ta fara aiki a kan zartaswar kungiyar. Bayan kawo ƙarshen mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata, ta wakilci jam'iyyar ANC a matsayin 'yar ƙaramar kansila a Matlosana, Arewa maso Yamma daga shekarun 1994 zuwa 2005, kuma ta kasance mamba a kungiyar zartaswar jam'iyyar ANC Veterans' League a lokacin mutuwarta a shekarar 2012.

## Rayuwar farko da aiki
An haifi Benjamin a ranar 15 ga watan Nuwamba 1939 a Bloemfontein.  Lokacin da ta kai shekara biyu, danginta sun ƙaura zuwa Klerksdorp, inda mahaifinta, wanda tsohon ma'aikacin ma'adinai ne, ya zama ɗan kasuwa mai nasara. Ta halarci makarantar zuhudu ta Roman Katolika a Venterspost kafin ta yi digiri a makarantar sakandare ta Moroka a Thaba Nchu.  Bayan ta tashi daga makaranta ta isa aikin gyaran jiki sannan ta buɗe wani asibitin beauty da salon bayan gida. Ita kuma sarauniyar kyau; laƙabinta sun haɗa da Miss Klerksdorp, Miss World Newspaper, da Miss All Blacks Football Club. 

## Tarayya da kuma aikin siyasa
Benjamin ta shiga jam’iyyar ANC a shekarun 1950, kafin gwamnatin wariyar launin fata ta haramta ta,  amma fafutukar ta na siyasa ta fara ne da gaske bayan ta fara aiki a matsayin ma’aikaciyar sanin makamar aiki a ma’adinin zinare na Stilfontein a shekarar 1978.  Yanayin aiki mara kyau ga ma'aikatan hakar ma'adinai a Stilfontein ya jagoranci ta zuwa gwagwarmayar ƙungiyoyin kasuwanci, kuma ta kasance memba na Ƙungiyar  Ma'aikata ta Ƙasa (NUM) a shekarar 1982.   Bayan wani lokaci a matsayin mai kula da shaft kuma mai ɗaukar ma'aikata,  an zaɓe ta a matsayin ma'ajin NUM daga shekarun 1985 zuwa 1987.  Ita ce mace ta farko da ta fara aiki a kwamitin zartarwa na NUM.  

Benjamin ta shiga cikin shirya yajin aikin ma'aikatan hakar ma'adinai na shekarar 1987, mafi girma a tarihin Afirka ta Kudu,  kuma ta shiga cikin tsarin jagoranci na yanki na United Democratic Front a Western Transvaal.   An tsare ta saboda gwagwarmayarta sau da yawa,  kuma a wani lokaci ta yi yajin cin abinci yayin da take tsare a Klerksdorp. 

Bayan an hana ƙungiyoyin yaƙi da wariyar launin fata a shekarar 1990, Benjamin ta zama mai fafutuka a Jam'iyyar Kwaminisanci ta Afirka ta Kudu (SACP) a Yammacin Transvaal. Ta kasance memba a kwamitin zartarwa na lardin SACP a yankin (daga baya aka sake masa suna North West) har zuwa shekara ta 2007.  Har ila yau, ta kasance mai aiki a Ƙungiyar Mata ta ANC na yanki kuma ta wakilci ANC a matsayin ɗan majalisa a cikin birnin Matlosana daga shekarun 1994 zuwa 2005.  Bayan ta yi ritaya, ta taimaka wajen kafa Ƙungiyar Manyan Jama'a ta Matlosana a shekarar 2006, kuma an zaɓe ta a cikin kwamitin gudanarwa na ƙasa na ANC Veterans' League a shekarar 2010. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri da mutuwa
Benjamin uwa ɗaya ce ga 'ya'ya mata uku, ɗaya daga cikinsu, mai ba da shawara mai suna Elizabeth, ta mutu a shekara ta 2007.  Ita kanta Bilyaminu ta kamu da rashin lafiya a shekarar 2011 kuma tana kwance kuma tana kwance a asibiti har sai da ta mutu a ranar 27 ga watan Disamba 2012.  A cikin watan Afrilu 2018, Shugaba Cyril Ramaphosa - wanda ya kafa NUM - ya ba ta Order of Luthuli a cikin tagulla don:Gagarumin gudunmawar da ta bayar wajen haqqoqin ma’aikata da kuma gwagwarmayar da take yi da zalunci. Ta yi jarumtaka ta rungumi harkar rashin aikin yi da mata. 

## Duba kuma

* Tripartite Alliance

## Manazarta