Jessie Duarte

**Yasmin** " **Jessie** " **Duarte** (19 Satumba 1953 - 17 Yuli 2022) ɗan siyasan Afirka ta Kudu ne kuma mukaddashin sakatare-janar na Majalisar Tarayyar Afirka . Tsohuwar mai fafutukar yaki da wariyar launin fata, ta yi aiki daban-daban a matsayin mataimaki na musamman ga Nelson Mandela, memba na majalisar ministocin lardin (MEC) na Gauteng, a matsayin jakadiya a Mozambique, kuma a matsayin mai magana da yawun jam'iyyar ANC, kafin ta rike mukaminta a matsayin mataimakiyar Sakatare-Janar na ANC a 2012, har zuwa rasuwarta a ranar 17 ga Yuli 2022.

## Rayuwar farko da aiki
An haifi Yasmin Dangor a ranar 19 ga Satumba 1953 a Coronationville a yammacin Rand na Johannesburg kuma ta girma a Westbury da Newclare kusa.     Daya daga cikin 'ya'ya tara ga Julie da Ebrahim Dangor, 'yar'uwar mawaƙi ce kuma mai fafutuka Achmat Dangor . 

Bayan kammala karatun digiri daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Coronationville a Johannesburg, Duarte ta fara aikinta na ƙwararru a matsayin akawun gudanarwa. A shekara ta 1979, Albertina Sisulu ya ɗauke ta aiki don kafa tsarin mata a duk faɗin Afirka ta Kudu.   Shekaru biyu bayan haka, a cikin 1981, ta yi aiki a matsayin sakatariyar kungiyar mata ta Transvaal, kungiyar yaki da wariyar launin fata . 

A cikin 1988, an tsare ta ba tare da shari'a ba . Daga bisani an sanya ta a karkashin dokar hana ta har sai an dage dokar ta-baci da ta mamaye.  A wannan lokacin tana aiki tare da Reverend Beyers Naudé don kafa asusun bayar da tallafin karatu don ilimantar da masu fafutukar yaki da wariyar launin fata don zama gungun ma'aikatan gwamnati.   Ta yi aiki da Ravan Press, kamfanin wallafe-wallafen da Naudé ya kafa. 

## Sana'ar siyasa
Lokacin da Nelson Mandela ya fito daga gidan yari a shekarar 1990, ya nada Duarte a matsayin daya daga cikin mataimakansa, mukamin da ta rike har ya zama shugaban kasar Afirka ta Kudu a shekarar 1994.  Ta kuma taimaka wa Walter Sisulu a irin wannan matsayi a gabanin zaben dimokradiyya na farko a Afirka ta Kudu.   Ta shiga cikin jagorancin jam'iyyar African National Congress (ANC) a matakin yanki kuma an zabe ta a Majalisar Zartarwa ta Lardin Transvaal (PEC), an nada ta a cikin jigon jagorancin ANC na rikon kwarya,  kuma ta zama memba na farko na Majalisar Zartarwa (MEC) don Tsaro da Tsaro a Gauteng .   A shekarar 1997 aka zabe ta a matsayin kwamitin gudanarwa na ANC na kasa . 

A shekarar 1998, an zarge ta da daukar masoyinta tafiya zuwa kasar Portugal a kan kudin masu biyan haraji, lamarin da ya haifar da cece-kuce kan yiwuwar yin amfani da kudaden jama'a.  Daga baya an tilasta mata barin mukaminta na Safety and Security MEC bayan da kwamitin bincike ya bayar da rahoton "mummunan zato" cewa ta boye wani hatsarin mota yayin tuki ba tare da lasisi ba.  Duarte ta yarda cewa ta tuka mota ba tare da lasisi ba amma ta ci gaba da cewa mutanen sashenta ne suka fitar da ikirarin cewa mai gadi ne ya tuki a lokacin.  Jaridar *Mail &amp;amp; Guardian* ta ruwaito cewa ta kai musu takardar da ake zargin ta damfara da ke dauke da wannan da'awar. 

Daga nan Duarte ya zama jami'in diflomasiyya kuma ya zama jakadan Afirka ta Kudu a Mozambique daga 1999 zuwa 2003. 

Ta zama mai magana da yawun jam'iyyar ANC  kuma har zuwa 2010 ta kasance babban jami'in gudanarwa a fadar shugaban kasa a ofishin shugaba Jacob Zuma .  A cikin 2009 ta fito a cikin labarai don wasu nau'ikan ciwon daji guda biyu da aka ƙaddamar akan 'yan jarida Philani Nombembe na   da John Humphrys na gidan rediyon BBC .  Daga baya ta bayyana goyon bayanta ga shirye-shiryen ANC na kotun daukaka kara ta kafofin watsa labarai a Afirka ta Kudu  wadda ta fuskanci suka a matsayin katsalandan na siyasa da 'yancin fadin albarkacin baki da yiwuwar rashin bin ka'ida.  Duarte ya zargi kafafen yada labarai da nuna Jacob Zuma a wani mummunan yanayi;  bisa ga *Mail & Guardian*, "Kin ta ga kafofin watsa labarai [ya kasance] sirrin bayyane. 

A watan Disamba 2012, an zabe ta a matsayin mataimakiyar Sakatare-Janar na ANC a yayin babban taron jam'iyyar na kasa karo na 53 da aka gudanar a Mangaung, jihar Free State . An sake zabe ta a karo na biyu na shekaru biyar a taron kasa na ANC na gaba a Nasrec, Gauteng a 2017. [2] Ta karbi mukamin mukaddashin Sakatare-Janar na ANC lokacin da aka dakatar da Ace Magashule mai ci saboda tuhumarsa da cin hanci da rashawa a watan Mayu 2021.

A cikin 2014, Duarte a bainar jama'a ya kwatanta ayyukan Isra'ila a Zirin Gaza da Yammacin Kogin Jordan da na Nazi Jamus .  Wannan ya jawo tsautawa mai ƙarfi daga ƙungiyoyin Yahudawa a Afirka ta Kudu. 

A cikin 2019, ta zargi ANC, jam'iyya mai rinjaye a Afirka ta Kudu, da kasancewa "wariyar launin fata" da "kabilanci" ga mambobi da masu jefa kuri'a waɗanda ba baƙar fata na Afirka ba. 

A cikin 2020 Jessie Duarte tana son ministar shari'a ta "yi magana" "tasirin rawar" na babban alkalin alkalai a Hukumar Kula da Shari'a saboda tana jin cewa bangaren shari'a mai zaman kansa yana da iko da yawa.  A wata wasika mai kwanan wata 2 ga Maris 2020 ta yi ƙoƙarin yin tasiri kan tsarin zaɓin alkalan kotun tsarin mulki. Babu wata shaida da ta nuna cewa yunkurinta na raunana bangaren shari’a ya yi nasara. 

A ranar 7 ga Janairu 2021, Duarte ta sanar da cewa za ta yi murabus a matsayin mataimakiyar Sakatare-Janar na ANC a taron jam'iyyar na gaba a 2022. 

An zarge ta da kasancewa mai haƙuri da cin hanci da rashawa a cikin gine-ginen gwamnati,  kuma a cikin Afrilu 2021 ta goyi bayan ikirarin tsohon Shugaba Zuma na cewa an tozarta Hukumar Zondo .  Shaidun da aka bayar a hukumar sun nuna cewa tsohon mijin Duarte, John Duarte, na daya daga cikin mutanen da suka bayyana a cikin shaidun kudaden da aka samu daga kwangiloli a cikin iyakokin binciken hukumar.  kuma danta da karbar kudi daga wani kamfani da aka baiwa kwangilar gwamnati. 

A watan Yunin shekarar 2021, watanni bayan wani rahoto da ke nuna gwamnatin kasar Sin wajen yin amfani da 'yan kabilar Uygur marasa rinjaye wajen yin aikin tilas a cikin shagunan sayar da gumi a yankin arewa maso yammacin kasar Sin,  Kamfanin dillancin labaran kasar Sin Xinhua ya nakalto Duarte yana cewa, kasar Sin ta kasance abin koyi ga kasashe masu tasowa da dama da za su koyi darasi a fannonin kawar da talauci, ci gaban tattalin arziki da ci gaba a gabashin kasar Sin; Duarte ya yi imanin cewa tsarin da jam'iyyar kwaminisanci ta kasar Sin ta amince da shi ya dace da jam'iyyar ANC da tsarinta na *Batho Pele* ko "Mutane Farko."