Lynne Brown

**Lynne Brown** (an haife ta a ranar 26 ga watan Satumbar shekara ta 1961) 'yar siyasar Afirka ta Kudu ce wacce ta kasance tsohon Ministan Kasuwancin Jama'a kuma tsohon Firayim Minista na Lardin Yammacin Cape .  An haife ta ne a Cape Town kuma ta girma a Mitchells Plain . An nada ta Firayim Minista na Yammacin Cape biyo bayan murabus din Ebrahim Rasool a watan Yulin shekara ta 2008.  A baya, ta kasance Ministan Ci gaban Tattalin Arziki da Yawon Bude Ido. Ita memba ce ta Majalisar Dattijai ta Afirka (ANC) kuma zaɓaɓɓen memba na Kwamitin Zartarwa na Kasa a 2007 da 2012.  Ta fito ne daga asalin launi kuma ita ce firaministan launi na huɗu na Yammacin Cape, na biyu daga ANC, kuma mutum na farko da ya bayyana a fili gay da za a nada shi a matsayin ministoci a kowane gwamnatin Afirka.

## Ayyukan siyasa
Brown ta kasance shugabar kungiyar matasa ta Mitchell's Plain a 1979 kuma memba ne na kungiyar mata ta United daga 1979 zuwa 1985. Ta kasance memba na Majalisar Mata ta United daga 1985 zuwa 1990, tana aiki da farko a matsayin Jami'in Ilimi sannan kuma a matsayin Sakatariyar Lardin. Ta shiga cikin Jam'iyyar United Democratic Front tun daga lokacin da aka kafa ta a 1983 har zuwa lokacin da aka rushe ta a 1991, tana aiki a matsayin memba na Kwamitin Kudi.

Brown ya shiga ANC a shekarar 1987 kuma an zabe shi a Kwamitin Zartarwa na Lardin da kwamitin aiki na lardin a shekarar 1999. Ta yi aiki a matsayin Sakatariyar Lardin Yammacin Cape na Kungiyar Mata ta ANC tun 1990. Ta ci gaba da shiga cikin ilimi bayan shekarunta na koyarwa. Ta kasance memba na kwamitin National Literacy Project kuma a halin yanzu memba ne na kwamitin Extramural Education Project . Ta fara kuma ta kasance darakta na Kwalejin Mata a shekarar 1990. A shekara ta 1994 kuma a shekara ta 1999 an zabe ta a matsayin memba na ANC na Majalisar Dokokin Lardin Yammacin Cape . Ta kasance shugabar kwamitocin da ke kan Ayyukan Al'umma da Lafiya da Welfare, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin ANC Whip da Chief Whip a majalisar dokoki. Ta tsaya a matsayin dan takarar ANC a matsayin magajin gari na Cape Town a 1999 kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin Ministan lardin (MEC) na kudi, ci gaban tattalin arziki da yawon bude ido har zuwa lokacin da aka ɗaukaka ta zuwa ofishin Firayim Minista a 2008.

ANC ta rasa iko da lardin a Babban zaben 2009 tare da Jam'iyyar Democratic Alliance ta samu kujeru 22 daga cikin 42 a Majalisar Dokokin Lardin. Dan takarar DA Helen Zille ya maye gurbin Brown a ranar 6 ga Mayu 2009. Ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugaba na Jam'iyyar adawa ta hukuma daga 2009 har zuwa Mayu 2014, lokacin da tsohon shugaban kasar Jacob Zuma ya nada ta a cikin majalisar ministocinsa a matsayin Ministan Kasuwancin Jama'a.

Kyautar siyasa ta Lynne Brown ta rataye a cikin ma'auni bayan binciken Eskom. Da farko ta yi iƙirarin binciken Eskom ya kai ga kotun kangaroo bayan mai magana da yawun kwamitin Eskom Khulani Qoma ya kira ta maƙaryaci game da rawar da ta taka wajen kama wutar lantarki. Ta musanta cewa ta karanta imel ɗin Gupta duk da karbar su daga Natasha Mazzone,  kuma ta musanta cewa Shugaba Zuma ya kira ta bayan saduwa da Zola Tsotsi (Shugaban Eskom a lokacin), taron da ya haifar da dakatar da manyan shugabannin Tshediso Matona, Dan Marokane, Tsholofelo Molefe da Matshela Koko. Ta musanta sanin Tony Gupta da Salim Essa bayan Tsotsi ya bayyana a ƙarƙashin rantsuwa cewa Brown ya gayyace shi zuwa gidanta kuma "Tony Gupta da salim Essa sun kasance".

A watan Fabrairun 2018 an cire ta daga majalisar ministocin Shugaba Cyril Ramaphosa,  inda Pravin Gordhan ya gaje ta kuma daga baya ta yi murabus a matsayin memba na ANC na majalisa. 

## Hukumar Kashe Jiha
Hukumar Kula da Kasuwancin Jiha, wacce aka fi sani da Hukumar Zondo, ta gano cewa Brown, yayin da yake aiki a matsayin Ministan Kasuwancin Jama'a, tsakanin 2014 da 2015 ya nada mutane da yawa zuwa Kwamitin Eskom ba tare da la'akari da hanyoyin dubawa na hukuma ba kuma Brown ya kasa la'akari le shawarwarin da ke kan bayanan Ma'aikatar Kasuwancin Gwamnati (DPE). An gano ayyukanta sun ƙare da nadin mutane da yawa tare da rikice-rikice na sha'awa da haɗin kai tare da Salim Essa da dangin Gupta, da kuma da yawa ba tare da ƙwarewa ba a matsayin daraktocin kowane kamfani na gwamnati.

A cikin wata shaida ga Hukumar Zondo a cikin 2021, Brown ta ba da shaida cewa ba ta san ko wanene Salim Essa ba kuma tana bin hanyoyin da DPE ta ba ta. Koyaya, Hukumar Zondo daga baya ta gano wata ƙungiya tsakanin Brown da Salim Essa. Kwamitin Zondo ya gano jerin kiran waya da yawa tsakanin Brown da Salim Essa a cikin shekara ta 2014. Hukumar Zondo ta ci gaba da gano hanyar imel tsakanin Brown, mataimakinsa Kim Davids da asusun imel na 'Business Man' - sunan da aka gano shine sunan Salim Essa. Hukumar Zondo ta kuma gano cewa ayyukan Brown sun saba wa shaidarta, saboda a zahiri ta kasa bin hanyoyin DPE da shawarwari kuma a ƙarshe kawai ta rarraba talla a cikin jaridu tana gayyatar kowa ya nemi gabatarwa ga Kwamitin. Hukumar Zondo ta gano cewa shaidar ta nuna a sarari Brown ta saba da Salim Essa kuma ta ba da hadin kai wajen kama Eskom.[1]

Hukumar ta gano cewa Brown ta yi amfani da matsayinta wajen rinjayar nadin kwamitin mahalarta a cibiyar sadarwa ta Gupta a kamfanoni daban-daban na jihar ciki har da Eskom, Transnet da Denel. Binciken majalisa ya gano cewa Brown da wanda ya riga ta, Malusi Gigaba, sun kasance "ba su da hankali wajen aiwatar da alhakinsu".

## Dubi kuma

* Jerin shugabannin gwamnati na LGBT
* Jerin masu rike da mukamai na siyasa na LGBT na farko

## Manazarta