Rapu Molekane

**Rapulane Sydney Molekane** (an haife shi 7 ga Mayu 1961) ɗan diflomasiyar Afirka ta Kudu ne, ɗan siyasa, kuma tsohon mai fafutukar yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata. Ya kasance Jakadan Afirka ta Kudu a Austria tun a shekarar 2019. A wannan matsayin, yana da takardar shaidar zama ba ta zama ba ga Slovenia da Slovakia kuma yana aiki a matsayin wakilin Afirka ta Kudu na dindindin a kungiyoyin ƙasa da ƙasa daban-daban a Vienna.

A lokacin mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata, Molekane ya yi fice a fagen siyasa a matsayin jigo a yunkurin ɗalibai a Soweto. Memba na United Democratic Front, ya kasance shugaban ƙungiyar matasa ta Soweto daga shekarun 1984 zuwa 1985 kuma ya kafa babban sakataren ƙungiyar matasan Afirka ta Kudu daga shekarun 1987 zuwa 1990. Daga shekarun 1990 zuwa 1994, ya kasance sakatare-janar na sabuwar ƙungiyar matasa ta African National Congress (ANC) ƙarƙashin shugaban kungiyar Peter Mokaba.

Molekane ya wakilci jam'iyyar ANC a majalisar dokoki ta ƙasa  a lokacin majalisar mulkin dimokuraɗiyya ta farko daga shekarun 1994 zuwa 1999. Tun lokacin da ya zama jami'in diflomasiyya a shekarar 1999, ya yi aiki a matsayin ƙaramin jakada a Jamus, babban kwamishina a Ghana, da jakadan Faransa.

## Rayuwar farko da gwagwarmaya
An haifi Molekane a ranar 7 ga watan Mayu 1961  a cikin White City, wani yanki na Jabavu a cikin Soweto.  Yaren sa na asali shine Setswana;  mahaifinsa na Barolong ba Rapulane na Thaba Nchu ne a tsohuwar Jihar Orange Free amma ya ƙaura zuwa Johannesburg a cikin shekarar 20s.

Bayan kammala karatun digiri daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Mapetla Tswana ta Soweto a cikin shekarar 1981, Molekane ya sami horo a matsayin malami a Soweto. A wannan lokacin, ya zama babban jigo a yunkurin ɗalibai na yakar nuna wariyar launin fata, ciki har da wanda ya kafa United Democratic Front a shekarar 1983. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin shugaban Majalisar Matasan Soweto daga shekarun 1984 zuwa 1985,  don haka ya kasance mai shiga tsakani a Majalisar Ɗaliban Afirka ta Kudu (COSAS).  A wannan matsayi, ya zama aboki kuma abokin aikin Peter Mokaba, takwaransa na Majalisar Matasa ta Mankweng; an kama su tare saboda ayyukansu na COSAS kuma an tsare su a kurkukun Johannesburg (Sun City).

A taron kafuwar SAYCO a watan Maris 1987 a Cape Town,  Molekane an zaɓe shi a matsayin babban sakatare na SAYCO, yana aiki tare da Mokaba, wanda aka zaɓa a matsayin shugaba. A cikin shekarar 1990, SAYCO ya sami maye gurbinsa da sabuwar ƙungiyar matasan ANC da aka sake budewa, kuma Molekane da Mokaba sun sake mayar da matsayinsu: ya kasance babban sakataren kungiyar na wa'adi biyu daga shekarun 1990 zuwa 1994. A shekarar 1992, an yi masa kallon a matsayin ɗan takarar da zai iya kalubalantar Mokaba a matsayin shugaban ƙasa, amma bai yi haka ba.

## Majalisar Ƙasa: 1994-1999
A zaɓen farko na Afirka ta Kudu bayan mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata a shekara ta 1994, an zaɓi Molekane a matsayin ɗan jam'iyyar ANC a majalisar dokokin ƙasar, 'yar majalisar wakilai ta sabuwar majalisar dokokin Afirka ta Kudu.  Ya jagoranci Kwamitin Fayil na Majalisar kan Tsaro. A cikin wannan lokaci, a cewar Molekane, shi da wasu tsirarun wakilan jam'iyyar ANC, ministan harkokin wajen ƙasar Alfred Nzo ne ya zaɓo shi da hannu don samun horon diflomasiyya da zama jami'an diflomasiyya.

## Sabis na diflomasiyya: 1999-yanzu

Molekane ya bar Majalisar bayan babban zaɓen 1999 kuma ya shiga Sashen Harkokin Waje, na farko a matsayin ƙaramin jakadan Bavaria da Baden-Württemberg a Jamus daga shekarun 1999 zuwa 2003.  Daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Kwamishina a Ghana daga shekarun 2004 zuwa 2008 kuma a matsayin jakada a Faransa daga shekarun 2014 zuwa 2019, tare da wa'adin jakadansa da aka tsara a Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje, ciki har da Tarayyar Afirka, Gabas ta Tsakiya, da teburan Turai. A ranar 10 ga watan Yuli 2019, ya gabatar da takardun shaidarsa a matsayin jakada a Austria; Har ila yau, yana da ba da izinin zama ga Slovenia da Slovakia kuma yana wakiltar Afirka ta Kudu a ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da ƙasa da ke Vienna. 

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