Baleka Mbete

**Baleka Mbete** (a sẽn dog yʋʋmd 1949 sigr kiuug rasem 24 wã) yaa Afirik-Bĩngr politik soab sẽn yaa Afirik Kibɩ tẽnga taoor soab pʋga yʋʋm 2008 yʋʋmd kiuugã n tãag yʋʋm 2009 yʋʋmd kiuug rasema. A yɩɩ tẽnga taoor soaba yʋʋm a yiib sẽn pa pʋga, 2004 n tãag 2008 la 2014 n tãag 2019. A yɩɩ taoor soab pʋɩɩr yʋʋmd 1996 n tãag yʋʋmd 2004. A yaa African National Congress (ANC) ning ning sẽn yãk a taoor soab yʋʋmd 1994 wã, la a basa a zĩiga yʋʋmd 2019. 

A Mbete sẽn dog KwaZulu-Natal wã yaa karen-saamb sẽn zãms n yaa ra-karemd sẽn zab ne apartheidã, sɩngrẽ ne b sẽn boond tɩ Black Consciousness Movement. Yʋʋmd 1976 wã n tãag 1990 wã, a zĩnda ANC wã sẽn da be Afirik Kibar soolmẽ wã. Wakat kãnga, a yɩɩ politikã taoor soaba, la a yɩɩ yɩɩd yɩɩla taoor soaba. A sẽn lebg n wa Afirik Kibar, a talla ANC taoor-lʋɩtbã sẽn da be n na n tõog n kao apartheidã kaoobã, la a maana ANC pagb sullã sẽn lebg n sɩng n wa n yaa tẽnga sɛk-bi-tʋʋmd yʋʋm 1991-1993. 

A Mbete yaa tẽnga taoor soab n yãk a meng n zĩnd tẽnga pʋga, yʋʋmd 1994 wã, la a zĩnda tẽnga pʋga hal tɩ ta 2019 soabã, hal tɩ pa be yʋʋm 2009 n tãag 2014 ye. A sẽn wa n be tẽnga pʋgẽ wã sɩngame yʋʋmd 1996 wã, a sẽn yɩ tẽnga taoor soab pʋga, la a kell n yɩɩ tẽnga taoor soab a tãab soaba, a sẽn wa n lebg tẽnga taoor soab n na n tũ Frene Ginwala. Yʋʋmd a tãab-n-soabã sẽn yaa yʋʋmdã, a kẽnga taoor-soabg pʋga, yʋʋm 2008 sigt kiuugã pʋgẽ, sẽn yɩlẽ tɩ tẽnga taoor soab a Thabo Mbeki yik n kao a naam. 

Baa a sẽn zãgs n pa le wa Parlamentẽ yʋʋmd 2009 wã, a Mbete lebg n waame yʋʋmd 2014 kiuugã pʋgẽ, a sẽn da yaa tẽnga taoor soab. A sẽn wa n be tẽnga pʋga, a pa le yãt a sẽn da be wã ye. 

A yaa ANC ning sẽn sɩng n yaa a Zuma taoor soaba yʋʋm yʋʋm yʋʋm 1976. A yɩɩ ANC tẽnga taoor lʋɩtb sull ning sẽn be yʋʋmd 1994 n tãag yʋʋm 2022 soabã.

## A vɩɩm la a lekolle bangr
A Mbete rogame yʋʋmd 1949 bõn-bɩʋʋng rasem 24 daarẽ, Hlubi zakã pʋgẽ Clermont, sẽn yaa tẽng sẽn be Durban soolmẽ wã. A zĩnda a bi-puglã pʋga a ma-poak sẽn be Transvaal sẽn be rɩtgẽ wã, n kẽng lekoll sẽn pa beẽ wã. Yʋʋmd 1958 wã, a zakã rãmb kolga Cape Province wã, tɩ b ba wã tõe n tʋm sɛb-rãmb tʋʋmd Fort Hare Yuniõrmẽ. A sẽn wa n pa le tʋmda, a sẽn da be Afirik Kibar Komunisã wã yĩnga. A ma ra yaa pe-poakre, la a ra yaa bi-bɩɩg a yiib soaba la bi-pugl a ye zakẽ. 

A sẽn wa n paam a Inanda Seminary yʋʋmd 1968 wã, a kẽnga Eshowe Training College sẽn be Eshowe wã, la sẽn looge, a kẽe Lovedale sẽn be Alice wã. A paama zãmsg karen-saamb yʋʋmd 1973 wã, la a lebg n wa Durban n zãms lekoll sẽn be KwaMashu.

## Anti-apartheid tʋʋmd
A Mbete sẽn da zãmsd nebã Natal tẽnga, a kẽnga b sẽn boond tɩ Black Consciousness Movement wã pʋgẽ. Yʋʋmd 1976 wã sɩngrẽ, b yõka a Mbete ne a ba-biigã n bas-b tɩ b tʋmd politikã yĩnga. A sẽn wa n bas-a wã, a kẽnga tẽn-soaba, n bas Afirik-Dĩng n kẽng Swaziland yʋʋmd 1976 rasem 10 soabã.

#### Exile: 1976–1990
A Mbete sẽn da be tẽn-soaba wã, a kẽnga Afirik Nasyonal Kongre (ANC) ning sẽn zabd ne apartheidã pʋgẽ. A zãmsda me lekoll sẽn be Mbabane, Swaziland, hal tɩ ta 1977 wã, a sẽn wa n kẽng Dar es Salaam, Tanzani. A sẽn be  Dar es Salaam, Tanzania wã, a tʋma a ANC tʋʋm ne yẽesem, n kẽ a parti wã sɛbã la sɛbã pʋga - sẽn yɩɩd fãa, a tʋma Radio Freedom wã - la a Rãagdb sullã, sẽn yaa sull ning sẽn dɩk b zĩigẽ ANC pagb sull sẽn da pa be wã. A Mbete yɩɩ Tansanɩ pagb sullã sɛk-koɛɛga yʋʋm 1978-1981.

Yʋʋmd 1981 n tãag 1983, a yɩɩ ANC taoor soaba Nairobi, Kenya, zĩig ning a sɩdã sẽn da tʋmdẽ. Rẽ poore, a zĩnda Gaborone, Botswana (1983-1986); Harare, Zimbabwe (1986-1987); la Lusaka, Zambia (1987-1990). Sẽn paas a tʋʋm ne pagbã sullã, a ra kẽeda kulturã la b zãmsgã pʋgẽ, a sẽn yaa Medu Art Ensemble taoor soaba. A ra yaa yɩɩt sẽn yiisd b sɛbã me, n gʋlsd a pʋg-paalgã yʋʋr sẽn boond t'a Baleka Kgositsile.

#### Transition: 1990–1994
A Mbete lebg n waame Afirik Dĩngrma sẽn yi a Zeova yembrã pʋgẽ yʋʋmd 1990 tʋʋl kiuugã pʋgẽ. Yʋʋm nins sẽn pʋglã, a ra yaa ANC sull ning sẽn da be n na n maan sõssã n na n kɩt tɩ b pa le tar sor n na n welg b meng ye. Sẽn paase, b lebs n lugla ANC pagb sull yʋʋmd 1990 tʋʋlg kiuugã, la a Mbete zĩnda taoor-soab sull ning sẽn get b sẽn lebs n lugl-a wã pʋgẽ. Yʋʋmd 1991 wã, yʋʋmd 1991 wã, b sẽn maan tigis-kãseng ning sẽn deng n be Kimberley wã, b yãka a Mbete t'a yɩ tigis-kãsem soaba. A yɩɩ taoor soaba a Gertrude Shope. A zĩnda a tʋʋmdã pʋgẽ wakat a ye: yʋʋmd 1993 yʋʋm-soabg kiuugã, b yãka a Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula t'a wa rɩ a naamã.

## A tʋʋma goosneema puga
Yʋʋmd 1994 Afrɩka Kibɩ wã pipi sõob sẽn zĩnd apartheidã poore, b yãka a Mbete t'a na n yɩ ANC taoor soab Ninsaal Tigenga pʋgẽ. Yaa a sẽn sɩng a yʋʋm 25 tʋʋmdã sẽn yɩ South African Parliament tẽnga taoor lʋɩtb sullẽ wã. Sẽn paase, yʋʋmd 1994 yʋʋm-rɩt kiuugã, b yãka a sẽn yaa a nin-buiidã taoor lʋɩtb sull ning sẽn get b sõor yelle. A paama vot wʋsg n yãk a soab tɩ a yaa a 17 soabã. 

Yʋʋmd 1995 wã, b yãka a Mbete t'a yɩ ANC tẽnga taoor soaba, la a yɩ tẽnga taoor soab sẽn get sɩdã la zems-n-taar komisyonã taoor soaba.

### Deputy Speaker: 1996–2004
Yʋʋmd 1996 wã, a paama taoor-soaba, a sẽn na n yɩ tẽnga taoor soab ning sẽn geta tẽnga yɛl yelle. A Bhadra Ranchod n lebg tẽnga soaalã. Yʋʋmd 1999 wã, yʋʋmd 1999 wã kiuug rasem 14 wã, a sẽn wa n yãk n na n yɩ taoor soab pʋɩtba, a paama boto, n tõog a Dene Smuts sẽn yaa demokrɩtã wã. A paama vot 326 n yaool n pa paam a Smuts n yãk a 47 ye.

Yʋʋmd 1997 wã, yʋʋmd 1997 wã, b wilgame tɩ a Mbete paama a so-toakã sɛb sẽn pa zems ne a sẽn da kõ-a wã, a sẽn da maand mak-sõngo, Mpumalanga. A Mbete yeelame t'a ra yaa wʋsg n pa tõe n gũ a sor n wa paam a sor n na n tɩ bao sor n na yɩl n tõog n soog a meng raab ye. La a kɩɩsame tɩ a pa zoe n yeel woto ye. B sẽn maan b sẽn datã, b maana yel-solemd sẽn yaa kãseng n paas tɩ b bãng b sẽn maan b tʋʋm wẽnsã wɛɛngẽ Mpumalanga wã sẽn be zĩig ning sẽn yaa koakã tʋʋm zĩigẽ wã, la b yiis tẽnga minisr a ye tʋʋm-kãnga pʋgẽ.  La b pa yeel tɩ b pa maan yel-wẽn ye, la b yeelame tɩ b "maaga a sẽn pa mi bũmb ning sẽn yaa wẽnga".

#### A sẽn yɩ taoor soaba n goamde wakat a pipi: 2004-2008
Yʋʋmd 2004 wã, b sẽn yãk n yãk n na n yɩ tẽnga taoor dãmb n na n yãk a Mbete n yɩ tẽnga naab n na n dɩk a Frene Ginwala. A yaa a Zeova Kaset soaba. A yaa a sẽn yãk-a t'a wa maan tʋʋm-tʋmdã yʋʋmd 2004 yʋʋm-vẽk kiuug rasem 23 wã Gwen Mahlangu yaa a yaoodã. 

A Mbete sẽn yɩ taoor soaba wakat yɩɩ wa a Travelgate scandal bãaga, sẽn da yaa politikã rãmb sẽn zãgs b sẽn da kõ-b b sẽn na n kẽed ne tẽnga taoor dãmb n tɩ kẽed ne tẽngã. A Post & Guardian wã yeelame tɩ a ra yaa ANC "bãmbã sẽn gɩdg b sẽn tõe n maan bũmb ninsã" taoor soaba. A wilgame tɩ a talla a Tony Yengeni, ANC politik soab sẽn da beẽ wã, n deeg tɩ b kʋʋ a Parlament yʋʋmd 2003 wã.  A menga tũuda a Yengeni n kẽng Pollsmoor Prison bãens roogẽ yʋʋmd 2006 wã, a sẽn wa n wa n wa maan a bãensã. La a Mbete yeelame t'a tara sor n na n paas a Parlamentã la a kom-tĩnsã pãnga, n yeel t'a paama "tĩnd sẽn yaa bãnd sẽn yaa gom-bi-kãnga".  A sẽn maan woto wã kɩtame t'a Zingile Dingani, sẽn yaa tẽnga taoor soaba, baoo a meng tʋʋm tʋʋm n paas n kõ a meng tʋʋmde. 

Yʋʋmd 2006 yʋʋm-yɛr kiuugã, a Mbete ra rɩkda a zõog n na n kẽng a Ellen Johnson Sirleaf sẽn na n yɩ Liberia tẽnga taoor soaba waoogrã. A sẽn da be a pʋgẽ wã yaa a tʋmtʋmd a ye. A Ferial Haffajee yeelame tɩ ligdã yaa tʋʋm-dẽgd.

##### B  sen wã n naan yãki ANC taoor soaba
A Mbete sẽn wa n yaa taoor soaba wakatẽ wã, b yãka a tɩ b na n yãk a ANC taoor lʋɩtb sull n zĩnd a 52nd National Conference wã pʋgẽ, sẽn zĩnd Polokwane yʋʋmd 2007 yʋʋm-soabg kiuugã pʋgẽ. A ra yaa sull ning sẽn geta a sullã taoor soaba tʋʋmde, la a basa a sẽn da rat n yɩ sullã taoor soab n na n yɩ sull ning sẽn get a yellã. Tokyo Sexwale ra yãkame tɩ b yɩ tẽnga taoor soaba, la a wilgame t'a na n basa a Mbete poorẽ n na n sõng "rɩtbã pãng paasgo".  

Sẽn pʋgda, yʋʋm 2007 yʋʋm kiuug rasem 18 wã, a Mbete paama yʋʋm a nu n lebg ANC tẽnga taoor soaba. A sẽn da rat n yɩ taoor soab a Jacob Zuma wã, a tõoga a Joel Netshitenzhe sẽn da rat tɩ yaa a Thabo Mbeki n wa n na n wa n kao a naamã. A tõogame n paam n deeg boto sẽn yaa 61% n kõ a Soamã.

### Deputy President: 2008–2009
Yʋʋmd 2008 sigt kiuug rasem 20 wã, ANC wilgame tɩ b kosa a Mbeki t'a yi a zu-soaba. A sẽn wa n na n sigl a meng n kõ a Mbete tʋʋm-no-kãsenga, a wa n sigla a sẽn na n siglg a meng n sigl n sigl-a wã. 

B ra tagsdame tɩ a Mbete na n lebga a Mbeki zu-soaba, tɩ kɩt t'a lebg pʋg-soaba sẽn yaa tẽnga taoor soab pipi Afrika-Dĩngã pʋgẽ. Yʋʋmd 9 kiuug rasem 23 wã, SABC wilgame tɩ a Mbete yaa Afirik Kibar tẽnga taoor soab pʋga kandida sẽn yaa a sẽn na n yɩɩdã, a Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka sẽn yi tʋʋm-kãnga poorã poorã. 

Yʋʋmd 2008 bõn-bɩʋʋng kiuug rasem 25 soabã, a Motlanthe yãka a tɩ yɩ tẽnga taoor soab pʋga.

#### Hiatus n-yɩ Parliament: 2009–2014
Yʋʋmd 2009 yʋʋm-vẽkr kiuugã, a Mbete leb n yãka a sẽn yaa a parlamentã taoor soaba, la a pa le sak n na n yɩ tẽnga taoor soab ye. A pa sak n deeg a pʋlem tɩ yaa tẽnga taoor soab me ye. A Jacob Zuma sẽn wa n yaa tẽnga taoor soaba wilgame tɩ Kgalema Motlanthe na n lebga a taoor soab pʋɩɩrã, la ANC yeelame t'a na n kẽnga Luthuli tẽnga tɩ b na n tʋm a tʋʋmdã wakat fãa, n pa le lebg n wa tẽnga taoor soaba ye. A Mbete zãgsame tɩ b sẽn na n pʋlem a naamã wã ra yaa tɩlɛ tɩ b leb n yãk-a tɩ b lebg tẽnga taoor soaba. A yeelame tɩ "a yaa wakat sẽn kõn sa".

Yʋʋmd 2009 yʋʋm tusr kiuugã pʋgẽ, *[[Daily Maverick]]* wã wilgame tɩ a Mbete "ka be politikã zĩigẽ ye" tɩ yaa bũmb sẽn ket n yaa yel-solemd ne nebã. La a sẽn wa n yaa ANC taoor soab wakat n sɛ, a paama a yiib-n-soabã yʋʋm 2012 yʋʋm kiuug rasem 18 daarã, a sẽn wa ne a Thandi Modise ne a vot sẽn yaa 76%.

#### A yiib-n-soabã yaa taoor soaba goamda: 2014-2019
A Mbete lebg n kẽnga ANC tẽnga taoor dãmb taoor yʋʋmd 2014 wã, la b yãka a tɩ b lebg n kẽ tẽnga taoor dãmb tʋʋmde. Yʋʋmd 2014 tʋʋl-kãsengã pipi tigisgã wakate, a tõoga zab-soab ning sẽn da yaa zab-soaba wã ne yãgbo, n paam n deeg boto 260 ne neb 88 sẽn da yãkd a Nosimo Balindlela sẽn yaa Demokraatã Soabã.

##### Allegations of bias
Yʋʋmd 2014 sɛt kiuug rasem 10 wã, sull a nu sẽn yaa moabg rãmba, sẽn tar n be ne Demokraat Soog ne Ekonomik Piig-n-paalbã wilgame tɩ b ratame tɩ b wilg tɩ b pa tẽed a Mbete ye. Sẽn paase, b sẽn da wa n sõsda ne taab sigr kiuug rasem 16 daarã, b tõoga b sẽn da rat n yeel tɩ b pa le sak n deeg ye. Woto yaa sẽn yɩ to-to tɩ b sẽn da wa n yãk n na n yãk n yãk n bas a Mbete wã poore, b sẽn da na n yãk tɩ b yãk n bas-a wã yĩnga. 

Sẽn yɩɩd fãa, yʋʋm wʋsg pʋgẽ, b sẽn da wa n beẽ wã, b ra yetame tɩ a yaa ANC poorẽ soaba, la a yaa Zu-soabã Zuma zoobga. Yʋʋmd 2016 tʋʋlg kiuugã, b yeelame tɩ b sẽn da wa n zabd ne b sẽn pa tar sor n na n tõog n maan b sẽn tõe fãa n maan b mens n tõog n tõog n tũ Wẽnnaam noyã.
 

#### ANC taoor lʋɩtbã koe-moonegã
Sẽn deng ANC sull 54 soabã, sẽn na n yãk a Zuma pʋɩta wa ANC taoor soaba, a Mbete wilgame t'a yaa prezida sẽn na n lʋɩ taoor yʋʋmd 2016 yʋʋm-vẽk kiuugã. ANC pagb sullã talla kandida a to: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, la b pa get a Mbete t'a yaa taoor soaba ye, la a kell n maana koe-moonegã n tũud #BM17 n tãag yʋʋm 2017 yʋʋm-soabg kiuugã. La zãnda, a Mbete talla a Cyril Ramaphosa, sẽn yaa a Dlamini-Zuma taoor soaba, n na n yɩ a prezida. B wilgame t'a ra na n sõnga a Ramaphosa, bala a sũur sãama ne a Zuma sẽn pa deeg a koe-moonegã. 

A Mbete pa leb n yãk n yɩ tẽnga taoor soab tigisgã pʋgẽ ye, la a pa leb n zĩnd n yãk taoor soab ning fãa ye, la b leb n yãk-a lame n yɩ tẽnga tʋʋmde taoor soaba. A Post & Guardian wã sẽn togsd rẽ wã, a Mbete sẽn pa tõog n maan a naamã naabã poore, a pãng sẽn be a sullã pʋgẽ wã boogame.

#### A sẽn paame la maan bũmb ninsã fãa poore,
Yʋʋmd 2019 wã, a Mbete yeela *[[Sowetan]]* sɛbã tɩ yẽ pa mi "bõn-bʋs sẽn na n zĩnd kiuugã pʋga ye". A sẽn wa n yãk-a n na n yɩ tẽnga taoor soaba, a paama a soog-n-taarã, la yʋʋmd 5 soabã, ANC wilgame t'a na n yãka Thandi Modise sẽn na n wa n wa yaa tẽnga taoor soab n na n lebg tẽnga taoor soaba. Sẽn pʋgl daarã, ANC wilgame tɩ b ra yetame tɩ a Mbete sẽn yiis a yʋʋr wã yaa a sẽn pa na n le wa a siglgã taoor lʋɩtb sullẽ ye.

Yʋʋmd 2022 tʋʋlg kiuugã pʋgẽ, a Mbete yeela Radio 702 t'a "maana politikã".  La kiuug a yiib poore, b yãka-a lame t'a yɩ ANC pagb sull sull sull sull sẽn yaa taoor soaba. A sẽn maan woto wã, a rɩka taoor ne a Maropene Ramokgopa sẽn yaa a taoor soaba hal tɩ b yãk taoor-lʋɩtgã sull a ye. Yʋʋmd 2022 yʋʋm-soab kiuugã, ANC siglgã siglgã siglg 55 soabã pʋgẽ, b pa leb n yãk-a lame tɩ b lebg n zĩnd a taoor lʋɩtbã taoor lʋɩtb sullẽ ye. A sã n wa pa le zĩnd a zĩigẽ wã, yaa naoor a pipi n zĩnd yʋʋmd 1994 wã tɛka.

## Commercial interests
B sẽn da wa n gomd a Mbete sẽn da yaa ned sẽn da tʋmd tʋʋm-kãsemsã yelle, b pa le tõe n bãng a sẽn yaa ned ning ye. A ne a K. M. Seimelo sẽn yaa ANC tẽnga sɛk-biis sẽn be Northern Cape wã yaa Dyambu Holdings wã pʋɩtbã, sẽn tʋmd Gautrain zãma sẽk tʋʋm-kãsenga sẽn be Gauteng soolmẽ wã. B wilgame tɩ Dyambu Holdings tara zood ne gãneg sẽn ki wã, a Brett Kebble. Yʋʋmd 2010 wã, b maana rap sẽn da get a sẽn na n maan "BEE" tʋʋm-teedã n kõ a R25 milyõ.

## A meng vɩɩm
A Mbete kẽnga ne gʋlsd la seb-gʋlsd sẽn da be yembrã, a Keorapetse Kgositsile, yʋʋmd 1978 wã. B welg-b lame yʋʋmd 1992, la a kẽe kãadem ne ned sẽn boond t'a Nape Khomo, sẽn yaa zak soab yʋʋmd 2016. A tara kom-dibli a tãabo la kom-pugli a yiibu.

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