Zulaikha Patel

**Zulaikha Patel** (lotalwe ngemnyaka wa- 2002)  ngumuntfu waseNingizimu-Afrika lolwa nebuhlanga . Waba luphawu lwekulwa nemtsetfomgomo weSikolwa Lesisetulu Semantfombatane sase-Pitoli mayelana netinwele temantfombatane lamnyama ngemnyaka wa-2016, lapjo abeneminyaka lengu-13 budzala. Yena nalabo labefundza nabo babamba umhlangano lowaholela hhayi kuphela ekugucukeni kwenchubomgomo yesikolwa, kepha nekuphenya ngetinsolo tebuhlanga kulesikolwa. Ucashunwe atsi: “Kungicela kutsi ngintjintje tinwele tami kufana nekungicela kutsi ngisule bumnyama bami.” 

## Inkhinga lesesikolweni lesisetulu semantfombatane ePitoli
Sikolwa lesisetulu semantfombatane sasePitoli,sisendzaweni yase Pitoli, eRiphabhulikhi yaseNingizimu-Afrika. Lesikolwa sasungulwa ngemnyaka wa-1902, futsi sonkhe besisebantfu labamhlophe kusukela sasungulwa kwaze kwaba ngu-1990, njengoba tikolo tase Ningizimu-Afrika betihlukaniswe ngaphambi kwelubandlululo, kepha kusukela nga-1990, lesikolo sivulekele tonkhe tinhlanga. Ngekusho kwe CNN, iPitoli-Girls' Code of Conduct ayikhulumi ngalokucondzile nge -afros, kepha ibeka imitsetfo yekubukeka jikelele, kufaka ekhatsi kuncoma kutsi tonkhe tindlela "kufanele tibe nguleticondzile, letihlantekile futsi tihambisane nemfaniswano wesikolo." Bothishela bebatjele bafundzi kutsi tinwele tabo te-afro "ti-exotic" futsi tidzinga kufuywa.  Bekushiwo kutsi tinwele temantfombatane tidzinga kucondziswa noma kuboshwa emuva, kungagcotjwa njenge -Afros.

Zulaikha Patel bekasemkhatsini webafundzi labahola umkhosi wekumelene nePitoli -Girls High, ngekumelene nenchubomgomo yetinwele yesikolwa semantfombatane onkhe.  Labafundzi labasha lakhombisako kutsi basebasha basongelwa ngekuboshwa ngesikhatsi Zulaikha Patel ahola lombhikisho lothulile. Umbukiso lofakwe ku-inthanethi ukhombisa Zulaikha Patel njengoba abhekene nebalindzi labatsatfu labahlomile labacashwe baphatsi besikolo kutsi bacedze lomkhosi. Lombukiso ubangele kutsi kube nekuphendvula lokukhulu ngalesikolo.

## Ngemuva kweMbhikisho waZulaikha
Iminykato ya Zulaikha Patel takhutsata letinye tindlela tekubhikisha eNingizimu-Afrika, esikolweni lesisetulu sase Lawson Brown esifundzeni sase Mphumalanga, kanye nase St. Bantfu emhlabeni wonkhe bacala kwabelana ngetitfombe tema-afro abo etindzabeni tekuchumana, ngekubambisana nebafundzi labasikati basesikolweni lesisetulu sasePitoli. Kwalandzela kusakatwa kwetindzaba temave emhlaba. Lemibhikisho yakhombisa kutsi kwehlukana ngekwebuhlanga kusachubeka, noma ngabe kwaphela lubandlululo ngemnyaka wa-1991. 

Kuphikisa kwaPatel kwacala imibhikisho leminyenti kanye nelushintjo. MEC weMfundvo esifundzeni sase Gauteng, -Panyaza Lesufi uvakashele esikolweni lesisetulu semantfombatana, ePitoli ngenhloso yekuyolalele tikhalato tebafundzi labamnyama, hhayi kuphela ngenchubomgomo yetinwele, kepha ngebuhlanga jikelele kulesikolwa. Sibonelo saloku kutsi, emantfombatane akavunyelwe kukhuluma tilwimi tema-Afrika emagcekeni esikolwa, Singisi nobe Sibhunu kuphela. -Patrick Gaspard, lincusa laseMelika eNingizimu Afrika, watfumela ku-Twitter watsi: "Yonkhe imimango inemitsetfo. Futsi ngalesinye sikhatsi leyo mitsetfo iyachema futsi idzinga kuvetwa futsi ibhikishwe." Sicelo lebesibhalwe ku-inthanethi   besinemasayinimenti lacishe abe ngu-25 000 ngelilanga linye. Litiko letemfundvo eGauteng limise lomtsetfomgomo wetinwele. 

## Kukhumbula
Zulaikha Patel, Wabonwa njengalomunye wabomake laba-100 be-BBC ngemnyaka wa-2016.