Emmie Chanika

Emmie Takomana Chanika (26 Motsheganong 1956 - 29 Phukwi 2022) [1] e ne e le mooki wa kwa Malawi le Red Cross pele a nna molwela ditshwanelo tsa botho. O ne a tlhoma Komiti ya Ditshwanelo Tsa Setšhaba.

## Botshelo
Chanika o tshotswe ka 1956. E ne e le ngwana wa botlhano wa Irene Naliyela Chiphal le Moses Takomana. 2]
O ne a thapisiwa mme a dira jaaka mooki yo o kwadisitsweng mme a simolola go bereka le Red Cross Blood Transfusion service koo a neng a nna manejara gone. Go tloga ka 1988 Red Cross e ne ya simolola go bua ka ditshwanelo tsa botho. 2]
Chanika o simolotse go dira ka 1992 fa ditlhopha tsa ditshwanelo tsa botho di ne di simolola go bopa le go rotloetsa diphetogo tsa sepolotiki kwa Malawi e ka nako eo e neng e le ka fa tlase ga puso ya ga Hastings Kamuzu Banda. Emmie Chanika o ne a thaya Civil Liberties Committee (CILIC), e e neng ya tlhomiwa ka Tlhakole 1992[2] jaaka mokgatlho wa ntlha wa ditshwanelo tsa botho kwa Malawi. Chanika e ne e le motsamaisi wa yone go fitlha ka 2017 fa madi a yone a ne a retelelwa. Ka fa tlase ga letshwao la CILIC, Chanika o ne a nna le seabe ka botlalo mo Referendamong ya 1993 le mo ditlhophong tsa kakaretso tsa 1994 tsa Thuto ya Setšhaba tse di neng tsa isa kwa phetogong e kgolo ya temokerasi le kwa bokhutlong jwa puso ya ga Hastings Kamuzu Banda ya bobusaesi kwa Malawi. Le fa a ne a katisitswe jaaka mooki yo o kwadisitsweng, Emmie Chanika o ne a tswelela go ithutela dithuto tsa gagwe mme gareng ga dithuto tse dingwe o ne a bona dikirii ya gagwe ya Master of Science in Strategic Planning ka 2007.

Ka 1995 Moporesidente wa ntlha wa temokerasi wa Malawi, Bakili Muluzi o ne a thapa Chanika go nna mo Komiting ya Polao ya kwa Mwanza, [1] koo Moporesidente wa pele wa Naga Hastings Kamuzu Banda, monna wa gagwe wa moja John Tembo, le motlotlegi Ms. Cecelia Kadzamira o ne a latofadiwa ka gore ke ene a rulagantseng go bolawa ga badiredibagolo ba le bararo le leloko la palamente.
Mo dingwageng tse di neng tsa latela, Emmie Chanika e ne ya nna molweladiphetogo yo o tlhagafetseng wa ditshwanelo tsa basadi le bana mo nageng e mo go yone go busang banna e leng selo se se tlwaelegileng. Fa a ne a lebane le go tshosediwa, go tshosediwa le e leng go tlhaselwa, o ne a buelela basadi le bana ba ba gateletsweng. Basadi le bana ba le bantsi ba ba neng ba le mo mathateng ba ne ba bona tsela ya go ya kwa diofising tsa CILIC kwa Blantyre mme ba ne ba newa kgakololo, thuso ya semolao le kgakololo ya seporofešene. Mo godimo ga go rotloetsa mekgwa ya temokerasi le go lwantsha tirisodikgoka e e tlhotlhelediwang ke sepolotiki, Emmie Chanika gape e nnile mmulatsela wa diphetogo tsa dikgolegelo kwa Malawi.

Ka Motsheganong 2003, o ne a kopana le ba bangwe ba ba lwelang ditshwanelo tsa basadi go kgala tlwaelo ya  Tautona wa Malawi Bakili Muluzi ya go bua phatlalatsa ka basadi. "Go utlwisa botlhoko go lemoga fa moporesidente a sotla basadi fa pele ga mosadi wa gagwe, baruti le baeteledipele ba setšhaba sa Bamoseleme", Chanika a rialo.[ 4]

Chanika o ne a tswelela go nna mongwe wa balwela ditshwanelo tsa batho ba ba pelokgale le ba ba nang le tlhotlheletso kwa Malawi [1] mme gape e ne e le mongwe wa maloko a a simolotseng foramo ya ditherisano tsa ditshwanelo tsa botho HRCC. Ka nako ya tlhakatlhakano ya sepolotiki ya kwa Malawi ka 2011 e e neng ya dira gore batho ba le bantsi ba kwa Malawi ba tswele mo mebileng ka ntlha ya go galefisiwa ke melao e e gatelelang ya ga Tautona Bingu Wa Mutharika, Chanika o ne a tsaya boemo jo bo lekalekaneng. O ntse a kopa gore go nne le kagiso le gore go buisanwe go na le gore go nne le kgotlhang. Boemo jono jwa gagwe bo dirile gore a latofadiwe ka gore jaanong o duelwa ke puso ya Malawi. Le fa go ntse jalo, ditatofatso tseno ga di na motheo ka gonne Emmie Chanika o ntse a tswelela go nna kgatlhanong le puso ya Malawi.[ 6] Emmie Chanika o ne a senola mo potsolotsong ya gagwe ya bosheng gore mokgatlho wa gagwe wa CILIC o batlile o phutlhama ka gore fa e sale HIVOS e emisa go thusa CILIC ka 2008 ga e ise e amogele tshegetso epe go tswa go baabi ba boditšhabatšhaba. Go lebega gore CILIC e ne ya koafadiwa ke puso le mekgatlho e mentšhwa ya baagi ba ba gaisanelang go bona matlole go tswa go bafani. 7] Le fa a ne a se na madi, Chanika o ne a sa ntse a le molwela ditshwanelo tsa botho mme a bua ka kgang ya baruti ba ba senang maitsholo a mantle le baitseanape ba bodumedi ba setso ba ba bitsang bana, ba ba nang le bogole le bagodi jaaka baloi. [ 8]

Ka 2008 tiro ya gagwe e ne ya amogelwa ke Yunibesiti ya Surrey e International Care Ethics (ICE) Observatory e neng ya mo abela Human Rights and Nursing Award. Kitsiso e ne ya supa tiro ya gagwe e ntsi go akaretsa go direla le "Malawi Red Cross mo Komiting ya go batlisisa dintsho tsa boradipolotiki ba le bane, mmogo le Rafiq Hajat".[1] 2]

**Dikgatiso**
Chanika o kwadile buka e e buang ka Dikgoka kgatlhanong le Basadi mme a kwala dibuka tse pedi le mokwalahisitori wa tsa bongaka Adamson Sinjani Muula tse di bidiwang, Malawi Lost Decade 1994 ⁇ 2004. 9]

## Loso le tse a di fitlheletseng
Patricia Kaliati fa e ne e le Tona ya tsa bong ka 2020 o ne a leboga badiraditshupetso ba ditshwanelo tsa basadi kwa Malawi. O ne a bitsa Chanika mo lenaneng le le neng le akaretsa, Reen Kachere, Faustace Chirwa, Margaret Ali, Emma Kaliya, Mercy Timba le Jean Nkwanda. 5]
Ka 29 Phukwi 2022, Emmie Chanika o ne a tlhokafala a le dingwaga di le 66 morago ga go lwa le seterouku. 1]

## Motswedi
[1] Mkandawire, Mwayi (29 July 2022). "Human rights activist Emmie Chanika dies".

[2] Lwanda, John; Muula, Adamson (2022). "Emmie Takomana Chanika: nurse, civil rights and gender activist, wife, mother, mentor". The Society of Malawi Journal. 75 (2): 59–61. ISSN 0037-993X.

[3] Nyasa Times (3 July 2009). "Cilic calls for stop of Muluzi prosecution". Nyasa Times. Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2010.

[4] Gama, Hobbs (26 May 2003). "Women Caution President Against 'Offensive' Remarks". All Africa News Agency. Archived from the original on 15 September 2005. Retrieved 12 July 2006.

[5] "Kaliati on her knees to honour Malawi women's rights activists". www.nyasatimes.com. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2025.

[6] Musa, Madalitso 2011. Cilic condemns ‘stupid’ remark, in The Times (25 May): http://www.bnltimes.com/national/42-all/1131-cilic-condemns-stupid-remark.html%5B%5D

[7] Lupick, Travis 2011. For Malawi NGOs, tough times only getting tougher, in IYIP Rights Media Internships,Malawi. (20 August): https://web.archive.org/web/20190710083120/http://www.jhr.ca/blog/2011/08/for-malawi-ngos-tough-times-only-getting-tougher/ Archived 10 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine

[8] Chanika, Emmie et al. 2011. Witchcraft and Christianity, in Sunday Times of Malawi (13 November), p. 6

[9] Muula, Adamson (2004). Malawi's Lost Decade: 1994-2004. ISBN 978-99908-58-60-0.