Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini

UMavivi Manzini wazalelwa e-Alexandra Township, ngaphandle kweGoli, iTransvaal (manje eyiGauteng) ngo-1956, wabe esethuthela eSoweto. UManzini wahlaselwa yisifo sesifuba esemncane futhi ngenxa yalokho wahlala eduze kweminyaka emine esibhedlela waze waba neminyaka eyi-6.

Abazali bakaManzini, ababengothisha, bobabili babengamalunga asebenzayo e-African National Congress (ANC) ngawo-1950. UManzini uqobo waba nesandla kwezepolitiki ngesikhathi esesikoleni esiphakeme, lapho ejoyina iSouth African Student Movement (SASM) ngo-1973. Waqhubeka nezifundo zakhe eTurfloop University eNyakatho Transvaal, lapho wasebenza khona kanzima ukuze azimele kwezepolitiki yize iSouth Africa yayivinjelwe. Inhlangano yabafundi i-African Student Organisation (SASO) kanye nokuxoshwa, ukuvalwa kanye nokufakwa ejele kwezitshudeni eziningi zabafundi eMkhandlwini Omele Abafundi.

UManzini wazibandakanya ku-ANC ngomshoshaphansi ngonyaka we-1975. Wasiza uphiko lwezempi lwe-ANC uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) ngokuphinda futhi ahlinzeke ngolwazi ngendawo nemisebenzi yamaphoyisa endaweni yaseNyakatho Transvaal, ayazi kahle. Lokhu kuhlangana ne-ANC kwanikeza uManzini nezishoshovu ezikanye naye imfundo yezepolitiki, njengoba behlinzekwa ngezincwadi zezombusazwe ezivinjelwe futhi bahlala belalela iRadio Freedom, eyayisakazwa yi-ANC isuka eLusaka, eZambia ukuhlinzeka iNingizimu Afrika imininingwane mayelana naleso sikhathi- ivinjelwe i-ANC.

UManzini wazibandakanya ku-ANC ngomshoshaphansi ngonyaka we-1975. Wasiza uphiko lwezempi lwe-ANC uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) ngokuphinda futhi ahlinzeke ngolwazi ngendawo nemisebenzi yamaphoyisa endaweni yaseNyakatho Transvaal, ayazi kahle. Lokhu kuhlangana ne-ANC kwanikeza uManzini nezishoshovu ezikanye naye imfundo yezepolitiki, njengoba behlinzekwa ngezincwadi zezombusazwe ezivinjelwe futhi bahlala belalela iRadio Freedom, eyayisakazwa yi-ANC isuka eLusaka, eZambia ukuhlinzeka iNingizimu Afrika imininingwane mayelana naleso sikhathi- ivinjelwe i-ANC.

UManzini waboshwa mhlaka 3 kuJulayi 1976 ngemuva kokuba elinye lamalungu ophiko lweMK livume emaphoyiseni ngemuva kwezinyanga ezimbili zokuhlukunyezwa esitokisini. Wavalelwa yedwa esitokisini futhi waboshwa izinyanga ezimbili waze wakhululwa ngoSepthemba, 1976. Ngemuva kokuzwa ukuthi ezinye izishoshovu zakhe ezintathu ziphinde zaboshwa, walishiya izwe laseBotswana. Ukugula kwakhe ngenxa yepholiyo esengumntwana kwamshiya enensaga ehlukile, kwamenza waphunyuka ezweni lonke futhi kwaba yingozi njengoba ukukhubazeka kwakhe kukwenza ukuhamba kube nzima futhi kubonakale kuye.

Uhambo lukaManzini lokuya eBotswana lwenziwe lwaba khona ngobuqili kanye nenhlanhla. Usebenzise i-limp yakhe nomlando wakhe nge-polio ukukholhisa onogada basemngceleni ukuthi wayegula kakhulu nokuthi wayehamba eyovakashela abelaphi bendabuko abahlala eduze nomfula ngamanzi akholelwa ukuthi azomelapha.

Lapho uManzini ekugcineni efika eBotswana, wafaka isicelo sokukhosela, wahlala izinyanga ezintathu wabe eseya eZambia ukuyoqhubeka nezifundo zakhe. Uthole iziqu ze-bachelor kwi-science science, socialology kanye nentuthuko ezifundweni zakhe ngo-1979. Ngemuva kokuphothula iziqu zakhe, wajoyina unobhala wesikhathi esigcwele se-ANC Women’s Section ngokugcwele futhi wasebenza njengomhleli osizayo we-Voice of Women, i-ANC ukushicilelwa.

UManzini usebenze engxenyeni yabesifazane ukuhlanganisa abesifazane ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwezwe ukuze baqhubeke nomzabalazo. Ube ngumholi we-ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) eGoli kusuka ngonyaka we-1990 kuya ku-1992.

Ngo-Ephreli 1994, wakhethwa njengelungu lePhalamende le-ANC. UMavivi Myakayaka-Manzini uphethe iMasters's ezifundweni zentuthuko, ochwepheshe besifazane kanye nentuthuko, abavela eSikhungo Sokufunda Komphakathi, eHague, Netherlands.

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