Annie Silinga

**U-Annie Silinga wayeyimithetho** yaseNingizimu Afrika emelene namapasi futhi eyisishoshovu sezombusazwe esimelene nobandlululo. Waziwa ngeqhaza lakhe njengoMongameli we- African National Congress Women’s League yaseKapa, umholi wemashi yokungadluli kwamapasi ngo-1956 owaya e-Union Buildings ePitoli, eNingizimu Afrika futhi nguyena yedwa owesifazane wase-Afrika ecaleni lokuvukela umbuso ngo-1956 eNingizimu Afrika. 

## Impilo yomuntu siqu
U-Annie Silinga wazalwa ngo-1910 eNqqamakwe esifundeni saseButterworth e-Transkei,eyaziwa manje ngokuthi yi- Eastern Cape, lapho aqeda khona iminyaka embalwa esikoleni samabanga aphansi. USilinga wakhulela e-Transkei ngesikhathi sokuchuma, lapho umhlaba wawuvumela ukulima futhi izinkomo zazikhona ukudla ngokukhululeka. Kodwa-ke, ukwanda kwenani labantu kwaholela ekugugulekeni komhlabathi kanye namadlelo adala ubumpofu endaweni. Ngo-1937, izimo zase ziwohlokile kwaze kwafika lapho uSilinga esephelelwe ithemba, efisa ukuthutha. "Izingane" zakhe, esho, "zazifa e-Transkei."  Ngo-1937, lapho eneminyaka engu-27, uSilinga wathuthela eKapa lapho umyeni wakhe uMatthew esanda kuzuza umsebenzi, enethemba lokuthola izikhungo zezokwelapha ezingcono. EKapa, ngokokuqala ngqa, uSilinga, umyeni wakhe kanye nezingane zabo ezinhlanu bangahlala ndawonye njengomndeni. Emsebenzini wakhe wangaphambili ezimayini zaseGoli, indawo yokuhlala ayizange inikezwe imindeni yabasebenzi basezimayini futhi imithetho yenqatshelwe abesifazane ukuthi bahlale lapho isikhathi eside. Ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II, uSilinga nomyeni wakhe bathuthela elokishini lase-Langa. Nakuba uSilinga waboshwa izikhathi eziningi, yena nomndeni wakhe bahlala kwaLanga lapho afela khona ngo-1984 

## Umsebenzi wezepolitiki
Ngemva kokuthuthela kwaLanga, ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II, uSilinga waqala ukuya emihlanganweni lapho kwakuxoxwa ngalezo zinyathelo zokuthuthukisa izimo zomphakathi. Ngo-1948, eseneminyaka engu-38, wajoyina ibutho elibizwa ngeLanga Vigilance Association (LVA). I-LVA yayifuna ukulwela ukuthuthukiswa kwezimo zokuphila kwaLanga nokuvikela izakhamuzi emithethweni emelene nobandlululo. Ngo-1952, wajoyina i-ANC, wajoyina i-African National Congress (ANC). Ngokushesha ngemva kokujoyina i-ANC, wabamba iqhaza emithethweni emelene namapasi emkhankasweni wenhlangano ye-Defiance Campaign ka-1952 lapho aboshwa futhi wadonsa isigwebo esifushane ejele ngenxa yokungalaleli umphakathi. Wadonsa isigwebo ejele nengane yakhe enezinyanga eziyisithupha.  

Ngo-1953, uSilinga, ngaleso sikhathi owayeyilungu le-ANC Women’s League (ANCWL), wayeyingxenye yeqembu elalihlela umhlangano wokuqala we-Federation of South African Women (FSAW), ukubopha intukuthelo yabesifazane ngokumelene nokundlula komthetho mayelana nodaba lwamapasi. Leqembu laliholwa nguRay Alexander, ukhomanisi kanye nowenyunyana yabasebenzi, futhi lalihlanganisa uGladys Smith we-Cape Housewives' League, uKatie White weKomidi Lokudla Lwabesifazane, kanye noDora Tamanda we-ANCWL kanye neQembu LamaKhomanisi laseNingizimu Afrika. Engqungqutheleni yokuqala, eyayibanjelwe eGoli ngo-April 1954, uSilinga wakhethwa njengengxenye ye-FEDSAW National Executive Committee  Kuwo lo mhlangano lapho Umqulu Wabesifazane wabhalwa khona abesifazane bezinhlanga ezahlukene. Ngo-1954, phakathi komhlangano we-FEDSAW embukisweni waseKapa, uSilinga wamemezela: "Angisoze ngathwala ipasi, ngizothwala elifana nelika Nksz (Susan) Strijdom kuphela. Ungowesifazane nami nginguye. Awukho umehluko.”  Ngemva kokwephula umthetho wamapasi kanye nezikhalazo ezimbalwa ezingaphumelelanga, wadingiselwa e-Transkei ngo-1956. Wabuya ngokungekho emthethweni ukuze abenezingane zakhe kanye nomyeni wakhe kwaLanga. Ngo-1957, uSilinga wadlulisela icala lakhe ngempumelelo ngezizathu zokuthi ukuhlala kwakhe iminyaka engaphezu kwa-15 eKapa kumnika igunya lokuhlala lapho. 

Ngomhla ka-9 kuNcwaba 1956, uSilinga wahola abesifazane abayi-20 000 ababehlelwe yi-FEDSAW abamasha baya ehhovisi lakangqongqoshe ePitoli beyobhikisha ukukhishwa kwamapasi. USlinga waboshwa kanye nabanye abaholi be - FEDSAW uLilian Ngoyi noHelen Joseph, kanye nabaholi be-ANC u-Oliver Tambo noNelson Mandela. Uhulumeni wobandlululo wabeka uSilinga nezinye izishoshovu icala lokuvukela umbuso. Isigaba sokuqala sokuqulwa kwecala lokuvukela umbuso saqhubeka kwaze kwaba nguZibandlela ka-1957, lapho umbuso wasula amacala ababebekwe abamangalelwa abangu-61. USilinga ungomunye walabo abakhululwa. Ngo-1958, uSilinga wakhethwa njengomongameli we-ANCWL yaseKapa ngo-1958.  Ngo-1960 kwaba nezibhelu zokulwa nomthetho wamapasi kwaLanga naseSharpeville . Uhulumeni wobandlululo wamemezela isimo esiphuthumayo uSilinga wabangomunye wabantu ababoshwa. I-ANC yavalwa njengenhlangano yezepolitiki ngo-1960. Ekubuyeni kwakhe ejele, waba nesandla ekusungulweni kwe-Women's Front, futhi wenziwa umlandeli we-United Democratic Front ngo-1983. USilinga wahlala kwaLanga impilo yakhe yonke futhi washona engazange athwale ipasi ngo-1984. Yize angcwatshwa ethuneni labampofu elingaphawuliwe, umdwebi u- Sue Williamson, ngesicelo somndeni ka-Annie Silinga, udale isiqephu azosibeka ethuneni lakhe emathuneni akwaLanga. Lithwalana nokukhala kwempi kaSilinga: "Angisoze ngathwala ipasi!" 

## Ifa
USilinga ukhunjulwa njengomunye wabaholi emkhankasweni wokulwa kwamapasi ngesikhathi sobandlululo eNingizimu Afrika . Ngaphandle komsebenzi wezepolitiki, uSilinga ukhunjulwa ngomlingiswa wakhe ongenabugovu, sebeqale inkulisa kanye noWinnie Seqwana elokishini laseLanga.  Umgwaqo ePhillipi, eKapa uqanjwe ngemva kwa-Annie Silinga.

## Bhekafuthi

* Umkhankaso Wokuphikisa
* IMashi Yabesifazane (Iningizimu Afrika)

## Ireferensi
 

## Izixhumanisi zangaphandle

* Abesifazane Abadumile abangu-60 — Abantu ngemuva kweMashi Yabesifazane yango-1956 ePitoli

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