Ayanda Kota
Ayanda Kota ni mwanaharakati ambaye alikuwa mwenyekiti mwanzilishi wa Unemployed Peoples' Movement huko Grahamstown, Afrika Kusini . [1] [2] [3] Pia ni Rais wa Chama cha Soka cha Makana. Mizizi yake ya kisiasa iko katika vuguvugu la watu weusi [4] na anakosoa vikali chama tawala cha African National Congress . [5] [6] Kwa sasa ndiye mratibu wa Vuguvugu la Watu Wasio na Ajira.
Kukamatwa na kushambuliwa
haririMnamo tarehe 12 Januari 2012 alikamatwa kwa shtaka la wizi baada ya kushindwa kurejesha vitabu vitatu ambavyo alikuwa ameazima kutoka kwa taasisi ya kitaaluma ya ndani. Alishambuliwa na polisi akiwa kizuizini. [7] [8] Mashirika kadhaa yalitoa taarifa kujibu kukamatwa kwake. [9] Baadaye Kota alisema kwamba alikosea mahali pa vitabu hivyo na alijitolea mara kwa mara kuvibadilisha na kwamba ofa hiyo ilikuwa imewasilishwa kwa polisi waziwazi. [10]
Mashtaka yote dhidi ya Kota yaliondolewa mwezi mmoja baada . [11]
Mnamo Oktoba 2016, Waziri wa Polisi alikiri kwamba shambulio hilo lilifanywa na akakubali kulipa fidia ya Kota R250 00. [12]
Jukumu wakati wa mgogoro wa chuki dhidi ya wageni wa 2015
haririMnamo Oktoba 2015 Grahamstown ilikumbwa na ghasia mbaya za chuki dhidi ya wageni. Kota alichukua jukumu muhimu katika kazi ya mashinani kupinga chuki dhidi ya wageni. [13] [14]
Marejeo
hariri- ↑ "Occupy South Africa on the Global Occupy Map". Ilihifadhiwa kwenye nyaraka kutoka chanzo mnamo 2011-12-01. Iliwekwa mnamo 2011-12-03.
- ↑ Mixed feelings after Centenary celebrations, South African Broadcasting Corporation, 9 January 2012
- ↑ Kota steps down, Stuart Thembisile Lewis, Student News Grid, 10 May 2012
- ↑ Dissident Voices from South Africa, IndyMedia UK
- ↑ Ayanda Kota: Unapologetic ANC apostate, by Mandy de Waal, The Daily Maverick, 7 February 2012
- ↑ Eastern Cape's so-called health system: In dire need of resuscitation, by Mandy de Waal, The Daily Maverick, June 2012
- ↑ Grahamstown activist arrested for book theft FARANAAZ PARKER, Mail & Guardian, Jan 13 2012
- ↑ Amnesty International Annual Report - South Africa,2013
- ↑ Students for Social Justice Statement on the Arrest of Ayanda Kota, Students for Social Justice
- ↑ Ayanda Kota's Response to Claudia Martinez-Mullen Archived 27 Septemba 2016 at the Wayback Machine., January 2012
- ↑ No charges, but cops still want to throw the book at Kota, FARANAAZ PARKER, Mail & Guardian, 2012
- ↑ Activist to get compensated following police assault Archived 1 Desemba 2022 at the Wayback Machine., David Doochin, GroundUp, 16 October 2016
- ↑ Xenophobia in Grahamstown: 'We are not leaving!', KJ VAN RENSBURG, F MTHONTI & M ERSKOG, The Daily Maverick, 29 October 2015
- ↑ OHalloran, P. (2016). "Contested Space and Citizenship in Grahamstown, South Africa". Journal of Asian and African Studies. 53: 20–33. doi:10.1177/0021909616664920. ISSN 0021-9096.