Winkie Direko

An haifi Isabella Winkie Direko a ranar 27 ga Nuwamban 1929 a Botshabelo daura da Bloemfontein. Ta taso tare da iyayenta a gidan kakarta. Iyayenta da farko sun zauna a Waaihoek kafin tilasta korarsu a shekarun 1920s. ^[2] Daga nan aka tilasta musu komawa Botshabelo. Sunan ta Winkie da farko ya kasance inkiyar ta ne amma daga baya ta karbe shi a matsayin sunanta na asali. A tsakanin matsayin siyasa ta zama sananniya da Ausi Winkie ko Mistress Winkie . Ta shafe ƙarshen yarinta a garin Heidedal na Bloemfontein - galibi yanki ne na 'yan Afirka ta Kudu masu Launi.^[3]

Ta fara karatun firamare a makarantar Anglican St. Alban's Church School da ke Botshabelo sannan daga baya ta halarci makarantar firamare ta St Patrick. Winkie ta kammala karatunta a matsayin malama a Cibiyar Horar da Malamai ta Modderpoort kusa da Ladybrand . Daga nan ta koma Bloemfontein don koyarwa. Ta yi aiki a makarantar sakandare ta Sehunelo a matsayin malama sannan ta samu daukaka har matsayin mataimakiyar shugaban makarantar sannan daga baya a matsayin shugaban makarantar.^[3] Direko ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin ilimi a Jami'ar Free State . ^[4]

Ayyukanta na siyasa sun fara ne a shekara ta 1977 lokacin da ta shiga wani ɓangare na tawagar da ke roƙon Ministan Ilimi na lokacin, Dokta F. Hartzenberg, da ya ba da damar ɗaliban Afirka bakaken fata su yi rajista tare da Jami'ar Orange Free State; wannan yunkurin bai yi nasara ba. Ta hanyar ci gaba da tattaunawa tare da ma'aikatar, tawagar ta yi nasarar samun kafa Jami'ar Vista a Bloemfontein. An kafa jami'ar ne bisa ga Doka ta 106 ta 1981 kuma ta fara wanzuwa a ranar 1 ga Janairun 1982. ^[3] Lokacin da aka nada ta Firayim Minista, Direko tana da shekaru 70 kuma tana da shekaru biyar ne kawai a matsayin kwararriyar ‘yar siyasa s lokacin. An rantsar da ita a matsayin Firayim Minista na Free State a ranar 15 ga Yuni 1999.

• A shekara ta 2000, ta sadu da Sashin Yaki da Cin Hanci da rashawa na Jama'a a Bloemfontein da nufin kawar da cin hanci da rashi a bangaren jama'a.
• Direko ya yi tsayayya da hadewar Kotun Koli ta Bloemfontein da Kotun Tsarin Mulki, da kuma sake komawa Gauteng. Ta bayyana cewa wannan zai kwace Bloemfontein daga darajarta ta Babban Birnin Shari'a. ^[3]
• A shekara ta 2001, ta ware R3 miliyan ga Karamar Hukumar Maluti-a-Phofung don rage rashin aikin yi, inganta ababen more rayuwa, haɓaka albarkatu da kafa Majalisar AIDS don ilimantar da mutanen da cutar ta kamu da ita da cutar ta shafa.[1]^[3]

• A shekara ta 1993, an kira Direko Bloemfonteiner na shekara.
• Ta zama Shugabar 12 ta Majalisar Mata ta Afirka (NCAW) wacce aka kafa a 1937. An kafa wannan kungiyar ne bayan nasarar da aka samu a taron Dukan Afirka da aka gudanar a Bloemfontein a wannan shekarar.^[5]
• memba na Majalisar Lardin Kasa daga 1994 zuwa 1999
• memba na Majalisar Jami'ar Vista da Shugaban Jami'ar Free State
• Ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a kungiyar 'yan mata masu jagorantar Afirka ta Kudu
• memba na Majalisar NICRO (National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders) da kuma Kungiyar Kula da Lafiyar Yara ^[6]
• An sanya wa wani gini a Kwalejin Ilimi a Jami'ar Free State suna don girmama ta.

Direko ta mutu a ranar 17 ga watan Fabrairu 2012 bayan ta kamu da bugun jini. Lokacin tana da shekaru 82.^[7]