Ruth First
Ruth Pele (4 Motsheanong 1925 - 17 Phato 1982) e ne e le mohlohlelletsi wa semorabe wa ho lwantshana le kgethollo le moruti ya hlahetseng Johannesburg, Afrika Borwa
Family and education
[fetola | fetola mohloli]Batswadi ba Ruth First, Julius First le Matilda Levetan, ba ile ba fallela Afrika Borwa ba tswa Latvia ka 1906 mme ba ba ditho tsa Motheo tsa Mokga wa Makomonisi wa Afrika Borwa (CPSA), moqapi wa Mokga wa Bokomonisi wa South Africa (SACP). Ruth First o hlahile ka 1925 mme o holetse Johannesburg. Jwalo ka batswadi ba hae, o ile a ikopanya le Mokga wa Makomonisi,[1] o neng o kopantswe le African National Congress ntweng ya ona ya ho diha mmuso wa kgethollo ya merabe Afrika Borwa.
Ha a sa le motjha, First o ile a ya Jeppe High School for Girls mme hamorao ya e-ba motho ea pele lelapeng la hae ya ileng a ya univesithing. O ile a fumana lengolo la hae la bachelor Univesithi ya Witwatersrand ka 1946. Ha a ntse a le univesithing, o ile a fumana hore "khampaseng ya Afrika Borwa, ditaba tsa baithuti tse bohlokwa ke ditaba tsa naha". O ile a ameha ho thehweng ha Federation of Progressive Students, e tsejwang hape e le Progressive Student League,[1] mme a tseba, hara baithuti-mmoho le yena, Nelson Mandela, Mopresidente wa nako e tlang wa Afrika Borwa, le Eduardo Mondlane, moetapele wa pele wa mokhatlo wa tokoloho wa Mozambique FRELIMO.
Ka mora hore a fumane lengolo, First o ile a sebetsa e le mothusi wa dipatlisiso bakeng sa Lefapha la Tlhokomelo ya Setjhaba la Lekgotla la Motse wa Johannesburg. Ka 1946, boemo ba hae Mokgatlong wa Makomonisi bo ile ba matlafatswa haholo ka mora hore ho etsee ditlhaselo tse mmalwa tsa merafo eo ho yona ditho tse ka sehloohong tsa Mokga di ileng tsa tshwarwa. Pele o ile a fetoha mohlophisi ya ka sehlooho wa koranta e matla ya The Guardian, eo hamorao e ileng ya thibelellwa ke mmuso. [1]