Rhoda Bazier o ka Greater Macassar Civic Association a me Terry Crawford-Browne o World BEYOND War – ʻApelika Hema ma ke alo o ka pā hoʻomanaʻo i loko o ka puka komo nui o Rheinmetall Denel Munitions. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā papa i nā inoa o nā limahana ʻewalu i pepehi ʻia i ʻehā makahiki i hala, a me kekahi.
By World BEYOND War – ʻApelika Hema, Kepakemapa 4, 2022
He pahū ʻehā makahiki i hala aku nei 3 Kepakemapa 2018 ma Rheinmetall Denel Munitions (RDM) i make ʻewalu mau limahana. ʻO lākou: Nico Samuels, Stevon Isaacs, Mxolisi Sigadla, Bradley Tandy, Jamie Haydricks, Triston David, Jason Hartzenberg, a me Thandowethu Mankayi.
World BEYOND War he ʻāpana o kahi hanana i ka Pōʻaono e hoʻohanohano iā lākou. E nana ka nūhou ma ʻaneʻi.
Terry Crawford-Browne o World BEYOND War i ʻōlelo ʻia penei:
Hoʻomaikaʻi hou mākou iā lākou i kēia lā, a ke hoʻomaikaʻi nei i ko lākou ʻohana i ʻākoakoa ma ʻaneʻi e ʻeha mau nei i ka hana weliweli o kā mākou aupuni aupuni, panalāʻau a me nā aupuni kūloko i ka hui pū ʻana me ka uhi uhi RDM. Ua hoʻohiki ke Kuhina o nā ʻOihana Aupuni, ʻo Pravin Gordhan i ʻehā mau makahiki i hala aku nei i kahi hoʻokolokolo ākea a ʻike maopopo ʻole "ʻaʻohe pōhaku e waiho ʻole ʻia". Akā, ua hāmau ʻo Gordhan mai ia manawa mai.
I ka hopena pule ma mua o kona make ʻana, ua haʻi aku ʻo Nico Samuels i kona ʻohana ua hoʻopau ʻia ʻo ia e ka hoʻokele RDM, a ʻaʻole kūpono i kahi valve hou no ka mīkini hoʻohuihui. ʻO kēlā mīkini hoʻohuihui, ka mea e hui pū ana i nā kemika no nā pū kī 155mm, ua pahū i ka Pōʻakahi. Ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻōpala ma kahi o hoʻokahi kilomita. ʻO kekahi mea hana ma kahi hale pili i pakele i ka pahū ʻana, i kēia manawa ua loaʻa i ka pae ʻehā o ka maʻi kanesa RDM hōʻike kūloko ma 2019 me ka hoʻāʻo ʻole e hoʻopiʻi iā Samuels no ka pōʻino.
Hoʻowahāwahā loa i ka RDM a me kā lākou hōʻike kūloko, ʻo nā hōʻike i ka hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo o ka Oihana Labour i ka makahiki i hala ʻaʻole i hōʻike wale i ka hemahema o ka hoʻokele RDM, akā ʻo ka like ʻana o ka TNT o ka pahū ma kahi o ka hapalua o ka pahū i hoʻopau iā Beirut i 2020. ʻO Samuels a me nā limahana. ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia, akā ke hoʻomau nei ʻo RDM i kēia lā e hoʻokahe i kāna "waimaka crocodile" hoʻokamani.
Ua hōʻike ʻia i ka lehulehu ma ka pāpaho i ka makahiki 2019 ua ʻōlelo ʻia e ke Keʻena ʻOihana e hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo RDM no ka mālama hewa. Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kēlā mau hōʻike o ka Oihana Labour e pili ana i nā noiʻi. ʻOiai i kēia manawa, ʻehā mau makahiki ma hope o ka pahū ʻana, ua hōʻole ʻia nā ʻohana a me ke kaiāulu ʻo Macassar i nā ʻike o kēia mau noiʻi a i ʻole ka hōʻoia ʻana e hoʻopaʻi ʻia ʻo RDM no ka mālama hewa.
ʻO Rheinmetall kahi hui lima Kelemania me kahi moʻolelo hōʻino. Ua hōʻole ʻo ia i ka 1977 United Nations arms embargo e kūʻē i ka apartheid ma o ka hoʻouna ʻana i kahi hale hana lako kaua holoʻokoʻa i ʻApelika Hema e hana i nā mea kaua no ke aupuni apartheid. Ma ka hoʻoulu ʻana o ka US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), ua lawe aku ʻo ia i nā pū kī 155mm i Saddam Hussein's Iraq no ka hoʻohana ʻana iā Iran i ka wā o ke kaua ʻewalu makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻokahuli Iranian 1979.
ʻOiai i kēia lā, ʻimi ʻo Rheinmetall i kāna hana ma nā ʻāina e like me ʻApelika Hema kahi i nāwaliwali ai ke kānāwai i mea e pale aku ai i nā hoʻoponopono hoʻoili lima lima Kelemania. No ka mea ʻaʻole ʻo ʻApelika Hema he lālā o NATO a no laila ke kūʻē nei i ke kānāwai Kelemania, ua haʻaheo ʻo RDM i kāna hana ʻana a hoʻokuʻu aku i kāna mau pūʻali koa NATO mai ʻApelika Hema.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi hōʻike ʻaoʻao 96 i ka makahiki i hala ma Cape Town e Open Secrets a i kapa ʻia ʻo "Profiting From Misery" nā kikoʻī o ka lawe ʻana aku o RDM i nā mea kaua i Saudi Arabia a me UAE. Ua hōʻike ka hōʻike i ka hoʻopili ʻana o ʻApelika Hema i ka pōʻino kanaka Yemeni. Ua haʻaheo a hilahila paha ka hoʻokele o RDM i ka pōʻino i kōkua ai e hoʻokau i ka poʻe o Yemen?
I ka hōʻole ʻana i kēlā hōʻike, hoʻonui hou ʻo RDM. Ua hōʻike ʻia e Defenceweb e paʻa i ka hana ʻana i kēlā mau pūʻali koa NATO no ka lawe ʻana aku i ʻEulopa. Ua hōʻike ʻia mai Kanada mai ua hoʻohana ʻole ʻia nā pūʻali koa NATO grade 155mm e ka pūʻali koa Ukrainian e pākuʻi i ka hale mana nuklea ma Zaporizhzhia, kahi i noho ʻia e nā Lūkini.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kēlā mau pū kī 155mm ma RDM ma Macassar? Inā pēlā, ua haʻalele hou ke Kōmike Kūʻai Kūʻai Kūʻē Kūʻē i ka hoʻokō ʻole ʻana i ke kānāwai NCAC. ʻAʻole ʻo ʻApelika Hema e hoʻokuʻu aku i nā mea kaua i nā ʻāina e hōʻino i nā pono kanaka a / a i ʻole nā wahi i hakakā.
Ua ninini ka US a me kona mau hoa NATO i ʻumi mau piliona kālā o nā mea kaua i Ukraine. ʻO nā noiʻi a Amnesty International a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hōʻike ana he 70 pakeneka o kēlā mau mea kaua i ninini ʻia i loko o Ukraine ua hoʻohuli ʻia i ka mākeke ʻeleʻele honua o ke kālepa mea kaua. ʻAʻole i emi iho ma mua o Transparency International - e haʻi ana i kahi noiʻi CIA - manaʻo ʻo 40 a 45 ka nui o ka palaho honua e pili ana i ke kālepa mea kaua. I ka pōkole, ʻo ka NCACC - a me ke kū'ē ʻana i ke kulekele o kā mākou aupuni e pili ana i ke kaua ʻo Ukraine - eia naʻe ke "pani nei i kona mau maka" i ka hana hilahila o ʻApelika Hema i ka ʻoihana kaua?
Ma Macassar, ʻaʻole i poina ke kaiāulu i nā ʻeha o ke ahi i ka makahiki 1995 ma ka hale hana dynamite AE&CI. E like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia i loko o ka Pāremata e kahi Luna Nui ʻo Denel ma mua i ka makahiki 2004, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻimi i kahi hale hana pu i loko o kahi wahi noho, a me ka hopena o ke kaiapuni.
E lawe anei ʻo RDM i nā kumukūʻai kālā o ka decontamination i hiki ke manaʻo ʻia e holo i nā piliona rand? A pehea e pili ana i nā hopena olakino o kahi hale hana pū i waena o lākou no nā kamaʻāina o Macassar, a me nā limahana? Hōʻike nā hōʻike Anecdotal he kiʻekiʻe loa ka nui o nā maʻi maʻi ma waena o nā limahana a me nā kamaʻāina o Macassar.
Ua lanakila ka Khaya-Plain and Districts Anti-Pollution Coalition i ka makahiki 2007 i ka pani ʻana i ka mea kanu Denel's Swartklip ma waena o Michell's Plain a me Khayelitsha. Me ka ʻike ʻole, ua ʻae ʻia ʻo Denel e ko mākou aupuni aupuni a me Cape Town City Council e hoʻoneʻe i kāna hana kaua i Macassar.
ʻO ka uku o ka mea hoʻohaumia no ka decontamination he kuleana kālā i ʻike ʻia ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa. E like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e Denel ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia me ka nui o ke kālā kālā, ʻo ka manaʻo nui o ka pepehi ʻana i nā haole no ka loaʻa kālā ma Yemen a i ʻole Ukraine a i ʻole nā 'āina ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokele waiwai.
No laila, pono e hoʻomaʻemaʻe koke ʻia kēia wahi nui o ka ʻāina ma ke kumukūʻai o Rheinmetall, a laila hana hou ʻia e hana i nā hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka ʻoihana kaua. E hoʻomau anei ke Kuhina ʻOihana Aupuni ʻo Pravin Gordhan, ʻo Premier Alan Winde a me Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis i kā lākou hana hilahila, a i ʻole e wehe paha lākou i ko lākou mau maka i kā lākou kuleana i ke kaiāulu o Macassar?
Hōʻike ʻo Crawford-Browne i ka hanana o ka Pōʻaono:
Loaʻa iā mākou ma kahi o 100 poʻe i hele mai - nā ʻohana a me nā kamaʻāina ʻo Macassar - ma ka hana hoʻomanaʻo. Aia kekahi hanana hou ma ka Pōʻakahi kahi e lawe ʻia ai ka ʻohana (wale nō) i ke kahua kahi i pahū ai.
Ma muli o ke kāohi ʻia ʻana o ka hōʻike o ka ʻOihana Hana i kāna mau hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo i ka makahiki i hala aku nei i ka pahū ʻana, ke hoʻomākaukau nei mākou i kahi noi ma lalo o ka Public Access to Information Act (PAIA) e koi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka hōʻike i nā ʻohana. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā hōʻike media ma mua ua ʻōlelo ʻia e ka ʻOihana Hana e hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo RDM no ka mālama hewa.
Noho ʻo RDM i kēia manawa i ka Armscor, kahi pūnaewele ʻo Somchem kahi o nā mea kanu mea kaua o ʻApelika Hema i ka wā apartheid. ʻO nā hana ma Somchem, ʻo ia ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka uranium pau ʻole, kahi ʻāpana ammonium perchlorate (APC) no ka hana ʻana i ka APC ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻohui i ka wahie rocket, a me kahi hoʻāʻo ʻana no nā pū kī 155mm no ka pū G5 a me G6 a hiki i kēia lā, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi. ʻoi aku ma mua o 70 mau kilomita.
Ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā G5s a me G6s howitzers e Gerald Bull e hoʻopuka i nā mea kaua nuklea kaua kaua a, ʻokoʻa, nā mea kaua a me nā mea olaola. ʻO kahi mea kanu Armscor kokoke, ʻo Houwteq i kālele i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻenehana missile US (i hāʻawi ʻia iā apartheid SA ma o kahi hui mua CIA, International Signal and Control corporation i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Harrisburg, Pennsylvania).
I ka huli ʻana, ua kūʻai ʻia aku kēia missile a me ka ʻenehana pale ea (i hoʻoikaika ʻia e ka CIA ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hōʻino Iran-Contra) i Iraq i ka wā o Saddam Hussein i ka wā i kūʻai ʻia ai ka ʻaila aila lima-no-Iraqi ma waena o SA a me Iraq. i $4.5 biliona. A laila, i ka wā o ke Kaua Gulf mua ma 1991, ua kāhāhā ka US i ka maʻalahi o nā pale ea Iraqi a hoʻihoʻi iā ia i Somchem a me Houwteq. Ua neʻe koke ka US e pani iā Houwteq a me ka hapa nui o Somchem, akā ʻaʻole naʻe mākou i hōʻike i ka mea i hana maoli ʻia ma laila. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma hope o 1991 ʻaʻohe ʻāina (ʻoi aku ka US) i makemake e ʻae ua ninini lākou i nā mea kaua i loko o Saddam Hussein's Iraq no ka hoʻohana kūʻē iā Iran.
