Wolemba Terry Crawford-Browne, September 4, 2019
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Gawo la 24 la Constitution ku South Africa lalengeza kuti: "Aliyense ali ndi ufulu kukhala ndi malo okhala osavulaza thanzi lawo kapena thanzi lawo."
Zowopsa, zomvetsa chisoni ndizakuti kuperekedwa kwa Bungwe la Ufulu sikukugwiritsidwa ntchito.
South Africa ili pakati pa mayiko oyipitsitsa padziko lapansi pankhani yokhudza kuipitsa. Boma lachigawenga silinasamale, ndipo ziyembekezo za pambuyo pa tsankho zaperekedwa ndi akuluakulu achinyengo komanso ankhanza.
Dzulo, September 3, chinali chikondwerero choyamba cha kuphulika kwa fakitale ya Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) mdera la Macassar ku Somerset West. Ogwira ntchito asanu ndi atatu adaphedwa ndipo nyumbayo idawonongeka kuphulika. Patatha chaka chimodzi, lipoti la kafukufukuyu silinafotokozedwe kwa anthu kapena ku mabanja a womwalirayo.
Kafukufuku ku US ndi kwina kulikonse akutsimikizira kuti madera omwe amakhala pafupi ndi zida zankhondo ndi zida zankhondo amakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi makhansa komanso matenda ena omwe amabwera chifukwa cha kupezeka kwa zinthu zoopsa.
Zovuta zakuwonongeka kwa ankhondo paumoyo komanso chilengedwe sizikuwoneka nthawi zonse, mwachangu kapena mwachindunji, ndipo nthawi zambiri zimadziwonekera patapita zaka zambiri.
Zaka zoposa 20 kuchokera pamene moto wa AE & CI, ozunzidwa ku Macassar ali ndi mavuto azaumoyo ndipo, kuphatikiza apo, sanathandizidwepo pazachuma. Ngakhale alimi omwe adawonongeka chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwa mbewu adalipidwa mowolowa manja, okhala ku Macassar - ambiri aiwo osaphunzira - adanyengedwa kuti asayine ufulu wawo.
UN Security Council, popanga chigamulo chapadera mu 1977, idatsimikiza kuti nkhanza za anthu ku South Africa zikuwopseza mtendere ndi chitetezo chamayiko komanso kukhazikitsa zida zankhondo. Malingaliro adayamikiridwa panthawiyo ngati chitukuko chachikulu kwambiri mu zokambirana zam'tsogolo za 20th.
Poyesayesa kuthana ndi vuto la UN, boma la tsankho linatsanulira ndalama zambiri pazida, kuphatikiza pa chomera cha Armscor ku Somchem ku Macassar. Dzikoli tsopano lagawidwa ndi RDM, ndipo akuti, lawonongedwa kwambiri.
Rheinmetall, kampani yayikulu yazankhondo ku Germany, idatsutsa mwamphamvu ziletso za UN. Inatumiza fakitale yathunthu ku South Africa mu 1979 kuti ipange zipolopolo za 155mm zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pazombo za G5. Omwe anali zigawenga za G5 adapangidwa kuti apereke zida zankhondo za nyukiliya komanso zida zamankhwala ndi zamoyo (CBW).
Ndi chilimbikitso chochokera ku boma la US, zida zija zidatumizidwa kuchokera ku South Africa kupita ku Iraq kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito kunkhondo ya Iraq eyiti motsutsana ndi Iran.
Ngakhale mbiri yake, Rheinmetall idaloledwa ku 2008 kutenga gawo lowongolera la 51% ku RDM, 49% yotsala ikusungidwa ndi a Denel a boma.
Rheinmetall amaika dala kupanga kwina m'maiko ngati ku South Africa kuti apyole malamulo oyendetsera dziko la Germany.
Denel analinso ndi chomera china ku Cape Town ku Swartklip, pakati pa Mitchell's Plain ndi Khayelitsha. Umboni ku Nyumba Yamalamulo ku 2002 ndi akazi amasiye ndi omwe kale anali pantchito yodzitetezera adatsatiridwa ndi ziwonetsero zomwe anthu am'deralo atatulutsa misozi ikapweteketsa anthu okhala komweko.
Oyang'anira malo a Denel anandiuza kale kuti: "Ogwira ntchito ku Swartklip sakhala nthawi yayitali kwambiri. Ambiri adasiya manja, miyendo, kupenya, kumva, mphamvu, ndipo ambiri ali ndi nthenda ya mtima, nyamakazi ndi khansa. Zinthu zikuipa kwambiri ku Somemi. ”
Swartklip inali malo oyesera pulogalamu ya South Africa ya CBW panthawi ya tsankho. Kuphatikiza pa mpweya wamagetsi ndi pyrotechnics, ma Swartklip adatulutsa zigoba za 155mm base ejection zonyamula, ma grenade a bullet, ma XWUMXmm ma velocity oyenda komanso ma 40mm ma velocity apansi. Kenako, Sekemu lidatulutsa zowonjezera za ntchito zake. Chifukwa Denel sakanatha kukumana ndi chilengedwe komanso chitetezo chakumtunda kwa Swartklip, chomeracho chidatsekedwa ku 40. Kenako, Denel anangosintha kapangidwe kake ndi ntchito ku chomera chakale cha Somchem ku Macassar.
Kuyambira pomwe Rheinmetall amatenga ku 2008, kutsimikizika kwakhazikitsidwa pamayiko monga Saudi Arabia ndi UAE, ndipo 85% yopanga tsopano yatumizidwa kunja.
Amati zida za RDM zakhala zikugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi a Saudis ndi Emiratis kuchita ziwawa zankhondo ku Yemen ndikuti, povomereza zotumiza kunja, South Africa ili yodzaza ndi nkhanza izi.
Zovuta izi zakumana kwambiri, makamaka ku Germany, kuyambira kuphedwa kwa mtolankhani waku Saudi Jamal Khashoggi mu Okutobala chaka chatha.
Ndinapatsidwa gawo loyesa lomwe linandipatsa mwayi wopita ndi kuyankhula pamsonkhano wapachaka wa Rheinmetall ku Berlin mu Meyi.
Poyankha funso langa limodzi, wamkulu wa mabungwe a Armin Papperger adauza msonkhano kuti Rheinmetall adafuna kumanganso chomeracho ku RDM, koma mtsogolomo chidzakhala chokha. Chifukwa chake, ngakhale zifukwa zokakamizira anthu kupangidwira ntchito sizikugwiranso ntchito.
Papperger walephera, komabe, kuyankha funso langa lokhuyipitsidwa kwa chilengedwe, kuphatikizapo mtengo wa kuyeretsa komwe kumatha kukhala mabiliyoni amirioni.
Kodi tikudikirira kubwereza kwa moto wa AE&CI ku Macassar, kapena ngozi ya Bhopal ku 1984 ku India, tisanadzuke ku ngozi zachitetezo ndi zachilengedwe zopezeka m'mafakitale okhala ndi zipolopolo m'malo okhala?
Terry Crawford-Browne ndi womenyera ufulu, komanso wogwirizira dziko la South Africa World Beyond War.
