Wolemba Linda van Tilburg, Julayi 7, 2020
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Purezidenti mu Purezidenti a Jackson Mthembu atakhala mpando wa bungwe loyendetsa zida zankhondo ku South Africa, National Conventional Arms Control Committee (Ntchito za NCACC) adakhazikitsa njira yovuta kwambiri yogulitsa zida. Pansi pa wotchi yake, kugulitsa zida kwatsekeredwa kumayiko angapo, kuphatikiza Saudi Arabia ndi United Arab Emirates (UAE) popeza NCACC imafuna kuti makasitomala akunja alonjeze kuti asasamutsire zida kwina. Zimapatsanso akuluakulu aku South Africa ufulu woyendera malo kuti awonetsetse kuti akutsatira malamulo atsopano. Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Industries Association (AMD) adauza a Nyuzipepala ya Gulf mu Novembala chaka chatha kuti izi zidawopseza kupulumuka kwa zida zankhondo ndipo zidawononga ndalama mabiliyoni ambiri kumayiko akunja. Wogwira ntchito Terry Crawford-Browne akuti, ngakhale izi zidaletsedwa komanso kutsekedwa kwa ndege yaku Covid-19, Rheinmetall Denel Munitions akupitilizabe kutumiza mdziko la Turkey kumapeto kwa Epulo, kumayambiriro kwa Meyi ndipo zida zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito pazinthu zomwe dziko la Turkey likuyambitsa ku Libya. Anatinso kuthekera kwakuti Manja aku South Africa zikugwiritsidwa ntchito mbali zonse za nkhondo ku Libya. M'mbuyomu chaka chino RDM idatsutsidwa ndi watchdog Tsegulani Zinsinsi zopereka Saudi Arabia ndi zida zomwe zimawagwirira ntchito pokhumudwitsa Yemen. Crawford-Browne yapempha Nyumba Yamalamulo kuti ifufuze za RDM ndipo yati Nyumba Yamalamulo yanyengedwa ndi makampani apadziko lonse lapansi okhala ndi zida. - Linda van Tilburg
Pempholi lidzafufuze nyumba yamalamulo mu Rheinmetall Denel Munitions (RDM) atumiza kunja ku Turkey ndikugwiritsa ntchito kwawo ku Libya
Wolemba Terry Crawford-Browne
Kuphwanya malamulo a Covid ndege yotseka, ndege zisanu ndi ziwiri za ku Turkey A400M zinafika ku Cape Town nthawi ya 30 Epulo mpaka 4 Meyi kuti akweze katundu wa RDM kuti atumize ku Turkey. Patangotha masiku ochepa chabe ndikuthandizira boma ladziko lonse la Libyan lomwe ladziwika ku Tripoli, Turkey idayamba kuchita zankhanza motsutsana ndi magulu ankhondo a Khalifa Ikupezeka. Pa msonkhano wa Komiti Yadziko Lonse Yoponya Zida pa 25 June, Minister Jackson Mthembu, ngati mpando wa NCACC, adati sakudziwa za Turkey komanso:
"Ngati zida za ku South Africa zikanauzidwa kuti zidzakhale ku Syria kapena ku Libya, zingakhale zabwino kwambiri kuti dzikolo lipange kafukufuku ndi kudziwa kuti lifika bwanji, ndi ndani amene wasokoneza kapena wasocheretsa bungwe la NCACC."
RDM mu 2016 idapanga ndikukhazikitsa malo opangira zida ku Saudi Arabia, pomwe idatsegulidwa ndi Purezidenti wakale Jacob Zuma limodzi ndi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia ndi United Arab Emirates inali misika yayikulu yogulitsa kunja kwa RDM mpaka chaka cha 2019 pomwe owonera padziko lonse adazindikira kuti nyumba za RDM zikugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati zikugwiritsidwa ntchito popanga milandu ku Yemen. Pokhapokha, ndipo pambuyo pa chisokonezo padziko lonse lapansi chifukwa cha kupha mtolankhani Jamal Khashoggi, a NCACC adaimitsa katundu waku South Africa kupita ku Middle East. Rheinmetall amapeza dala kupanga kwina m'maiko omwe ulamuliro wamalamulo ndi wofooka kuti udutse malamulo oyendetsera mayiko aku Germany.
RDM pa 22 June yalengeza kuti ikangogwirizana nawo mgwirizano wopitilira R200 miliyoni kuti ukonzere malo omwe makasitomala agulitsa kale. WBW-SA ikumvetsa kuti mbewuyi ili ku Egypt. Egypt yatenga nawo gawo kwambiri pamikangano ya ku Libya pakuthandizira Haftar motsutsana ndi boma la Tripoli. Ngati zatsimikizika, RDM ikukonzekera mbali zonse ziwiri kumkangano waku Libya, motero ikuphatikiza kugwirizana kwake koyambirira ndi ziwopsezo zankhondo ku Yemen. Chifukwa chake, polephera mobwerezabwereza kukakamiza zopereka gawo 15 la lamulo la NCAC, NCACC ikuwombana ndi ngozi zothandizira anthu komanso milandu yankhondo yomwe yachitika ku Libya komanso kwina.
Izi zikuwononga kwambiri mbiri yaku South Africa ngati membala wosakhazikika pa United Nations Security Council kuphatikiza kusaina kwake kwa Secretary General António Guterres kuyitanitsa kuti padziko lonse lapansi moto ubwere pa mliri wa Covid. Chifukwa chake, WBW-SA imafuna kuti phungu wofufuzira bwino komanso wowonekera pagulu la fiasco lino, kuphatikizapo kuchotsera ziphaso zomwe Rheinmetall azilandira ku South Africa.
Lotsatira ndi kalata yomwe yatumizidwa dzulo kwa nduna ya a Jackson Mthembu ndi a Naledi Pandor m'malo awo ngati mpando ndi wachiwiri kwa wapampando wa NCACC.
Kalata yatumizidwa kwa Nduna Jackson Mthembu ndi Naledi Pandor malinga ndi kuthekera kwawo kukhala mpando ndi wachiwiri kwa wapampando wa NCACC
Okondedwa Atumiki Mthembu ndi Pandor,
Mukukumbukira kuti a Rhoda Bazier a Greater Macassar Civic Association komanso a Cape Town City Council ndipo tinakulemberani mu Epulo kuti tiyamikire thandizo la South Africa chifukwa cha mlembi wamkulu wa United Nations, a António Guterres, kuti aphedwe. Kuti mumve zambiri, tsamba lathu ndi makalata atolankhani tsopano. M'kalatayo tidafotokozanso nkhawa kuti nyumba zomwe zikapangidwa ndi Rheinmetall Denel Munitions (RDM) zipanga khalani ku Libya. Kuphatikiza apo ndikupereka mliri wa Covid ndi zotulukapo zake padziko lonse lapansi, takupemphani inu kuti mukhale mpando ndi wachiwiri kwa mpando wa NCACC kuti mupewe kutumiza zida zankhondo kuchokera ku South Africa nthawi ya 2020 ndi 2021.
Apanso kuti mumve zambiri, ndikuphatikiza kuvomereza kwathu kalata. Kalatayo idalembedwa pa 5 Meyi, m'cholemba 6 chomwe mudavomereza kuti:
"Ukukakamiza kuti zisinthidwe izi ziziloledwa. Ndikufuna ndikuuzeni kuti palibe gawo lazinthu zofunsa ngati zomwe zingapambane. ”
Komabe masiku angapo kale kuyambira pa 30 Epulo mpaka 4 Meyi, ndege zisanu ndi chimodzi za ndege zaku Turkey A400M zidafika pa eyapoti ku Cape Town kukwezeretsa mabizinesi a RDM. Zikuwonekeratu kuti kugwirira ntchito kumeneku, kaya ndi Turkey kapena ndi RDM kapena onse awiri, zidakwanitsa, ndipo, pazotheka, kulipira ziphuphu zikuwonekeratu. Ndikupatsanso kalata yolemba pa 6 Meyi komanso kunena kwa 7. Mwa ulumikizano womwe uli pansipa, a Parliamentary Monitoring Gulu alemba kuti pamsonkhano wa NCACC pa 25 June, kuti a Minister Mthembu anena kuti sakudziwa za Turkey ndipo makamaka munanena kuti:
"Ngati zida za ku South Africa zikanauzidwa kuti zidzakhale ku Syria kapena ku Libya, zingakhale zabwino kwambiri kuti dzikolo lipange kafukufuku ndi kudziwa kuti lifika bwanji, ndi ndani amene wasokoneza kapena wasocheretsa bungwe la NCACC."
Aka si koyamba kuti ku South Africa, kuphatikizaponso Apalotesitanti, anyengedwa ndi makampani azida apadziko lonse. Tikulimbana ndi zovuta za zida zankhondo ndi chivundi chomwe chimawulula. Machenjezo ochokera ku mabungwe aboma mu nthawi ya 1996-1998 Nyumba Yamalamulo Yodzitchinjiriza (kuphatikiza ndekha ndikayimira tchalitchi cha Anglican) sananyalanyazidwe. Ndikukumbukireni momwe maPalishi adalembedwera dala ndi makampani ankhondo aku Europe ndi maboma awo (komanso a Joe Modise monga Minister of Defense) kuti R30 biliyoni yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito pazida zankhondo ikhoza kupanga ndalama zokwana R110 biliyoni zopindulitsa ndipo zingapangitse ntchito 65?
Pomwe a Nyumba Yamalamulo ngakhale Auditor General amafuna kudziwa momwe kupusa kwachuma kumeneku kumagwirira ntchito, adatsekeredwa ndi akuluakulu a Unduna wa Zamalonda ndi Zomangamanga ali ndi zifukwa zomveka zti mapangano omwe adalipo anali "achinsinsi." Kafukufuku wopanga zida zankhondo mu August 1999 adachenjeza bungwe la aKhabhinethi kuti ntchito yopanga zida ndi nkhondo ndiyopanda tanthauzo yomwe ingachititse boma kuti "likhale ndi mavuto azachuma, azachuma komanso azachuma". Chenjezo lidapumulidwanso.
Nduna Rob Davies mu 2012 pamapeto pake adavomereza ku Nyumba Yamalamulo kuti DTI sikuti imangokhala ndi mphamvu zoyang'anira ndikuwunika pulogalamu ya offset. Zowonjezera, adatsimikiziranso kuti Germany Frigate ndi Submarine Consortia adakwaniritsa 2.4% yokha yazokwaniritsa. M'malo mwake, lipoti la 2011 la Debevoise & Plimpton ku Ferrostaal lidawulula kuti ngakhale 2.4% idali makamaka ngati "ngongole zosabwezedwanso" - ziphuphu. Zolonjezedwa zochokera ku Britain Serious Fraud Office mu 2008 zidafotokoza momwe BAE / Saab adapereka ziphuphu za $ 115 miliyoni (tsopano ndi R2.4 biliyoni) kuti ateteze mgwirizano wawo wazamgwirizano ndi South Africa, omwe ziphuphuzo zidaperekedwa ndi omwe maakaunti aku banki South Africa ndi maiko akunja adayamikiridwa. Unduna Davies adatsimikiziranso kuti BAE / Saab yakwaniritsa 2.8% yokha (mwachitsanzo, US $ 202 miliyoni) pazoyenera zawo za NIP za US $ 7.2 biliyoni (tsopano R130 biliyoni).
Makampani apadziko lonse lapansi ndi odziwika kuti amagwiritsa ntchito ziphuphu, komanso chifukwa chokana kutsatira malamulo kapena malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi monga NCAC Act yomwe, pakati pa zonse, imati dziko la South Africa silitumiza zida kumayiko ogwiritsa ntchito ufulu waumunthu kapena zigawo pakukangana. Inde, pafupifupi 45 peresenti ya ziphuphu zapadziko lonse lapansi zimachitika chifukwa cha malonda a zida zankhondo. Makamaka, Rheinmetall amaika dala kupanga kwina m'maiko ngati South Africa komwe malamulo amalamulo ndi ofooka kuti adutse malamulo oyendetsera mayiko aku Germany.
Malinga ndi lipoti lomwe lili pansipa pa 22 June 2020, Rheinmetall Denel Munitions adadzitamandira pagulu lanyuzipepala kuti adangomaliza mgwirizano wopitilira R200 miliyoni kukweza chomera cha makasitomala atali kale. Malipoti a mtolankhani saulula dziko lomwe mbewuyi ili, koma chidziwitso changa ndikuti ndi Egypt. Monga nonse mukuzindikira, Egypt ndi olamulira mwankhondo wankhondo wokhala ndi mbiri zoyipitsa za ufulu wa anthu. Amachitanso nawo nkhondo ya ku Libya pakuthandizira kazembe wankhondo Khalifa Haftar. Chifukwa chake, Rheinmetall Denel Munitions akukhazikitsa mbali zonse mu nkhondo ya ku Libya ndipo, potero, pakuvomereza kutulutsa kotereku ku NCACC ndi ku South Africa zikukumana ndi ngozi zakugwirira anthu ndi milandu yankhondo yomwe yachitika ku Libya komanso kwina.
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/rdm-wins-new-munitions-plant-contract/
Malinga ndi zomwe takuphunzitsani pa 25 June: "Ngati zida zaku South Africa zikanauzidwa kuti zidzakhale ku Syria kapena ku Libya, zingakhale zabwino kwambiri kuti dzikolo lipange kafukufuku ndi kudziwa momwe zidafikira, komanso ndani adasokoneza kapena adasocheretsa NCACC ”. Chodabwitsa ndichakuti, a Pandor adanenedwanso ndi a Parliamentary Monitoring Group pomwe adalengeza pamsonkhano wa NCACC kuti malamulo oyang'anira ntchito zamakampani aku South Africa - "m'malo mongololeza ndizovomerezeka." Tsoka ilo, South Africa ili ndi mbiri yabwino yamalamulo monga Constitution yathu kapena Prevention of Organised Crime Act kapena Public Finance Management Act koma, monga zikuwonetsera mu State Capture pokambirana, sikukwaniritsidwa. Chowonadi chomvetsa chisoni ndichakuti Lamulo la NCAC komanso zomwe zili mu gawo 15 sizikukakamizidwa.
Chifukwa chake, ndingapemphe kuti mwaulemu - monga Nduna ya Purezidenti ndi Unduna wa Maubwenzi apadziko lonse lapansi komanso munthawi yanu mu NCACC - ndikhazikitse kafukufuku wofufuza za apolisi a boma moyenera? Ndidziwenso kuti kubwereza kwa Komiti Yofufuza ya Seriti Kodi mfuti zingadzetse mavuto ku mbiri yaku South Africa?
FYI, ndiphatikizanso kujambula kwa youtube kwa mphindi 38 za ZOOM zomwe ndidapanga ku Probus Club ya Somerset West Lachitatu pankhani yokhudza ziphuphu ndi malonda a zida. Ndikhala ndikutumiza kalatayi kwa atolankhani, ndipo ndikuyembekezera malangizo anu.
Wanu mowona mtima Terry Crawford-Browne
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