World BEYOND War, April 14, 2020
SOUTH AFRICA YAPEMPHEDWA KUTI TIYAMIKIRE UNITED NATIONS MLEMBI WABWINO KUITANIRA MALO OGULITSIRA PADZIKO LONSE MU NKHONDO YOLIMBANA NDI COVID-19 - POKULETSA ANTHU OGULITSA MANKHWALA
World BEYOND War-South Africa ndi Greater Macassar Civic Association alembera limodzi Nduna Jackson Mthembu ndi Naledi Pandor, malinga ndi udindo wawo ngati Wapampando ndi Wachiwiri kwa Wachiwiri wa National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC), kuti apereke chigamulo choletsa kugulitsa zida zankhondo ku South Africa nthawi yonseyi 2020 ndi 2021. South Africa ndi amodzi mwa anthu 53 omwe adasainira pempho la Mr Antonio Guterres, ndipo chaka chino ndi membala wa UN Security Council.
Izi zikuchokera pachidziwitso cha 7 Epulo ndi Rheinmetall Denel Munitions (RDM) ku Macassar kuti m'masiku aposachedwa asayina mgwirizano waukulu wotumiza zida zankhondo zankhondo za 155mm. RDM ikukana kufotokoza komwe akupita, koma pali kuthekera kwakukulu kuti milanduyi imagwiritsidwa ntchito ku Libya. Lamulo la NCAC likunena kuti South Africa sidzatumiza zida ku a) mayiko omwe akupondereza ufulu wa anthu, b) zigawo zosemphana ndi c) mayiko omwe akutsutsana ndi UN ndi zoletsa zina zankhondo.
Lotsatira ndi kalata yomwe imatumizidwa kwa Atumiki pa 13 Epulo:
Minister mu Presidency, Minister Jackson Mthembu ndi
Nduna ya Ubale ndi Mgwirizano Wapadziko Lonse, Minister Naledi Pandor
Ndi imelo: 13 Epulo 2020
Atumiki okondedwa Jackson Mthembu ndi Naledi Pandor.
Tiye a Secretary-General akufuna kuyimitsa moto wapadziko lonse lapansi komanso NCACC
Chonde dziwani kuthokoza kwathu kwa Purezidenti Ramaphosa chifukwa cha zomwe adalankhula kudziko Lachinayi. Adafotokoza zomwe takhala tikudikirira kuyambira pomwe South Africa idagonjetsa modabwitsa tsankho. Tiyeni tsopano tonse tithandizane kupyola tsokali ndipo, pakatsekedwa, dziko lino likhale dziko lamaloto athu komanso nyale kudziko lapansi.
Tikulemba limodzi monga World Beyond War -SA ndi Greater Macassar Civic Association mogwirizana ndi mlembi wamkulu wa United Nations a Antonio Guterres poyitanitsa kuyimitsa nkhondo padziko lonse lapansi kuti athandizire polimbana ndi Covid-19 - mdani wamba yemwe akuwopseza anthu onse. Makamaka, ndife okondwa kudziwa kuti South Africa inali amodzi mwa mayiko makumi asanu ndi atatu mphambu atatu zoyambirira omwe adasaina pempho loti athetse nkhondo. Chiwerengerochi tsopano chatha makumi asanu ndi awiri.
Popeza kuti South Africa ilinso membala wa UN Security Council, kodi ifenso tingawonetse chiyembekezo chathu kuti dziko lathu lidzatsogolera polimbikitsa kuleketsa mfuti kwa 2021? US $ 2 trilioni kuphatikiza yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito padziko lonse lapansi pakukonzekera nkhondo komanso kukonzekera usitikali iyenera kupitsidwanso ntchito kukonzanso chuma - makamaka mayiko akumwera komwe kuyambira 9/11, komanso motsutsana ndi malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi, nkhondo zawononga mavuto azachuma komanso chikhalidwe .
Tikulemberani, a Minisitala Mthembu ndi Pandor, munthawi yanu ngati mpando ndi wachiwiri kwa wapampando wa National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC). Lamulo la NCAC limafotokoza kuti South Africa siyitumiza zida kumayiko omwe a) imagwiritsa ntchito molakwika ufulu wachibadwidwe, b) kumadera omwe akukangana ndi c) kupita kumayiko omwe ali ndi UN komanso zida zina. Mukangoyamba kugwira ntchito yanu ndi NCACC, mwaimilira molimba mtima kuti mayiko aku South Africa atumize ku Saudi Arabia ndi United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Tikudziwa kuti Rheinmetall Denel Munitions (RDM), Paramount ndi ena akuchenjeza mwamphamvu kuti kuyimitsidwa kuyenera kuchotsedwa chifukwa chokhudza ntchito. Makampani awa, sakhala akhungu mwina chifukwa chakuphatikizana kwawo ndi nkhondo za ku Yemen kapena Libya kapena zaumoyo ndi zotsatira zachilengedwe mkati mwa South Africa ya makampani opanga zida.
Akuluakulu a RDM amakhala ku Macassar, lomwe ndi gulu la anthu 50 000, lomwe limapanga Somerset West mdera lalikulu la Cape Town la anthu mamiliyoni anayi. Ndizosatheka kukhala ndi fakitale yazipolopolo pamalo okhala. Gulu la Macassar likudziwabe bwino za moto wa 1997 kufakitale yoyandikira ya AE&CI, komanso zaumoyo ndi zina zomwe zidayambitsa.
Kodi ndikofunikira kubwereza moto kapena, mwina, tsoka la Bhopal lisanatengedwe kutseka chomera cha DCM ku Macassar? Mudziwanso kuti kuphulika kumeneko mu Seputembala 2018 kunapha anthu asanu ndi atatu ogwira ntchito, ndikuti zovuta zomwe zidakweza sizinathebe - kuphatikiza ngati RDM iyenera kuimbidwa mlandu chifukwa chosasamala.
Kuposa 85% yazopangidwa ndi RDM ndizogulitsa kunja, makamaka ku Middle East, ndipo zida zake zadziwika kuti zikugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Saudi Arabia ndi UAE kuchita milandu yankhondo ku Yemen. RDM yalengeza pa 7 Epulo kuti m'masiku aposachedwa yasayina contract ya US $ 80 miliyoni (R1.4 biliyoni) kuti ipange milandu mazana angapo zikwizikwi. Milandu iyi ya NATO yapangidwa kuti ipangitse zipolopolo za 155mm, zoperekera ku 2021.
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/rdm-to-produce-80-million-
Ngakhale kuti RDM ikukana kufotokoza komwe akupita, pali kuthekera kwakukulu kuti milanduyi iperekedwe ku Libya ndi Qatar kapena UAE, kapena onse awiri. A Denel apereka zida zankhondo za G5 ndi / kapena G6 ku Qatar ndi UAE, ndipo mayiko onsewa akuyenera kuyimitsidwa ndi NCACC ngati malo ogulitsira kunja malinga ndi malamulo a NCAC Act.
Kuphatikiza pa zochitika zosiyanasiyana pangozi yothandiza anthu ku Yemen, Qatar, Turkey, UAE, Egypt ndi Saudi Arabia onse akutenga nawo mbali pankhondo yaku Libya. Qatar ndi Turkey zithandizira boma lothandizidwa padziko lonse ku Tripoli. UAE, Egypt ndi Saudi Arabia zithandizira wopanduka General Khalifa Haftar. Atakhala ku US zaka 20, Haftar ndi nzika ziwiri zaku Libyan-US ndipo akuti ndiwothandizirana ndi CIA yemwe satha kulamulira.
Popeza kuchuluka kwa ulova ku South Africa, tikudziwa bwino kufunikira kwa ntchito ndipo makamaka ku Macassar. Makampani opanga zida, padziko lonse lapansi, amafunika ndalama zambiri m'malo mokhala ogwira ntchito ambiri. Ndi chinyengo chonse chazomwe zimachitika ndi makampani kuti ndizofunikira popanga ntchito. Kuphatikiza apo, makampaniwa amathandizidwa kwambiri komanso kuwononga chuma cha anthu, monga zikuwonetsedwa ndi mbiri yoyipa yazachuma ya Denel.
Umboni wosonyeza kuti nthaka ya ku RDM ndi fakitale yakale ya AE & CI yamphamvu yawonongeka kwambiri ndi zachilengedwe, ndipo sizoyenera kuti anthu azikhalamo. Ndi malo pafupifupi mahekitala 3 000 (ma kilomita 30), ndipo akuwoneka kuti ndioyenereradi kukhazikitsanso ntchito zamagetsi zomwe zingagwiritsidwenso ntchito bwino. Zochitika zapadziko lonse lapansi zimatsimikizira kuti mphamvu zongowonjezwdwa ndiopanga bwino kwambiri komanso opindulitsa pantchito zolipidwa bwino kuposa zomwe zimagulitsa zida zankhondo.
Chifukwa chake, a Minisitala Mthembu ndi Pandor, tikupempha thandizo lanu padziko lonse lapansi komanso kuntchito yapolisi ya UN Secretary General kuti aphedwe padziko lonse lapansi pa nthawi ya mliri wa Covid-19. Tikupemphanso kuti zikuyenera kuwonjezeredwa ndi zoletsedwa zankhondo zaku South Africa zomwe zimagulitsidwa ku South Africa mu 2020 ndi 2021. Monga momwe Mr Guterres akumbutsira anthu apadziko lonse lapansi, nkhondo ndiye zoipa zoyipa kwambiri ndipo ndizolimbikitsa zomwe dziko silingakwanitse atipatsa mavuto azachuma komanso chikhalidwe chathu.
Tikupemphanso thandizo lanu pakupezera ndalama ndi mabizinesi kuti musinthe Macassar pokonzanso nyumba za RDM ndi AE&CI kuti zikhale zopindulitsa komanso zamtendere m'malo mwa nkhondo, komanso kukweza chuma ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu mdera lathu.
Ine wanu mowona mtima
Terry Crawford-Browne Rhoda-Ann Bazier
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