Wolemba Terry Crawford-Browne, Juni 23, 2020
Purezidenti wakale wa South Africa a Jacob Zuma komanso kampani yoyang'anira zida ku Thales akuimbidwa mlandu wachinyengo, kubera ndalama komanso kubera ndalama. Pambuyo pochedwa kangapo, a Zuma ndi a Thales akuyembekezeka kubwera kukhothi Lachiwiri, 23 Juni 2020. Milanduyi ikunena za mgwirizano wochepa waku France kuti akhazikitse masuti omenyera milandu munkhondo zoperekedwa ndi Germany. Komabe a Zuma anali "kansomba kakang'ono" munkhani yamgwirizano wamikono, yemwe adagulitsa moyo wake komanso dziko lake ndi R4 miliyoni.
A Purezidenti wakale waku France a Jacques Chirac ndi a Nicolas Sarkozy omwe adalola kuti Zuma apereke ndalama anali ndi nkhawa kuti kufufuzidwa ndi kuwululidwa ku South Africa kungaike pachiwopsezo mwayi waku France wogulitsa zida zankhondo kwina. Sarkozy akuyembekezeka kukaweruzidwa ku France mu Okutobala pamilandu yosagwirizana yokhudza ziphuphu. Chirac adamwalira chaka chatha, koma adadziwika kwambiri pochita zida ndi a Saddam Hussein aku Iraq mpaka adamupatsa dzina loti "Monsieur Irac". Ziphuphu mu malonda a padziko lonse zikuwerengedwa kuti ndizo zikuchititsa pafupifupi 45 peresenti ya ziphuphu padziko lonse lapansi.
"Nsomba zazikulu" zomwe zimabweretsa zida zankhondo ndi maboma aku Britain, Germany ndi Sweden, omwe adagwiritsa ntchito a Mbeki, Modise, Manuel ndi Erwin kuti "achite zonyansa," kenako ndikuchoka pazotsatira zake. Boma la Britain lili ndi "gawo lagolide" lolamulira ku BAE, motero lilinso ndi mlandu pazolakwa zankhondo zomwe zimachitika ndi zida zoperekedwa ndi Britain ku Yemen ndi mayiko ena. Pomwepo, BAE idalemba ntchito a John Bredenkamp, wogulitsa zida zankhondo wodziwika ku Rhodesia komanso wothandizila ku MI6 waku Britain, kuti ateteze mgwirizano wandege wa BAE / Saab.
Mgwirizano wazaka 20 zakubweza ngongole ku Barclays Bank pamgwirizanowu, wotsimikizika ndi boma la Britain ndikusainidwa ndi Manuel, ndi chitsanzo chabuku la "ngongole yachitatu yapadziko lonse lapansi" ndi mabanki aku Europe ndi maboma. Manuel adadutsa kwambiri udindo wake wobwereka malinga ndi zakale za Exchequer Act komanso Public Finance Management Act. Iye ndi nduna za nduna adachenjezedwa mobwerezabwereza kuti kugulitsa zida zankhondo ndi lingaliro losasamala lomwe lingapangitse boma ndi dzikolo kukulira mavuto azachuma, azachuma komanso azachuma. Zotsatira zakugulitsa zida zankhondo zikuwonekera pakusowa kwachuma komwe kukukumana ndi mavuto ku South Africa.
Pobwezera kuti South Africa idagwiritsa ntchito US $ 2.5 biliyoni pa ndege yankhondo ya BAE / Saab yomwe atsogoleri a SA Air Force adakana kuti ndiokwera mtengo kwambiri komanso osagwirizana ndi zomwe South Africa ikufuna, BAE / Saab adayenera kupereka US8.7 biliyoni (tsopano yokwanira R156.6 biliyoni) m'malo mwake ndikupanga ntchito 30 667. Monga ndaneneratu mobwerezabwereza zaka zoposa 20 zapitazo, "maubwino" omwe adakwaniritsidwa sanakhalepo. Zolakwitsa ndizodziwika bwino padziko lonse lapansi ngati chinyengo chomwe chimapangidwa ndi makampani opanga zida mothandizana ndi andale achinyengo kuti abweretse okhometsa misonkho amayiko omwe amagulitsa ndi kulandila. Pomwe aphungu a nyumba yamalamulo komanso Auditor General amafuna kudziwa za mapanganowo, adaletsedwa ndi oyang'anira Dipatimenti Yogulitsa ndi Makampani ndi zifukwa zabodza (zoperekedwa ndi boma la Britain) zakuti mapanganowo anali achinsinsi.
N'zosadabwitsa kuti ndege zambiri sizinagwiritsidwebe ntchito ndipo zili "m njenjete." South Africa tsopano ilibe oyendetsa ndege oti aziwuluka, alibe makina owasamalira, ndipo alibe ndalama zowapatsira. Masamba 160 a maumboni omwe ndidapereka ku Khothi Lalikulu la Malamulo mu 2010 mwatsatanetsatane momwe BAE adalipira ziphuphu za $ 115 miliyoni kuti athe kupeza mapanganowo. Fana Hlongwane, Bredenkamp ndi malemu Richard Charter ndiomwe anapindula kwambiri. Charter adamwalira m'malo okayikira mu 2004 pa "ngozi yapamadzi" pamtsinje wa Orange, akuti adaphedwa ndi m'modzi mwa omvera a Bredenkamp omwe adamumenya pamutu ndikumugwira m'madzi mpaka Charter atamira. Ziphuphu zidaperekedwa makamaka kudzera pakampani yakutsogolo ya BAE ku Briteni Islands Islands, Red Diamond Trading Company, chifukwa chake mutu wa buku langa lakale, "Diso pa Daimondi".
Zomwe akuti "Eye on the Gold" zikuphatikiza kuti a Janusz Walus, omwe adapha Chris Hani mu 1993, pamapeto pake adagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Bredenkamp ndi boma la Britain poyesa kusinthira kusintha kwa South Africa kupita ku demokalase yoyendetsedwa ndi malamulo. Pafupifupi Prime Minister Tony Blair analowererapo mu 2006 kuti aletse ofufuza aku Britain Serious Fraud ku ziphuphu zomwe a BAE adachita ndi Saudi Arabia, South Africa ndi mayiko ena asanu ndi limodzi. Blair ananamizira kuti kufufuzaku kunaopseza chitetezo cha Britain. Tiyeneranso kukumbukira kuti Blair anali ndi udindo mu 2003 limodzi ndi Purezidenti wa US George Bush pakuwononga komwe kunachitika ku Iraq. Zachidziwikire, palibe a Blair kapena a Bush omwe akhala akuimbidwa mlandu ngati zigawenga zankhondo.
Monga "bagman" wa BAE, Prince Bandar waku Saudi Arabia anali alendo obwera ku South Africa, ndipo anali mlendo yekhayo paukwati wa Purezidenti Nelson Mandela ndi Graca Machel mu 1998. Mandela adavomereza kuti Saudi Arabia idathandizira kwambiri ANC . Bandar analinso kazembe wogwirizana wa Saudi ku Washington komwe BAE idapereka ziphuphu zoposa $ 1 biliyoni. FBI idalowererapo, ikufuna kudziwa chifukwa chomwe aku Britain amapangira ziphuphu kudzera kubanki yaku America.
BAE idalipira madola 479 miliyoni US mu 2010 ndi 2011 chifukwa cha zakunja zomwe zimaphatikizapo kugwiritsidwa ntchito mosaloledwa kwa zinthu zopangidwa ndi US ku BAE / Saab Gripens zoperekedwa ku South Africa. Panthawiyi, a Hillary Clinton anali Secretary of State a US. Kutsatira zopereka zazikulu kuchokera ku Saudi Arabia kupita ku Clinton Foundation, chikalata chofuna kulepheretsa BAE kutengera mabizinesi aboma la US chidapulumutsidwa mchaka cha 2011. Nkhaniyo ikuwonetsanso momwe ziphuphu komanso mabungwe omwe amapezeka kwambiri ku Britain komanso ku Britain. Maboma aku US. Poyerekeza, Zuma ndi masewera.
Bredenkamp amwalira Lachitatu ku Zimbabwe. Ngakhale adasankhidwa ku US, Bredenkamp sanaimbidwe mlandu konse ku Britain, South Africa kapena Zimbabwe chifukwa chakuwononga komwe adachita ku South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo ndi mayiko ena ambiri. Kuzengedwa mlandu kwa a Zuma kulinso mwayi kwa a Mbeki, Manuel, Erwin ndi Zuma kuti "abwere poyera" pankhani yakugulitsa zida zankhondo, ndikufotokozera anthu aku South Africa chifukwa chomwe zaka 20 zapitazo anali omvera m'manja mwa zigawenga zomwe zidapangidwa. malonda a zida.
Zuma ndi mlangizi wake wakale wazachuma, Schabir Shaikh apereka lingaliro loti "adzakhetsa nyemba". Pulezidenti wokhululukidwa kuti Zuma afotokozere zonse za mgwirizano wa zida komanso kuti ANC ikupereka nkhondo yolimbana ndi tsankho ku South Africa itha kukhala yamtengo wapatali. Kupanda kutero, zomwe a Zuma akuyenera kukhala m'ndende moyo wawo wonse.
Terry Crawford-Browne ndiye wotsogolera mutu wa World Beyond War - South Africa komanso wolemba "Eye on the Gold", yomwe ikupezeka tsopano ku Takealot, Amazon, Smashword, Book Lounge ku Cape Town komanso posachedwa m'mashopu ena aku South Africa.
