NaTerry Crawford-Browne, Gunyana 4, 2019
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Chikamu 24 cheSouth Africa Bumbiro chinozivisa kuti: "Wese munhu anekodzero yenzvimbo isina kukuvadza hutano hwavo kana hutano."
Chokwadi, zvinosuruvarisa, ndechekuti kupiwa kweBumbiro reMalungelo kunoramba kusingashandiswe.
South Africa iri pakati penyika dzakaipisisa pasi rese maererano nenyaya dzekusvibisa. Hurumende yehutongerwe enyika haina kana hanya, uye tarisiro yapashure pehutongerwe enyika yakatengeswa nevakuru vane huwori uye vasina tsitsi.
Nezuro, Nyamavhuvhu 3, yaive yekutanga kurangarira kuputika mufekitori yeRheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) munharaunda yeMacassar yeSomerset West. Vashandi vasere vakaurayiwa uye chivakwa chakatsakatika mukuputika. Kwapera gore, mushumo wekuferefeta hausati waburitswa kuruzhinji kana kumhuri dzemushakabvu.
Tsvagurudzo muUS nedzimwe nzvimbo dzinoburitsa pachena kuti nharaunda dzinogara pedyo nevemauto uye zvombo zvezvombo zvinokanganiswa zvakanyanya nekenza uye zvimwe zvirwere zvinokonzerwa nekuwonekwa kwezvinhu zvine chepfu.
Mhedzisiro yekusvibisa kwemauto pahutano uye zvakatipoteredza hazvigare zvichionekwa, nekukurumidza kana zvakananga, uye kazhinji vanozviratidzira ivo makore mazhinji gare gare.
Anopfuura makore makumi maviri mushure memoto weAE & CI, vakawirwa neMacassar vanotambura nematambudziko akakomba ehutano uye, mukuwedzera, havana kubatsirwa nemari. Kunyangwe varimi vakatambura nekukuvara kwezvirimwa vakabhadharwa nerupo, vagari veMacassar - vazhinji vacho vasina kudzidza - vakanyengerwa kusaina kodzero dzavo.
UN Security Council, musarudzo yakakosha mu1977, yakatemera kuti kodzero dzevanhu dzakashoropodzwa muSouth Africa vakaita songo rugare rwekuchengetedzwa kwenyika pamwe nekuchengetedzeka uye dzakabvumidza nhare dzechiuto. Iyi sarudzo yakarumbidzwa panguva iyoyo sekusimudzira kwakanyanya mu 20th century diplomacy.
Mukuedza kwayo kurwisa iyo UN kubatana, hurumende yerusarura yakadurura zviwanikwa zvihombe zvemari muzvombo, kusanganisira kuArmscor's Somchem chirimwa muMacassar. Nyika ino yave kugara neRMM, uye zvinofungidzirwa kuti yakasvibiswa zvakanyanya uye ine njodzi.
Rheinmetall, kambani hombe yezvombo yeGerman, yakarova pachena kubviswa kweUN. Yakatengesa fekitori yakazara yezvombo kuSouth Africa muna 1979 kugadzira 155mm makomba anoshandiswa muG5 artillery. Vaya G5 howitzers vaiitirwa kuendesa zvese zvine hungwaru zvombo zvenyukireya uye makemikari uye ehupenyu hondo (CBW) vamiririri.
Nekurudziro kubva kuhurumende yeUS, zvombo zvakaendeswa kunze kwenyika kubva kuSouth Africa kuenda kuIraq kuti zvinoshandiswa muhondo yeIraq makore masere kurwisa Iran.
Kunyangwe nhoroondo yayo, Rheinmetall akatenderwa mu2008 kutora 51% kugoverana muRMM, iyo 49% yasara ichichengeterwa neDenel-yehurumende.
Rheinmetall nemaune inogadzira kugadzirwa kwayo munyika dzakaita seSouth Africa kuitira kuti ipfuure nemitemo yeGerman yeku kutumira kunze.
Denel anga aine chimwe chinzvimbo chemafuta muCape Town kuSwartklip, pakati peMitchell's Plain neKhayelitsha. Testimonies muParamende mu2002 nechirikadzi uye nevaimbove vashandi pamberi pekomiti yepadigital yekuzvidzivirira yakateverwa nekuratidzira kwenharaunda apo kubvarura kwegasi kubvarura kwakauyisa vagari venzvimbo iyi.
Vatariri vezvitoro veDenel vakandiudza kare ikako kuti: “Vashandi veSwartklip havagari nguva refu. Vazhinji vakarasikirwa nemaoko, makumbo, maziso avo, kunzwa kwavo, kugona kwavo kwepfungwa, uye vazhinji vane hosha yemwoyo, arthritis uye makenza. Uye mamiriro ezvinhu kuShemuemi akatonyanya kuipa. "
Swartklip yaive iri nzvimbo yekuyedza yeSouth Africa CBW chirongwa panguva yekusarura. Pamusoro pekubvarura gasi uye pyrotechnics, Swartklip yakagadzira 155mm base ejection inotakura magobhoti, bullet trap grenades, 40mm yakakwirira velocity round uye 40mm yakaderera velocity round. Nekudaro, Shekemi yakagadzira zvinyowani zvekushandisa kwayo. Nekuti Denel aisakwanisa kusangana kunyange South Africa lax yekuchengetedza nharaunda uye kuchengetedzeka miitiro pa Swartklip, chirimwa ichi chakavharwa mu2007. Denel akabva angotamisa chigadzirwa chayo nemashandiro acho kuneimwe chembere chiSomchem chirimwa kuMacassar.
Kubva iyo Rheinmetall inotora mu2008, kusimbiswa kwaiswa kune zvinotengeswa kune dzimwe nyika seSaudi Arabia neAUE, uye 85% yekugadzira ikozvino yatumirwa kunze kwenyika.
Zvinopomedzerwa kuti zvombo zveRMM zvakashandiswa nevaSaudis neEmiratis kuita mhosva dzehondo muYemen uye kuti, mukubvumidza kutengeswa kwezvinhu zvakadai, kuSouth Africa kwakazara nehutsinye uhu.
Matambudziko aya akaungana, kunyanya kuGermany, kubva kuuraiwa kwemutori venhau weSaudi Jamal Khashoggi munaGumiguru gore rapfuura.
Ndakapihwa chikamu chemuenzaniso chakandigonesa kuenda uye kutaura kumusangano wepagore weRheinmetall pagore muBerlin muna Chivabvu.
Vachipindura mumwe wemibvunzo yangu, mukuru mukuru Armin Papperger akaudza musangano uyu kuti Rheinmetall yakanangana nekuvaka zvakare chirimwa kuRMM, asi mune ramangwana ichave yakazvipira zvizere. Nekudaro, kunyange iyo yekufungidzira yekusagadziriswa kwemabasa haisisiri kushanda.
Papperger akatadza, zvisinei, kupindura mubvunzo wangu nezve kusvibiswa kwezvakatipoteredza, kusanganisira mutengo wekuchenesa-up uyo ungapinda mumabhiriyoni emadhora.
Tiri kumirira kudzokororwa kwemoto weAE & CI muMacassar, kana iyo 1984 Bhopal njodzi muIndia, tisati tamuka kune njodzi uye nharaunda nenjodzi dzekutsvaga mafekitori enhunzi munzvimbo dzekugara?
Terry Crawford-Browne mutsigiri werunyararo, uye murongi wenyika yeSouth Africa World Beyond War.
