Umfelandawonye obanzi uyalinyusa iphulo elichasene nomboniso wezixhobo waseLondon

ngu-Andrew Metheven, ngoSeptemba 13, 2017, Ukuguquka kobuNtu.

ELondon, amawakawaka abaqhankqalazi bebethatha inyathelo elithe ngqo lokuvala owona mboniso mkhulu wezixhobo ehlabathini. I-Defence and Security Equipment International, okanye i-DSEI, yavulwa ngoSeptemba we-12, kodwa iziko lomboniso apho libanjelwe khona liye lavalwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwiveki engaphambi kokuba iqale, njengoko amatshantliziyo athatha amanyathelo okuphazamisa amalungiselelo omboniso. Bangaphezu kwekhulu abantu ababanjiweyo, phakathi Amahemuhemu okuba ukusekwa komboniso kwakusemva kweentsuku. Oku kuphawula ukunyuka okukhulu kwezenzo kwiminyaka edlulileyo.

Kubonakala ngathi ubungakanani bokuchasa kule veki iphelileyo woyisa amapolisa kunye nabaququzeleli bomsitho, njengoko benzile ubuchule kunye nokuzimisela kwamaqela amaninzi ebebandakanyeka kuqhanqalazo. Usuku ngalunye lwaluququzelelwa ngamaqela ahlukeneyo abumba i Misa uMboniso weArms ukubavumela ukuba bacwangcise izenzo zabo kunye nabantu abanengqondo efanayo abanenkxalabo efanayo. Imixholo eyahlukeneyo ibandakanya ubumbano lwasePalestine, Akukho luKholo eMfazweni, iNo kwiNyukliya kunye neArms to Renewables, kunye nomanyano ngaphaya kwemida. Kwakukho nenkomfa yezemfundo emasangweni, kunye noMnyhadala wokuChasa kunye ne-War Stops Apha isemina kwimpelaveki.

Le ndlela ivumela amaqela kunye namaphulo angakhange asebenze kunye ngokuqhelekileyo ukufumana isizathu esiqhelekileyo sokuchasa ubulungisa. Abo babefuna ukugxila kwisenzo sabo esithile babekwazi ukwenjenjalo, beqinisekile ukuba kanye njengokuba amandla amaninzi ayengena kwezinye iintsuku zokuxhathisa. Kwakhona kwavumela abantu abatsha kumbutho ukuba bafumane iqela labantu abaziva bekhululekile ukuthatha inyathelo ecaleni. Njengoko ubuso obutsha bubandakanyeka kweli phulo, ingqiqo "yengxelo efanelekileyo" ikhulile, njengoko amandla afakwe kwisenzo esinye abonisa emva komsebenzi wabanye abaninzi.

Ukuba nothotho olwahlukeneyo lwabathathi-nxaxheba kukhokelele kuluhlu olubanzi lwezenzo zokuyila kunye nezihlekisayo, kubandakanywa "abenzi-bubi abakhulu bakhetha izixhobo zobulungisa" - iziko lomboniso apho i-DSEI ibanjelwa khona ikwabamba iindibano zesiqhelo ze-sci-fi - kunye no-Dalek osuka. "Gqirha Ngubani" ukukhumbuza abantu ngamalungelo abo asemthethweni phambi kokuba abanjwe. Kwakukho iimeko ezininzi zamaqela asebenzisanayo asebenza kunye ngokufanelekileyo ukubeka izithintelo eziphazamisayo endaweni. Umzekelo, njengokuba isitshixo sade sasuswa endleleni liqela lamapolisa lokusika ngexesha lokuvalwa okucwangciswe ngamaqela enkolo, abanye barhoxa kwibhulorho ekufutshane ukuze bavale enye indlela.

I-DSEI yenzeka kwidocklands yaseLondon rhoqo emva kweminyaka emibini. Iinkampani ezingaphezu kwe-1,500 zithatha inxaxheba, zibonisa izixhobo zemfazwe kubantu abangaphezu kwe-30,000, kuquka nabathunywa bemikhosi abavela kumazwe aneerekhodi ezoyikisayo zamalungelo oluntu kunye namazwe asemfazweni. Izixhobo ezingekho mthethweni kunye nezixhobo ziye zafunyanwa rhoqo ukuba zithengiswe e-DSEI, kubandakanywa izixhobo zentuthumbo kunye neqela leembumbulu. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela, nangona kunjalo, ukuba abo baququzelela ngokuchasene ne-DSEI abafuni nje umboniso ococekileyo, osemthethweni okanye ococekileyo wezixhobo, bafuna ukumisa ubulungisa bezixhobo ngokupheleleyo. I-DSEI iququzelelwa yinkampani yabucala ebizwa ngokuba yiClarion Events, ngenkxaso epheleleyo yorhulumente waseBhritane, nethi yandisa izimemo ezisemthethweni kubathunywa bezomkhosi kwihlabathi liphela.

Ukuchasana nemiboniso yezixhobo ezifana ne-DSEI kubalulekile, kuba yenye yezona zinto zicacileyo, ezicacileyo zokurhweba ngezixhobo; abathengisi bezikhali bokwenyani bathengisa izixhobo zemfazwe abazakhayo kumkhosi okhangela ubuchwepheshe bamva nje. Sele kulo nyaka, umboniso wezixhobo ungenile Speyin, ICanada, i-Israel kunye neRiphabhliki yaseCzech baye bajongana nezenzo ezithe ngqo ezivela kubakhankasi bendawo, kunye ne-ADEX ye-Seoul kunye ne-Bogota ye-ExpoDefensa ngenxa yokuba yenzeke kwiinyanga ezizayo.

Ishishini lezixhobo - njengawo onke amashishini - lixhomekeke kwilayisensi yentlalontle ukuze lisebenze, nto leyo ethetha ukuba kunye nokufumana inkxaso esemthethweni esemthethweni ikwafuna inkxaso yoluntu ngokubanzi. Eli phepha-mvume lezentlalo livumela ishishini lezixhobo ukuba lizisongele ngengubo esemthethweni, kwaye ukuxhathisa urhwebo lwezixhobo naphi na apho lubonakala khona yindlela enye ecacileyo yokucela umngeni kule layisensi yentlalontle.

Okwangoku, ishishini lezixhobo licinga ukuba imisebenzi yalo iphantse ibe semthethweni, kodwa oko kuyinxenye kuba abantu abaninzi abafane, ukuba bakhe bacinge ngobukho balo okanye indlela olusebenza ngayo. Ukuthatha inyathelo elithe ngqo ngokuchasene neziganeko ezifana ne-DSEI kusivumela ukuba "sikhombe ngomnwe" kwaye sitsalele ingqalelo kurhwebo olubanzi lwezixhobo, sithandabuze ukuba semthethweni kwalo, ngeli lixa ikwasithintela ngokuthe ngqo ukusebenza kwalo. Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba umboniso uqalise usodolophu osandula ukunyulwa waseLondon, uSadiq Khan, uthe ufuna ukubona iDSEI ivaliwe, kodwa wayengenawo amandla okukumisa ngokwakhe.

Iziganeko ezinkulu ezifana ne-DSEI kunokuba nzima ukuphazamisa ngendlela enkulu. Eso sesinye sezizathu zokuba kujoliswe kuko amalungiselelo omboniso wezixhobo, nto leyo esisicwangciso esitsha. Umdibaniso nawo wajolisa amandla alo kwelo nqanaba ngo-2015, okokugqibela kubanjwa umboniso wezixhobo, kunye nabaququzeleli. wabona ukuba kunokwenzeka. Elona khonkco libuthathaka kulo mnyhadala kukuntsonkotha kokuyimisela kwasekuqaleni, kwaye amandla oku kunikezela kwiphulo lenyathelo elithe ngqo kunye nokungathobeli uluntu kucacile. Ukunganyanzeki okubonakalayo kolu hlobo loshishino oluntsonkothileyo kunye nezixhobo ezifanelekileyo ngequbuliso kujongeka kushukuma ngakumbi njengoko amatshantliziyo abeka imizimba yawo endleleni, ekhumbula ukusuka kwiibhulorho, kwaye esebenzisa izitshixo ukulungelelanisa iibhloko zeelori ezithwele izixhobo.

Njengabathengisi bezixhobo kunye nabameli abavela kwifestile yomkhosi bethenga izixhobo kwiintsuku ezintathu ezizayo e-DSEI, imilindo kunye nezenzo ziya kuqhubeka, kwaye kuyo yonke iveki umboniso wobugcisa obunamandla obizwa ngokuba Art the Arms Fair iya kwenzeka kufutshane neziko. Kukho ingqiqo yokwenene phakathi kwabaququzeleli ukuba intshukumo eyomeleleyo, esebenzayo iyakhiwa eya kukwazi ukuqhubeka nokubonisa ukuchasana okusebenzayo kwi-DSEI kwiminyaka ezayo.