URhoda Bazier weGreater Macassar Civic Association kunye noTerry Crawford-Browne we World BEYOND War – uMzantsi Afrika phambi kodonga lwesikhumbuzo ngaphakathi nje kwesango elikhulu lokungena kwiRheinmetall Denel Munitions. La macwecwe adwelisa amagama abasebenzi abasibhozo ababulawa kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo, kunye nomnye.
By World BEYOND War – eMzantsi Afrika, nge-4 kaSeptemba 2022
Ugqabhuko-dubulo kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo ngomhla wesi-3 kweyoMsintsi ngowama-2018 eRheinmetall Denel Munitions (RDM) lwabulala abasebenzi abasibhozo. Ngabo: Nico Samuels, Stevon Isaacs, Mxolisi Sigadla, Bradley Tandy, Jamie Haydricks, Triston David, Jason Hartzenberg, noThandowethu Mankayi.
World BEYOND War ibiyinxalenye yomsitho ngoMgqibelo wokubanika imbeko. 'Yabona iindaba apha.
Terry Crawford-Browne we World BEYOND War uthe oku kulandelayo:
Siyababulela kwakhona namhlanje, kwaye sinika imbeko kwiintsapho zabo ezihlanganisene apha ezisathwaxwa yihambo embi yorhulumente wethu wesizwe, wephondo noomasipala ngokusebenzisana nokugqunywa kweRDM. UMphathiswa wezaMashishini kaRhulumente, uPravin Gordhan kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo wathembisa ngophando oluvulelekileyo noluselubala apho “akukho litye liya kushiywa lingajikwanga”. Kodwa, uGordhan uye wathula ukusukela ngoko.
Kwimpelaveki phambi kokuba asweleke, uNico Samuels waxelela usapho lwakhe ukuba ulawulwa ngabaphathi be-RDM, kwaye ivalve entsha yomatshini wokudibanisa ayimfaki kakuhle. Lo matshini wokudibanisa, owawuxuba iikhemikhali ze-155mm yeegobolondo ze-artillery, uqhume ngoMvulo. Ubutyobo bufunyenwe kumgama ongaphezu kwekhilomitha. Omnye umsebenzi kwisakhiwo esikufutshane nosindileyo kuqhushumbo, ngoku unenqanaba lesine ingxelo yangaphakathi ye-RDM yomhlaza ngo-2019 ezama ukugxeka uSamuel ngale ntlekele.
Ukunganyaniseki ngokupheleleyo kwe-RDM kunye nengxelo yabo yangaphakathi, ubungqina kwiindibano zeSebe lezeMisebenzi kunyaka ophelileyo abuvezanga nje ukungasebenzi kakuhle kolawulo lwe-RDM, kodwa kwakhona ukuba ukulingana kwe-TNT yoqhushumbo kwakumalunga nesiqingatha sogqabhuko-dubulo olwatshabalalisa i-Beirut ngo-2020. USamuels kunye nabasebenzi babekho. iqinisekisiwe, kodwa i-RDM iyaqhubeka nanamhlanje ukuphalaza "iinyembezi zeengwenya" zohanahaniso.
Kwaxelwa esidlangalaleni kumajelo eendaba ngo-2019 ukuba iSebe lezaBasebenzi lacebisa ukuba i-RDM mayitshutshiswe ngenxa yokungakhathali. Nangona kunjalo, ezo ngxelo zeSebe lezaBasebenzi ngophando zisacinezelwa. Nangoku, kwiminyaka emine emva koqhushumbo, iintsapho kunye noluntu lwaseMacassar lusakhatywa iziphumo zolu phando okanye isiqinisekiso sokuba ngenene i-RDM iya kutshutshiswa ngenxa yokungakhathali kolwaphulo-mthetho.
I-Rheinmetall yinkampani yezixhobo zaseJamani enembali ehlazisayo. Yasikhaba isithintelo sezixhobo zeZizwe eziManyeneyo ngo-1977 ngokuchasene nocalucalulo ngokuthumela umzi-mveliso wezixhobo zemfazwe eMzantsi Afrika ukuze wenze izixhobo zorhulumente wocalucalulo. Ngokuphenjelelwa yi-US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), iphinde yathumela ngaphandle ii-artillery eziyi-155mm e-Saddam Hussein's Iraq ukuze zisetyenziswe ngokuchasene ne-Iran ngexesha lemfazwe yeminyaka esibhozo eyalandela i-revolution yase-Irani yowe-1979.
Nanamhla oku, iRheinmetall ibeka ngabom imveliso yayo kumazwe afana noMzantsi Afrika apho umthetho ubuthathaka ukuze kuphetshwe imithetho yaseJamani yokuthumela izixhobo ngaphandle. Ngenxa yokuba uMzantsi Afrika ungelolungu le-NATO kwaye ngoko ukwaphula umthetho waseJamani, i-RDM ide izingca ngokuba ivelisa kwaye ithumela ngaphandle imikhosi yayo ye-NATO esuka eMzantsi Afrika.
Ingxelo yamaphepha angama-96 ekhutshwe kulo nyaka uphelileyo apha eKapa ngeeMfihlo eziVulelekileyo kwaye inesihloko esithi “Ukuzuza kwiNtlupheko” inika iinkcukacha zokuthunyelwa kwezixhobo ze-RDM kumazwe angaphandle e-Saudi Arabia nase-UAE. Le ngxelo ibhentsise ukubandakanyeka koMzantsi Afrika kwintlekele yobuntu yaseYemeni. Ngaba abaphathi be-RDM banebhongo okanye baneentloni ngomonakalo oye wanceda ukuwenza kubantu baseYemen?
Ngokuchasene naloo ngxelo, i-RDM iyakhula kwakhona. Kuxelwe yi-Defenceweb ukuba ixakekile ivelisa ezo zixhobo zodidi lwe-NATO ukuze zithunyelwe eYurophu. Kuxelwe ukusuka eCanada ukuba iintolo ze-NATO zebanga le-155mm zasetyenziswa ngokungenankathalo ngumkhosi wase-Ukraine ukuqhubhisa isikhululo samandla enyukliya eZaporizhzhia, ngoku esihlala amaRussia.
Ngaba ezi 155mm zooqokobhe bezivela apha e-RDM eMacassar? Ukuba kunjalo, iKomiti yeSizwe yoLawulo lweSigalo seSizwe kwakhona iye yatyeshela ngokugqithisileyo ukunganyanzelisi uMthetho weNCAC. Loo mthetho umisela ukuba uMzantsi Afrika awusayi kuthumela izixhobo kumazwe axhaphaza amalungelo oluntu kunye/okanye kwimimandla enongquzulwano.
I-US kunye namahlakani ayo e-NATO bagalele amashumi eebhiliyoni zeedola zezixhobo eUkraine. Uphando lweAmnesty International nabanye lubonisa ukuba ama-70 ekhulwini ezo zixhobo athululelwa eUkraine ziye zathunyelwa kurhwebo lwezixhobo lwamazwe ngamazwe. Akukho ngaphantsi kweTransparency International - ecaphula isifundo seCIA - iqikelela ukuba i-40 ukuya kwi-45 ipesenti yorhwaphilizo yehlabathi jikelele inxulumene norhwebo lwezixhobo. Ngamafutshane, ingaba iNCACC – kwaye iyangqubana nomgaqo-nkqubo karhulumente wethu malunga nemfazwe yase-Ukraine – kwakhona “ivale amehlo” ayo ekubandakanyekeni elihlazo loMzantsi Afrika kwishishini lemfazwe?
Apha eMacassar, uluntu alukalulibali ukwenzakala komlilo ka-1995 kumzi-mveliso weedynamite we-AE&CI okufuphi. Njengoko kwavunywayo ePalamente ngowayesakuba yiCEO yakwaDenel emva phaya ngo-2004, akunakwenzeka kwaphela ukuba kubekwe umzi-mveliso wezixhobo zembumbulu kwindawo ehlala abantu, kunye nokungcoliseka kwendalo okusisiphumo.
Ngaba i-RDM iya kuthwala iindleko zezimali zokuphelisa ungcoliseko ezinokulindelwa ukuba ziqhube kwiibhiliyoni zeerandi? Yaye kuthekani ngemiphumo yempilo yomzi-mveliso wezixhobo zembumbulu ophakathi kwabo kubahlali baseMacassar, kwakunye nabasebenzi? Ubungqina obungacingelwayo bubonisa ukuba izehlo zomhlaza phakathi kwabasebenzi kunye nabahlali baseMacassar ziphezulu kakhulu.
IKhaya-Plain kunye neDistrict Anti-Pollution Coalition yaba yimpumelelo ngo-2007 ekuvaleni umzi-mveliso waseDenel's Swartklip phakathi kweMichell's Plain neKhayelitsha. Ngokungacaciyo, iDenel emva koko yavunyelwa ngurhulumente kazwelonke kunye neBhunga lesiXeko saseKapa ukuba ifudusele imveliso yayo yezixhobo zemfazwe eMacassar.
Ukuba umngcolisi kufuneka ahlawulele ukuphelisa ungcoliseko luxanduva lwezemali olwamkelwe kwihlabathi jikelele. Njengoko kubonisiwe kukungabinamali kukaDenel okungenakuhlawuleka ngaphandle kwenkxaso-mali enkulu karhulumente, umbono ombi wokubulala abantu basemzini ngenzuzo eYemen okanye eUkraine okanye kwamanye amazwe awunakuphumelela kwezoqoqosho.
Ngokufanelekileyo, lo mmandla mkhulu womhlaba kufuneka ucocwe ngokukhawuleza ngeendleko ze-Rheinmetall, kwaye emva koko ubuyiselwe ukudala imisebenzi engaphezulu nengcono kuneshishini lemfazwe. Ngaba uMphathiswa wezaMashishini kaRhulumente uPravin Gordhan, iNkulumbuso u-Alan Winde kunye noSodolophu waseKapa uGeordin Hill-Lewis baqhubeleka nokuziphatha okulihlazo, okanye ngoku ekugqibeleni baza kuwavula amehlo kwiimbophelelo zabo kuluntu lwaseMacassar?
UCrawford-Browne unika ingxelo ngomsitho wangoMgqibelo:
Besinabantu abamalunga ne-100 ababekhona - amalungu osapho kunye nabahlali baseMacassar - kwinkonzo yesikhumbuzo. Kuya kubakho esinye isiganeko ngoMvulo xa amalungu entsapho (kuphela) aya kuthathwa kwindawo apho uqhushumbo lwenzeke khona.
Ngenxa yokucinezelwa kwengxelo yeSebe lezeMisebenzi kwiindibano zalo zovakaliso-zimvo kulo nyaka uphelileyo malunga noqhushumbo, ngoku silungiselela isicelo phantsi koMthetho wokuFikelela koLuntu kuLwazi (i-PAIA) sokunyanzelisa ukukhutshwa kwengxelo kwiintsapho. Iingxelo zangaphambili zamajelo eendaba zicebise ukuba iSebe lezaBasebenzi licebise ukuba iRDM mayitshutshiswe ngenxa yokungakhathali.
I-RDM ngoku ikwindawo ye-Armscor, iSomchem eyayiyenye yezixhobo eziphambili zezixhobo zoMzantsi Afrika ngexesha lengcinezelo. Imisebenzi yaseSomchem iquka uphuhliso lwe-uranium ephelelweyo, iyunithi ye-ammonium perchlorate (APC) ukuvelisa i-APC njengesithako kwi-rocket fuel, kunye noluhlu lovavanyo lwee-artillery ze-155mm ze-artillery ye-G5 kunye ne-G6, kude kube namhlanje, isenayo ixesha elide. umgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-70.
Ii-G5s kunye ne-G6s howwitzers zayilwa nguGerald Bull ukuhambisa izixhobo zenyukliya ezinobuchule kwaye, kungenjalo, izixhobo zekhemikhali nezebhayoloji. Omnye umzi-mveliso we-Armscor okufutshane, iHouwteq igxile ekulungiseni ubuchwephesha bemijukujelwa bexesha lobuchwephesha base-US (babonelelwa kwi-Apartheid SA ngenkampani yangaphambili yeCIA, i-International Signal and Control corporation eyayikomkhulu eHarrisburg, ePennsylvania).
Ngapha koko, obu buchwephesha bokhuselo lomoya (nabo buququzelelwe yiCIA njengenxalenye yehlazo le-Iran-Contra) nalo lathengiswa e-Iraq ngexesha likaSaddam Hussein xa urhwebo lwe-oyile ye-Iraq phakathi kwe-SA kunye ne-Iraq lwalulingana. ukuya kwi-4.5 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi. Ke, ngexesha leMfazwe yeGulf yokuqala ngo-1991, i-US yamangaliswa bubugocigoci bokhuselo lomoya wase-Iraq kwaye yayilandela ibuyela eSomchem naseHouwteq. I-US emva koko yahamba ngokukhawuleza ukuvala i-Houwteq kunye neninzi ye-Somchem, kodwa asikabi nazi nkcazo zokuba yintoni kanye eyenzekayo apho. Kakade ke, emva 1991 akukho lizwe (ingakumbi US) wayefuna ukuvuma ukuba baye bagalela izixhobo e-Iraq Saddam Hussein ukuba zisetyenziswe nxamnye Iran.
