nguTerry Crawford-Browne, Agasti 4, 2018.
Sabantu abemi baseMzantsi Afrika sisashukunyiswa yiminyaka emithandathu emva kokubulawa kwabamnyama be-34 ngamapolisa kwi-mine yaseMarikana i-platinum kwi-2012 - ukubulawa kwamanye nje, kungekhona njengabantu baseCongo.
Inkampani yomzali waseLinmin yaseBrithani, iLonrho, yahlulwa ngokuchazwa ngokuba yiyona "ubuso obubi kunazo zonke." Bobabili baseMzantsi Afrika kunye neCongo ngamazwe anikezelwe ngokucebileyo kwimithombo yobutyebi bemvelo, kodwa ngeendlela ezihlazo kunye neentlupheko zeentlupheko phakathi kwabasebenzi bamacandelo kunye neentsapho zabo.
Nantsi i-trailer emizuzu engama-documentary epheleleyo malunga neMarikana. I-trailer ikhokelela kwifilimu epheleleyo ephezulu, leyo, nangona i-winning international prizes, ifike ngoku ikhutshwe kwi-public viewing eMzantsi Afrika.
Kukho iingongoma ezintathu malunga nokubulawa koMarikana endifuna ukukwenza:
- I-Lonmin yathi yayingenako ukufumana umvuzo ongcono kubasebenzi basezimbini,
- Nangona kunjalo ukuba iingxaki zemali zithintela ukuhlawulwa kwemvuzo engcono, iLonmin yayiyekelela ukuhlawula irhafu eMzantsi Afrika malunga ne-US $ 200 yezigidi ngonyaka ngeendleko zamanga zokuthengisa. Kwakuqala ukuba imali ephesheya kwimihlaba yeentlawulo kwiiCaribbean, kwaye
- Izibhamu ezizenzekelayo ngamapolisa aseMarikana zazizixhobo ze-Israel Galil ezenziwe eMzantsi Afrika.
Ngexesha le-1970 kunye ne-1980, kukho ubudlelwane obufihlakeleyo phakathi kwe-Israyeli kunye noBuchule boMzantsi Afrika. U-Israyeli wayeneteknoloji, kodwa akukho mali. UMzantsi Afrika wayenayo imali, kodwa engenakho iteknoloji yokuphuhlisa izixhobo zenyukliya, iidrones nezinye izixhobo zempi. Ukutshatyalaliswa kweendawo "eziphambili" kunye nomsebenzi weeflegi zonyani zanikezelwa phambili.
UMzantsi Afrika usetyenziswe ngokufanelekileyo ukuphuhlisa izixhobo zakwa-Israel zoshishino. Emva kokugqiba ekubeni ulwaphulo-mthetho kunye nolwaphulo lwamalungelo oluntu lwasongela uxolo kunye nokhuseleko lwamazwe ngamazwe, iBhunga lezoKhuseleko lweZizwe eziManyeneyo kwi-1977 lenze i-Armed Forces against South Africa.
I-embargo yachongwa ngelo xesha njengophuhliso olubalulekileyo kwi-20th Unxibelelwano lwenkulungwane kuba amalungelo abantu ngoku angaba ngumlinganiso wobudlelwane bamanye amazwe. Ucalucalulo ngokwalo lwadilika ngokuthula, kwaye ukuphela kweMfazwe ebandayo, kwabakho amathemba aphezulu exesha elitsha loxolo.
Ngelishwa, loo mathemba kunye nolindelo lwenziwe gwenxa, emva koko kwasetyenziswa kakubi i-United States ngamagunya e-veto atshabalalise ukuthembeka kweZizwe eziManyeneyo. Nangona kunjalo, ukhetho olutsha luyaphuhliswa kwi-21st ngenkulungwane.
Icandelo lezandla zakwa-Israel ngoku lililo likhulu kunabo bonke kwihlabathi, kunye nokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kunyaka odlulileyo u-$ 9.2 billion. I-Israel ithumela izixhobo malunga namazwe akwa-130, kwaye ibe yinto ebangelwa ngabantu basePalestina kuphela kodwa kubantu bonke emhlabeni. Ngaphezu kwe-150 yasePalestina engaxhaswanga abulawe eGaza ukususela ngo-Matshi 2018, kunye namawaka angamawaka amaninzi awonakele, ngumkhosi wakwa-Israyeli.
Ekuphenduleni umsebenzi wase-Palestina, iProckcott, Divestment and Sanctions (i-BDS) ehlongozwayo emva kwamava eMzantsi Afrika ngexesha le-1980 lifumana ukukhawuleza kwehlabathi lonke. Ukongezelela, kukho ukukhushulwa okunyukayo ngu-Amnesty International kunye neLungelo loLuntu loLuntu malunga neengcambu zeengalo kumaSirayeli.
Umzabalazo woxolo wase-Israeli uJeff Halper ubhale incwadi enesihloko esithi "Imfazwe nxamnye naBantu" apho abuza khona ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kwa-Israyeli omncinci? Impendulo yakhe: U-Israyeli wenza umsebenzi omdaka kwishishini lemfazwe lase-US ekusetyenzisweni ngabom kwamazwe aseAfrika, eAsia naseLatin America. I-Israel izenza ibaluleke kakhulu kulawulo lwengcinezelo ngokuzalisa i-niche ngezixhobo, itekhnoloji, iintlola kunye nezinye iinkqubo zobuchule.
I-Israel ithengisa iimpahla zayo kwihlabathi jikelele njenge "imfazwe evivinywe kwaye iqinisekiswe kumaPalestina," isekelwe kumava alo "kwi-pacification" yamaPalestina eGaza naseWest Bank. Ngaphandle kwePalestina, akukho ndawo "ubuso obubi kunazo zonke zobunkokheli-mthetho" kwaye ibhinqa ibonakala ngakumbi kuneCongo. UMongameli uJoseph Kabila ugcinwe ngamandla ngenkqubo yokukhusela yase-Israel kunye nomkhulu wamagosa okuthiwa nguDan Gertler. Kulo myalelo, iBhanki ye-Union yase-Israel yaxhasa u-Lawrence Kabila ukuba athathe iCongo xa uJoseph Mobutu efa kwi-1997.
Njengentlawulo yokugcina iKabila esemandleni, uGertler uvunyelwe ukuba aphange ubuncwane bendalo baseCongo. Kuqikelelwa ukuba bali-12 lezigidi abantu abaye bafa kwinto ekuthiwa “yiMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala e-Afrika,” oko kuchazwe ngokuba ingcambu yazo zibubutyebi bendalo obufunwa lishishini lemfazwe "lehlabathi lokuqala". Uninzi lwaba bantu babulawa ngumkhosi waseRwanda uPaul Kagame. UKagame kunye noMongameli wase-Uganda uYoweri Museveni bangamahlakani anyanisekileyo akwa-Israeli kwingingqi yamaLwandle amaKhulu.
Nangona urhulumente wase-US ekugqibeleni uhlaziswa ngamaxwebhu amaninzi ebambano kaGertler, kwaye usanda kuluhlu lwe-16 yeenkampani zakhe. Olu luhlu lwamnyama lubonisa ukuba iinkampani zikaGertler azivumelekanga ukuba zenze iintengiso kwiidola zase-US okanye ngokusebenzisa inkqubo yasebhanki yaseMelika.
Amaqabane oMzantsi Afrika kaGertler aquka uTokyo Sexwale kunye nomtshana kaMongameli Zuma wangaphambili. Ukongeza, eyona nkampani inkulu yezemigodi kunye nomrhwebi wempahla, uGlencore ugwetywe nguNondyebo wase-US ngenxa yemibutho yakhe noGertler. IGlencore ngokwayo inembali edume kakhulu, kubandakanya nokusebenza kwayo eCongo kodwa, ngelishwa, inombutho noMongameli omtsha woMzantsi Afrika uCyril Ramaphosa. Umnumzana Ramaphosa wayengumlawuli we-Lonmin, kwaye ebesebenza njengesixhobo ngaphambi kwenyani yokubulawa kwabantu eMarikana.
Ngenxa yobuncwane bobuncwane bodwa, iCongo ngumzekelo ogqithiseleyo e-Afrika. Kodwa, ngaphezu koko, kukho i-Angola, iZimbabwe, iNigeria, i-Ethiopia, iSouth Sudan kunye namanye amazwe ase-Afrika apho u-Israel akhankanya ukhetho, njengaseZimbabwe kule iveki edlulileyo, okanye ekhuthaza imfazwe yoluntu njengaseMzantsi Sudan.
I-Mossad yase-Israel inemisebenzi kulo lonke elase-Afrika. UMosad wavezwa kwi-2013 yokukhankanya ukhetho lwaseZimbabwe, kwaye mhlawumbi ibe yinto ephambili kule fasco yenkohliso yeveki. Omnye umkhulu we-diamond wase-Israel, uLev Leviev wayengumqhubi emva kwendawo yokubulala idayimani yaseMarange eyayixhaswa nguRobert Mugabe kunye namaqabane akhe xa uqoqosho lweZimbabwe luwa.
Ukuphulukana neemfazwe zayo eziveliswe eMbindi Mpuma kule minyaka ili-17 idlulileyo ukusukela nge-9/11, i-US ijonge ngakumbi ekuzinziseni i-Afrika phantsi kwemisi yokutshaya nokuba yeyokulwa abagrogrisi abanjengoBoko Haram okanye, kungenjalo, ngokunikela ngoncedo lomkhosi wase-US ngokuchasene ne-Ebola. Ihlabathi minyaka le lichitha i-2 yezigidi zeedola kwi-US emfazweni, isiqingatha sayo yi-US
Ingqungquthela yaloo mali ingabuyisa uninzi lweenkxwaleko zeentlalo kunye nentlupheko kunye nokuguquka kwemozulu. Kodwa iimfuno ezinikezelweyo kwiibhiyozo zezemfazwe zase-US kubandakanya iibhanki zikhulu. UMongameli waseMelika uDwight Eisenhower wabuyela e-1961 waxwayisa ngeengozi zezinto awachaza ngokuba "yinkampani yezopolitiko."
Inokuthi ichazwe ngokuchanekileyo njenge-"ibhizinisi lemfazwe." Kwakhona kunjalo ngo-Israyeli, ilizwe elinobukhosi apho inkohlakalo enxulumene nokuthengiswa kweengalo kunye nokuphanga ikhuthazwa phantsi kwe-"ukhuseleko lwesizwe." I-US le mihla inika inkxaso Icandelo lezandla zakwaSirayeli ukuya kwi-$ 4 yezigidigidi ze-USD ngonyaka. Enyanisweni, i-Israel iye yaba yilebhu yophando kunye nophuhliso lwezoshishino zaseMelika.
Ishishini lemfazwe alikho malunga nokukhusela i-US kwiintshaba zangaphandle, okanye "ukhuseleko lwesizwe." Kwaye ayisiyompumelelo yokuphumelela iimfazwe i-US ebilahlekile ukusukela eVietnam nangaphambili. Imalunga nokwenza izixa ezenyanyekayo zemali kubantu abambalwa, nokuba yeyiphi na inkxwaleko, ukonakala kunye nokufa okwenziwa lishishini lemfazwe kuwo wonke umntu.
Yiminyaka engama-70 okoko ilizwe lakwa-Israyeli lasekwayo ngo-1948, nalapho isibini esithathwini sabantu basePalestine sagxothwa ngenkani. Abantu basePalestine baba ziimbacu. I-UN ngonyaka iyaliqinisekisa kwakhona ilungelo labo lokubuyela kumakhaya abo, nto leyo u-Israyeli angayikhathalelanga. Izibophelelo zakwa-Israeli phantsi kweNgqungquthela yaseGeneva kunye nezinye izixhobo zomthetho wamazwe aphesheya azihoywa.
Umzi mveliso weengalo zase-Israeli ufuna imfazwe qho emva kweminyaka emibini okanye emithathu ukuphuhlisa kunye nokuthengisa izixhobo ezitsha. I-Israel ithengisa izixhobo zayo "njengemfazwe evavanyiweyo kwaye yangqinwa ngokuchasene namaPalestina," ngokusekwe kumava ayo "kuxolelaniso" lwamaPalestina eGaza nase West Bank. IGaza yintolongo yabantu abazizigidi ezibini abahlala kwimeko yokuphelelwa lithemba kunye nethemba.
I-UN iqikelela ukuba iGaza ayizukuhlala ndawo ngo-2020 okanye ngaphambili ngenxa yokuwa ngabom eGaza ngu-Israyeli ngombane, kunye nesiphumo sokuwa kwamaziko ezonyango, iinkqubo zamanzi kunye nogutyulo. Amanzi amdaka ahamba ezindleleni aze angcolise uLwandle lweMeditera. Okwangoku, u-Israyeli uphanga i-oyile kunye negesi ye-Gaza elunxwemeni.
Imigaqo-nkqubo kunye nezenzo zakwa-Israyeli zokwenza ukuba ubomi bube nzima kubantu basePalestine kangangokuba "ngokuzithandela" bafuduke. Idityaniswe nobusela base-Israel bomhlaba namanzi asePalestina kwi-West Bank ngokuchasene nomthetho wamazwe aphesheya, u-Israyeli uyakhawuleza ukuba ngumdliwo, njengo Mzantsi Afrika wocalucalulo nge1980s.
Umthetho-wesizwe-mthetho odlulileyo kunyaka odlulileyo uqinisekisa ukuba u-Israyeli unobandlululo, umthetho owenziwe ngephambano emva kwemithetho yohlanga lweNazi ye-1930s. Nangona kunesimo sengqumbo esele sixhaphake kwixesha leTrump, ihlabathi liye lenza inkqubela phambili kwi-1980s. Oku kunika ingqungquthela yethemba elifanele liphinde lisetyenziswe eCongo.
I-Genocide, njengaseGaza, ngoku ulwaphulaphulo phantsi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe ngokwemigaqo yecandelo le-6 yeSigqeba saseRoma sase-International Criminal Court (ICC). Akunjalo kuphela ulwaphulo-mthetho olubhekiselele kuluntu ngokubhekiselele kwinqaku le-7 kodwa, ngokukhawuleza, kukho ingxoxo ekhulayo yokuba "urhwaphilizo olukhulu" lukwaphulo-mthetho noluntu. Oku kubaluleke kakhulu kwiCongo.
Ulwaphulo-mthetho "olukhulu urhwaphilizo" asingombandela nje wokunyoba ipolisa okanye ipolitiki. Kukuphanga okucwangcisiweyo kwelizwe-okt i-Congo-ukuze abantu bayo bangaze babuyele ekuhlaleni okanye kwezoqoqosho. "Urhwaphilizo olukhulu" lubonakaliswa kukuphindwaphindwa okwenziwe kaninzi yiCongo kwiinkulungwane ezimbini ezidlulileyo kwaye, ngakumbi, "iMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala e-Afrika."
Imali yemali kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kwemali kokuphanga kwemithombo yobutyebi baseCongo ngabantu abanjengoGertler bayagqithiselwa kwakhona kwinkqubo yebhanki yomhlaba wonke kwizoqoqosho lwe-Israel. Le 21st i-colonialism yobudala.
Ubuhlanga, ulwaphulo-mthetho olubhekiswe eluntwini kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe luye lwapheliswa yi-ICC kule minyaka ingama-20 idlulileyo. Ngokunjalo, zombini i-European Union kunye neBelgium zibophelelekile ngumthetho ukuxhasa nokunyanzelisa iRome Statute. Iza kwimantra "landela imali." Ukuxhatshazwa kwamalungelo oluntu kunye nenkohliso zihlala zinxibelelana.
Kunye nommeli waseBelgium, kunye nePalestina Solidarity Campaign kunye World BEYOND War uphando ngeendlela eziphathekayo eBelgium kunye ne-EU yokunyanzelisa loo miqathango kunye nezinye izibophelelo zomthetho. Ingxelo yakhe yokuqala iyakha. Ngoluntu lwasePalestina kunye nentlangano ye-BDS, siphucula indlela yokufaka iindleko zobugebengu eBelgium malunga namaziko e-EU ahlawula imali evela kwiibhanki zase-Israel ngokuphanga iCongo kwizoqoqosho zase-Israel. Siphinde sihlose ukuphuhlisa isikhalazo esivela kwiimpunzi zaseCongo apha eMzantsi Afrika ezichaza iinkxwaleko zabo ngenxa ye "Imfazwe Yehlabathi Yeyokuqala Ye-Afrika."
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Umbhali, uTerry Crawford-Browne, nguMququzeleli waseMzantsi Afrika World BEYOND War kunye nelungu lePalestina Solidarity Campaign. Wanikela la mazwi kwi "I-Congo: IMIBONO YEZEMALI, I-HIDDEN SILENT HOLOCAUST," i-symposium ngo-Agasti 4, 2018 eKapa, eMzantsi Afrika. I-Terry ifikeleleke kuyo ecaar@icon.co.za.
