NguTerry Crawford-Browne, uSeptemba 4, 2019
ukusuka IOL
Icandelo 24 loMgaqo-siseko woMzantsi Afrika lithi: "Wonke umntu unelungelo lokufumana imeko engabungozi empilweni nasentlalweni."
Eyona nyaniso, kabuhlungu, kukuba ukubonelelwa koMthetho wamaLungelo kuhlala kunganyanzeliswa.
UMzantsi Afrika uphakathi kwamazwe amabi kakhulu kwihlabathi malunga nemiba yongcoliseko. Urhulumente wocalucalulo akazange akhathalele, kwaye nolindelo lwasemva kocalucalulo luye lwangcatshwa ngamagosa anobuqhophololo.
Izolo ngoSeptemba 3, ibisisikhumbuzo sokuqala sokuqhushumba kumzi-mveliso waseRheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) kwindawo iMacassar eSomerset West. Abasebenzi abasibhozo babulawa kwaye esi sakhiwo sadilizwa kolo dubulo. Emva konyaka, ingxelo ngophando ayikakhutshwa eluntwini okanye kwiintsapho zabangasekhoyo.
Uphando e-US nakwezinye iindawo luqinisekisa ukuba abahlali abahlala kufutshane nemikhosi yezomkhosi kunye nezixhobo ezibangelwa kukufumana izinto ezinetyhefu.
Iimpembelelo zongcoliseko lomkhosi kwimpilo nakwindawo esingqongileyo azihlali zibonakala, ngokukhawuleza okanye ngokuthe ngqo, kwaye zihlala zivela kwiminyaka emininzi kamva.
Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20 emva komlilo we-AE & CI, amaxhoba eMacassar afumana iingxaki zempilo kwaye, ukongeza, khange bancedwe ngemali. Nangona amafama afumana ukonakala kwezityalo ahlawulwa ngesisa, abahlali baseMacassar - uninzi lwabo lwalungafundanga - bakhohliswa batyikitya amalungelo abo.
I-UN Security Council, kwisigqibo esibalulekileyo kwi-1977, igqibe kwelokuba ukusetyenziswa gwenxa kwamalungelo abantu eMzantsi Afrika kwenza isoyikiso soxolo nokhuseleko lwezizwe ngezizwe kwaye yafaka ukuthintelwa kwezixhobo ezingafunwayo. Isigqibo sabizwa ngelo xesha njengowona phuhliso lubalulekileyo kwi-20th century diplacology.
Kwimizamo yakhe yokulwa nokufakwa kwenye indawo kwi-UN, urhulumente wobandlululo wathululela izibonelelo ezinkulu zemali kwi-armaments, kubandakanywa nesityalo sase-Armscor Som Som eMacassar. Lo mhlaba ngoku uhlala kwi-RDM kwaye, ityholwa ukuba, ungcoliseko olukhulu kwaye uyingozi.
I-Rheinmetall, eyona nkampani iphambili yezixhobo eJamani, yasityeshela ngokucacileyo isithintelo se-UN. Ithumele ngaphandle umzi-mveliso ogcweleyo weembumbulu eMzantsi Afrika ngo-1979 ukwenza iigobolondo eziyi-155mm ezisetyenziswa koombayimbayi be-G5. Ezo G5 howitzers zazijolise ekuhambiseni zombini izixhobo zenyukliya kunye neekhemikhali kunye nemfazwe zebhayoloji (i-CBW).
Ngokhuthazo oluvela kurhulumente wase-US, izixhobo zathunyelwa zivela eMzantsi Afrika zisiya eIraq ukuze zisetyenziswe kwimfazwe yase-Iraq kangangeminyaka esibhozo.
Ngaphandle kwembali yayo, i-Rheinmetall yavunyelwa kwi-2008 ukuba ithathe indawo yolawulo ye-51% kwi-RDM, i-49% eseleyo igcinwe ngu-Denel ophantsi korhulumente.
IRheinmetall ibeka ngabom imveliso yayo kumazwe afana noMzantsi Afrika ukuze idlule kwimithetho yaseJamani yokuthumela ngaphandle.
IDenel ikwanaso nesinye isitya seembumbulu eKapa eSwartklip, phakathi kweMitchell's Plain neKhayelitsha. Ubungqina ePalamente e-2002 ngabahlolokazi kunye nababesakuba ngabasebenzi phambi kwekomiti yepothifoliyo yezomkhosi yalandelwa ngoqhanqalazo loluntu xa ukuvuza kwerhasi kukothuka abahlali bendawo.
Umphathi wevenkile yakwaDenel wandazisa ngelo xesha: “Abasebenzi baseSwartklip abahlali xesha lide. Uninzi luphulukene nezandla, imilenze, ukujonga kwamehlo, ukuva kwabo, amandla abo engqondo, kwaye uninzi luhlaselwa sisifo sentliziyo, isifo samathambo kunye nomhlaza. Kwaye imeko eSomchem imbi kakhulu. "
ISwartklip yayiyindawo yovavanyo yenkqubo ye-CBW yoMzantsi Afrika ngexesha localu-calulo. Ukongeza kwirhasi kunye ne-pyrotechnics, iiSwartklip zivelise i-155mm isiseko sokuthwala i-ejection, iibhutsi zomgibe, i-40mm imijikelezo yevasi ephezulu kunye nemijikelezo ye-40mm ephantsi. Kwelinye icala, uSomnik wavelisa iipropathi ezihambelana nokusetyenziswa kwazo. Ngenxa yokuba iDenel ingenakukwazi ukudibana nemilinganiselo yokhuseleko nokusingqongileyo yoMzantsi Afrika eSwartklip, isityalo savalwa kwi2007. UDenel emva koko watshintshela kwimveliso nakwimisebenzi yakudala kwisityalo esidala sakwaSomchem eMacassar.
Ukusukela kuthathe iRheinmetall kwi2008, ugxininiso lubekwe kumazwe angaphandle njenge-Saudi Arabia ne-UAE, kunye ne-85% yemveliso ngoku iyathunyelwa.
Kutyholwa ukuba izixhobo zeRDM zisetyenziswe ngabakwaSaudis kunye ne-Emiratis ukwenza ubugebenga bemfazwe e-Yemen kwaye, ekuvumeni ukuthunyelwa kwelinye ilizwe, uMzantsi Afrika ugcwele kwezi zenzo zenkohlakalo.
Ezi zinto zixhalabileyo ziqokelele ngamandla, ngakumbi eJamani, ukusukela ukubulawa kwentatheli yase-Saudi u-Jamal Khashoggi ngo-Okthobha kunyaka ophelileyo.
Ndabonelelwa ngesabelo sommeli endivumelayo ukuba ndibekho kwaye ndithethe kwindibano kawonke wonke yonyaka eRheinmetall eBerlin ngoMeyi.
Ukuphendula omnye wemibuzo yam, umphathi oyintloko u-Armin Papperger uxelele ukuba intlanganiso leyo i-Rheinmetall ijonge ukwakha esi sakhiwo kwi-RDM, kodwa kwixa elizayo iya kuzenzekelayo. Ngokuhambelana, nokuba izizathu ezibambekayo zokudala imisebenzi azisebenzi.
UPapperger akaphumelelanga, nangona kunjalo, ukuphendula kumbuzo malunga nokungcoliswa kwendalo, kubandakanya neendleko zokucoca onokuthi ubengene kwizigidi zeerandi.
Ngaba silindele ukuphindwaphindwa komlilo we-AE & CI eMacassar, okanye intlekele ka-1984 e-Bhopal e-India, phambi kokuba sivuke kukhuseleko nakubungozi bokusingqongileyo bokufumana iifektri zeembumbulu kwiindawo zokuhlala?
UTerry Crawford-Browne ngumzabalazo woxolo, kunye nomququzeleli welizwe loMzantsi Afrika World Beyond War.
