NguTerry Crawford-Browne, nge-23 kaJuni, 2020
Owayesakuba nguMongameli woMzantsi Afrika uJacob Zuma kunye nenkampani yaseThales elawula izixhobo zaseThales batyholwa ngobuqhetseba, ukusebenzisa imali ngokungekho mthethweni kunye nokuqhatha. Emva kolibaziseko oluninzi, uZuma noThales ekugqibeleni bacwangciselwe ukuba beze enkundleni ngoLwesibini, umhla wama-23 kweyeSilimela ngowama-2020. Ezi ntlawulo zibhekisa kwisivumelwano esincinci saseFrance sokufaka izixhobo zokulwa kwiifriji ezinikezelwa yiJamani. Ukanti uZuma “wayeyintlanzi encinci” kwityala lokuthengiselana ngezixhobo, owathengisa umphefumlo nelizwe lakhe ngezigidi ezi-R4 ezixeliweyo.
Owayesakuba nguMongameli waseFrance uJacques Chirac noNicolas Sarkozy abagunyazisa intlawulo kuZuma babekhathazekile ukuba uphando kunye nokutyhilwa eMzantsi Afrika kungabeka engozini ukufikelela kweFrance kurhwebo lwezixhobo kwenye indawo. USarkozy ucwangciselwe ukuba eze eFrance ngo-Okthobha ngezityholo zorhwaphilizo ezingahambelaniyo. UChirac wasweleka kunyaka ophelileyo, kodwa wayedume kakubi ngokujongana neengalo noSaddam Hussein wase-Iraq kangangokuba kwathiwa igama lakhe ngu “Monsieur Irac”. Ukunyotywa kurhwebo lwehlabathi lwezixhobo kuqikelelwa ukuba lubangela malunga neepesenti ezingama-45 zorhwaphilizo lwehlabathi.
“Intlanzi enkulu” kwizikrweqe zokurhweba ngezixhobo ngoorhulumente baseBritane, baseJamani nabaseSweden, abasebenzisa uMbeki, uModise, uManuel noErwin “ukwenza lo msebenzi ungcolileyo,” emva koko bemka kwiziphumo. Urhulumente wase-Bhritane uphethe "isabelo segolide" esilawulayo kwi-BAE, kwaye ikwanoxanduva lolwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe olwenziwe ngeengalo ezibonelelwa yi-Bhritane e-Yemen nakwamanye amazwe. Ngokulandelayo, i-BAE iqeshe uJohn Bredenkamp, umthengisi weengalo odumileyo waseRhodesia kunye nommeli wase-MI6 wase-Bhritane, ukukhusela izivumelwano zokulwa ngenqwelomoya ze-BAE / Saab.
Izivumelwano zeminyaka engama-20 zokubolekwa kwemali kwiBhanki iBarclays zezo khontrakthi, eziqinisekiswe ngurhulumente wase-Bhritane kwaye zatyikitywa nguManuel, ziyimizekelo yeencwadi zezifundo "zokubanjwa kwetyala lesithathu" ziibhanki zaseYurophu noorhulumente. UManuel uligqithile igunya lakhe lokuboleka ngokwemiqathango yoMthetho we Exchequer Act owawukade ukhona kunye noMthetho woLawulo lweMali kaRhulumente. Yena kunye nabaphathiswa bekhabhinethi balumkiswa kaninzi ukuba isivumelwano seengalo yayisisindululo esingenakukhokelela kurhulumente nakwilizwe ekunyuseni ubunzima bezemali, ezoqoqosho nezemali. Iziphumo zokuthengiselana ngezixhobo ziyabonakala kwintlupheko yezoqoqosho eMzantsi Afrika ngoku.
Ukubuyisela uMzantsi Afrika ekuchitheni i-US $ 2.5 yezigidigidi kwiinqwelo-moya zokulwa ze-BAE / Saab ezaliwa ziinkokeli zoMkhosi Womoya zoMzantsi Afrika njengezibiza kakhulu kwaye ezingafanelanga iimfuno zoMzantsi Afrika, i-BAE / Saab yayinyanzelekile ukuba ihambise i-US8.7 yezigidigidi (ngoku ixabisa i-R156.6. billion) kwii-offsets kunye nokudala imisebenzi engama-30 667. Njengoko ndiqikelele kaninzi ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo, "izibonelelo" ezikhutshiweyo azizange zenzeke. Izaphulelo zikhohlakele kwilizwe liphela njengobuqhetseba obenziwa ngumzi-mveliso weengalo ngokudibana nabezopolitiko abakhohlakeleyo ekurhwebeni abahlawuli berhafu bamazwe abonelela nababamkeli. Xa abepalamente kunye noMphicothi zincwadi Jikelele befuna ukubona izivumelwano zeoffset, bavalwa ngamagosa eSebe lezoRhwebo naMashishini ngezizathu ezingekhoyo (ezibekwe ngurhulumente wase-Bhritane) zokuba izivumelwano ze-offset zazifihlakele kwezorhwebo.
Akumangalisi ke ngoko ukuba uninzi lweenqwelomoya zisasetyenziswa kwaye "zisezirhangeni." UMzantsi Afrika ngoku awunabo abaqhubi beenqwelo moya ukuba bababhabise, abanabo ubucukubhede bokuzilungisa, kwaye abanayo nemali yokubasa. Amaphepha ali-160 eengxelo ezifungelweyo ndazingenisa kwiNkundla yoMgaqo-siseko ngo-2010 iinkcukacha nokuba kutheni iBAE ihlawula izinyobo ze- £ 115 yezigidi ukukhusela ezo zivumelwano. UFana Hlongwane, Bredenkamp kunye noswelekileyo uRichard Charter babengabona baxhamli baphambili abathathu. UCharter wasweleka phantsi kweemeko ezothusayo ngo-2004 “kwingozi yephenyane” kumlambo iOrange River, ekuthiwa wabulawa ngomnye wabazingeli bakaBredenkamp owambetha entloko ngepali waza emva koko wamgcina phantsi kwamanzi de uCharter warhaxwa. Ukunyoba kwahlawulwa ikakhulu ngenkampani engaphambili yeBAE eBritish Virgin Islands, iRed Diamond Trading Company, yiyo loo nto isihloko sencwadi yam yangaphambili, "Iliso kwiiDayimani".
Izityholo ezithi “Eye on the Gold” ziquka ukuba uJanusz Walus, owabulala uChris Hani ngo-1993, ekugqibeleni waqeshwa nguBredenkamp kunye norhulumente wase-Bhritane ngelinge lokuphazamisa utshintsho loMzantsi Afrika kwidemokhrasi yomgaqo-siseko. Akukho ngaphantsi kwe-Nkulumbuso u-Tony Blair ongenelele kwi-2006 ukuvimba uphando lwe-Serious Fraud Office kwizinyobo ezihlawulwe yi-BAE kwizivumelwano zokulwa ne-Saudi Arabia, uMzantsi Afrika kunye namanye amazwe amathandathu. U-Blair uxoke esithi uphando lusoyikisa ukhuseleko lwesizwe sase-Bhritane. Kufuneka kukhunjulwe kwakhona ukuba uBlair wayenoxanduva kwi-2003 kunye noMongameli wase-US u-George Bush ngentshabalalo ye-Iraq. Ewe kunjalo, akukho namnye uBlair okanye uBush oye wabekwa uxanduva njengezikrelemnqa zemfazwe.
Njenge “bagman” ye BAE, iPrince Bandar yase Saudi Arabia yayindwendwela rhoqo eMzantsi Afrika, kwaye yayinguye yedwa umntu wasemzini owayekhona kumtshato kaMongameli uNelson Mandela noGraca Machel ngo-1998. UMandela wavuma ukuba iSaudi Arabia yayingumnikeli omkhulu kwi-ANC . U-Bandar wayekwangummeli oxhumeke kakuhle wase-Saudi Arabia eWashington apho i-BAE yahlawula izinyobo ezingaphezulu kwe- $ 1 yezigidigidi. Kungenelele i-FBI, ifuna ukwazi ukuba kutheni abaseBritane bekunyoba ngokunyanga ngeenkqubo zebhanki zaseMelika.
I-BAE yahlawuliswa i-US $ 479 yezigidi ngonyaka wama-2010 nango-2011 ngenxa yezitenxo zokuthumela ngaphandle okubandakanya ukusetyenziswa okungekho semthethweni kwezinto ezenziwe e-US kwi-BAE / Saab Gripens ezibonelelwe eMzantsi Afrika. Ngeli xesha, uHillary Clinton wayengu-Nobhala welizwe lase-US. Ukulandela umnikelo omkhulu osuka eSaudi Arabia ukuya kwiClinton Foundation, isatifikethi sokudilika kwi-bima ukuvimba i-BAE ekubeni sithathe inxaxheba kurhulumente wase-US sarhoxiswa ngo-2011. Oorhulumente baseMelika. Ngokuthelekisa, uZuma ulilungu.
UBredenkamp usweleke ngoLwesithathu eZimbabwe. Nangona ebhalisiwe e-US, u-Bredenkamp akazange abekwe tyala e-Bhritane, eMzantsi Afrika okanye e-Zimbabwe ngomonakalo awenze kuMzantsi Afrika, kwi-Democratic Republic of Congo nakwamanye amazwe amaninzi. Ityala likaZuma likwalithuba lokuba uMbeki, uManuel, uErwin noZuma "beze phandle" kwityala lokuthengwa kwezixhobo, kwaye bacacisele abemi boMzantsi Afrika ukuba kutheni kwiminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo babezinikele ezandleni zabaphuli mthetho ukurhweba ngezixhobo.
UZuma kunye nalowo wayesakuba ngumcebisi wakhe wezezimali, uSchabir Shaikh bacebise ukuba bazakuyichitha “imbotyi”. Uxolelwaniso olwaxoxwa ngumongameli malunga nokuchazwa okupheleleyo kukaZuma malunga nokuthengwa kwezixhobo kunye nokungcatsha kwe-ANC umzabalazo owaphumelela eMzantsi Afrika nxamnye nocalucalulo kunokuba yinto efanelekileyo. Ngaphandle koko, ukhetho lukaZuma kufuneka ibe bubomi bakhe bonke ejele.
UTerry Crawford-Browne ngumnxibelelanisi wezahluko ze World Beyond War - uMzantsi Afrika nombhali wencwadi ethi “Eye on the Gold”, ngoku iyafumaneka eTakealot, eAmazon, eSmashword, eBounge Book Book eKapa kwaye nakwezinye iivenkile zeencwadi zaseMzantsi Afrika.
