NguTerry Crawford-Browne, Juni 23, 2020
OwayenguMengameli waseNingizimu Afrika uJacob Zuma kanye nenkampani yezikhali yaseThales ephethwe uhulumeni waseFrance babekwe amacala okukhwabanisa, ukukhwabanisa nokukhwabanisa. Ngemuva kokubambezeleka okuningi, uZuma noThales bahlelelwe ukufika enkantolo ngoLwesibili, mhlaka-23 Juni 2020. La macala abhekiswe enkontilekeni yaseFrance yokufaka amasudi okulwa namafriji aseFrance. Kodwa-ke uZuma “wayeyinhlanzi encane” kuphela ehlazweni lokuthengwa kwezikhali, owathengisa umphefumulo nezwe lakhe ngemali engango-R4 million ebikiwe kodwa edabukisayo.
OwayenguMongameli waseFrance uJacques Chirac noNicolas Sarkozy abagunyaze ukukhokhelwa kukaZuma babekhathazekile ngokuthi uphenyo nokudalulwa eNingizimu Afrika kungabeka engozini ukungena kweFrance kwezentengiselwano ngezikhali kwenye indawo. USarkozy kuhlelwe ukuthi avele enkantolo eFrance ngo-Okthoba ngamacala angahlobene nenkohlakalo. UChirac ushone ngonyaka owedlule, kodwa wayedume kabi ngokuthengwa kwezikhali noSaddam Hussein wase-Iraq waze wabizwa ngegama elithi “Monsieur Irac”. Ukufumbathisa okuhwebelana ngezikhali emhlabeni kulinganiselwa ukuthi kubanga cishe amaphesenti angama-45 enkohlakalo yomhlaba wonke.
“Inhlanzi enkulu” esehlakalweni sokuthengiselana ngezikhali ngohulumeni baseBrithani, baseJalimane nabaseSweden, abasebenzisa uMbeki, uModise, uManuel no-Erwin “ukwenza umsebenzi ongcolile,” base beyishiya imiphumela. Uhulumeni waseBrithani uphethe "isabelo segolide" esilawulayo ku-BAE, ngakho-ke ubuye abhekane nobugebengu bezempi obenziwa nezikhali ezinikezwa yiBrithani eYemen nakwamanye amazwe. Ngokulandelayo, iBAE yaqasha uJohn Bredenkamp, umthengisi wezikhali odumile waseRhodesia kanye nomenzeli waseBrithani we-MI6, ukuthola izinkontileka zezindiza zeBAE / Saab.
Izivumelwano zeminyaka engama-20 zokubolekwa kwemali kwaBarclays Bank zalezo zinkontileka, eziqinisekiswe nguhulumeni waseBrithani futhi zasayinwa nguManuel, ziyisibonelo sencwadi “yokufakwa kwezikweletu emhlabeni wesithathu” ngamabhange aseYurophu kanye nohulumeni. UManuel weqe kakhulu igunya lakhe lokuboleka ngokwemigomo yomthetho owawusetshenziswa kudala we-Exchequer Act kanye noMthetho Wokuphathwa Kwezimali Zikahulumeni. Yena nongqongqoshe beKhabinethi baxwayiswa kaninginingi ukuthi ukuthengwa kwezikhali kwakuyisiphakamiso sobudedengu esasiyoholela uhulumeni nezwe ebunzimeni bezimali, bezomnotho kanye nobezimali. Imiphumela yokuthengiselana ngezikhali iyabonakala ekusweleni komnotho okuyinhlekelele eNingizimu Afrika njengamanje.
Ukubuyisela ukuthi iNingizimu Afrika isebenzise ama-US $ 2.5 billion ezindizeni zokulwa ze-BAE / Saab abaholi be-SA Air Force abazenqaba njengokubiza kakhulu nokungafanele izidingo zeNingizimu Afrika, i-BAE / Saab ibophezelekile ukuletha ama-US8.7 billion (manje abiza u-R156.6. billion) ekusetshenzisweni kwemali futhi kudale amathuba emisebenzi angama-30 667. Njengoba ngabikezela kaninginingi eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-20 eyedlule, "izinzuzo" zokukhokha azizange zenzeke. Ama-offset adume umhlaba wonke njengomkhonyovu owenziwa yimboni yezikhali ngokubambisana nosopolitiki abakhohlakele ukucekela abakhokhi bentela bamazwe womphakeli nowemukelayo. Ngenkathi amalungu ePhalamende kanye noMcwaningimabhuku Jikelele efuna ukubona izinkontileka ze-offset, bavinjelwa izikhulu zoMnyango Wezohwebo Nezezimboni ngezaba ezingekho (ezibekwe uhulumeni waseBrithani) zokuthi izinkontileka ze-offset zazifihlwa ezentengiselwano.
Akumangalisi-ke ukuthi izindiza eziningi zisasetshenziswa futhi “zisemabhakedeni amabhu.” INingizimu Afrika manje ayinabo abashayeli bezindiza abazobandiza, abanamakhenikha abazigcinayo, futhi abanayo nemali yokubasa. Amakhasi ayi-160 e-afidavithi engiwahambise eNkantolo Yomthethosisekelo ngonyaka we-2010 abonisa kabanzi ukuthi kungani futhi kungani i-BAE yakhokha imali eyizigidi ezingama- £ 115 ukuze bathole lezo zinkontileka. UFana Hlongwane, uBredenkamp noRichard Charter ongasekho yibona abathathu abahlomule kakhulu. UCharter ushone ezimeni ezisolisayo ngo-2004 "engozini yesikebhe" eMfuleni i-Orange, okusolwa ukuthi wabulawa ngomunye wabazingeli bakaBredenkamp owamshaya ekhanda ngokhuni wase embamba ngaphansi kwamanzi uCharter waminza. Ukufumbathisa kwakukhokhelwa kakhulu ngenkampani engaphambili yeBAE eBritish Virgin Islands, iRed Diamond Trading Company, yingakho isihloko sencwadi yami edlule, “Eye on the Diamonds”.
Izinsolo ezithi “Eye on the Gold” zifaka phakathi ukuthi uJanusz Walus, owabulala uChris Hani ngo-1993, wagcina eqashwe nguBredenkamp nohulumeni waseBrithani emzamweni wokuphazamisa inguquko yaseNingizimu Afrika eya entandweni yeningi yomthethosisekelo. Kungekudala uNdunankulu uTony Blair wangenela ngonyaka we-2006 ukuvimba uphenyo lweHhovisi Elibi LaseBrithani Lokukhwabanisa mayelana nokufumbathisa okwakhokhwa yi-BAE ngokuthengiselana ngezikhali neSaudi Arabia, iNingizimu Afrika namanye amazwe ayisithupha. UBlair waqamba amanga wathi uphenyo lwalusongela ukuphepha kwezwe laseBrithani. Kumele kukhunjulwe futhi ukuthi uBlair wayephethe umsebenzi ngonyaka we-2003 kanye noMongameli waseMelika uGeorge Bush ngokubhujiswa okwenziwa e-Iraq. Vele, akekho uBlair noma uBush ababekwe icala njengezigebengu zempi.
Njengo “bagman” weBAE, uPrince Bandar waseSaudi Arabia wayevakasha njalo eNingizimu Afrika, futhi wayengowokufika kuphela emshadweni kaMongameli uNelson Mandela noGraca Machel ngo-1998. UMandela wavuma ukuthi iSaudi Arabia yayingumnikeli omkhulu ku-ANC . UBandar ubuye waba yinxusa laseSaudi elixhumeke kahle eWashington i-BAE eyayikhokhela izifumbathiso ezingaphezu kwe- $ 1 billion. Kwangenelela i-FBI, ifuna ukwazi ukuthi kungani abaseBrithani bekhwabanisa ngemali ngohlelo lwebhange laseMelika.
I-BAE yahlawuliswa i-US $ 479 million ngo-2010 nango-2011 ngenxa yokungahambi kahle okubandakanya ukusetshenziswa okungekho emthethweni kwezingxenye ezenziwe e-US ze-BAE / Saab Gripens ezinikezwe iNingizimu Afrika. Ngaleso sikhathi, uHillary Clinton wayenguNobhala Wezwe wase-US. Ngemuva komnikelo osabekayo osuka eSaudi Arabia uya eClinton Foundation, isitifiketi okuhloswe ngaso ukuvimba i-BAE ekuthengeni ibhizinisi likahulumeni wase-US sabuyiselwa ngonyaka ka-2011. Lesi siqephu sibonisa nokuthi inkohlakalo egcwele emhlabeni kanye nasezingeni eliphezulu kangakanani. Ohulumeni baseMelika. Ngokuqhathanisa, uZuma ungumfundazwe.
UBredenkamp ushone ngoLwesithathu eZimbabwe. Yize ekhethwe ohlwini lwabamnyama eMelika, uBredenkamp akazange abekwe amacala eBrithani, eNingizimu Afrika noma eZimbabwe ngokucekela phansi iNingizimu Afrika, iDemocratic Republic of Congo namanye amazwe amaningi. Ukuqulwa kwecala likaZuma kubuye kube yithuba manje lokuthi uMbeki, uManuel, u-Erwin noZuma “baphumele obala” ngecala lokuthengwa kwezikhali, nokuchazela abantu baseNingizimu Afrika ukuthi kungani eminyakeni engama-20 edlule babezinikela ezandleni zezigebengu ezihleliwe ukuhweba ngezikhali.
UZuma nowayengumeluleki wakhe wezezimali, uSchabir Shaikh baphakamise ukuthi bazowachitha “amabhontshisi”. UKUXOLELWA kukaMengameli ngamacala okucela ukuthi uZuma adalule ngokugcwele ngokuthengwa kwezikhali kanye nokukhaphela kwe-ANC umzabalazo owawudliwe kanzima wubandlululo kungahle kube yinani elifanele. Ngaphandle kwalokho, ukhetho lukaZuma kufanele kube impilo yakhe yonke ejele.
UTerry Crawford-Browne ungumxhumanisi wezahluko ze World Beyond War - INingizimu Afrika nombhali wencwadi ethi “Eye on the Gold”, manje isiyatholakala kwaTakealot, e-Amazon, eSmashword, eBook Lounge eKapa kanti kungekudala nakwezinye izitolo zezincwadi zaseNingizimu Afrika.
