Emva kweminyaka engaphaya kwemithathu yokuphembelela okungadinwayo yi-SATSA kunye namahlakani kushishino, iKhabhinethi ibhengeze ukuba izakwazisa izilungiso kwimigaqo esetyenziswa kubantwana bamanye amazwe abahamba eMzantsi Afrika, ezakuthi zifakwe kwigazethi ngo-Okthobha.
UMongameli Cyril Ramaphosa uthe: “Kwezi nyanga zimbalwa zizayo, kuzakwenziwa izilungiso kwimimiselo yokuhamba kwabantwana; Uluhlu lwamazwe afuna ii-visa eMzantsi Afrika luya kuqwalaselwa kwaye kuya kwenziwa ulingo lwe-e-visa. Izimfuneko zokundwendwela kumanye amazwe anezakhono ziya kuhlaziywa.
“La manyathelo anamandla amakhulu okunyusa ukhenketho kunye nokwenza ukuhamba kwezorhwebo kwilizwe lethu kube kokufanelekileyo. Ezokhenketho ziyaqhubeka nokuba ngumyili wemisebenzi obalaseleyo. Ngale ndlela, siqinisekile ukuba uninzi lwabakhenkethi bazakutyelela uMzantsi Afrika kwaye uMzantsi Afrika uvule iingalo zawo ukwamkela izigidi zabakhenkethi abazakusasaza indlela yethu kulandela olu lwakhiwo ngokutsha. ”
Imithetho ethintela ukungena kwabantu eMzantsi Afrika ikuthintele kakhulu ukubanomtsalane kwelizwe njengendawo yokhenketho, kwaye emva koko ibe nefuthe kwinani labakhenkethi abakhetha ukutyelela uMzantsi Afrika.
“Imfuno yokuphatha isiqinisekiso sokuzalwa esingafinyezwanga ibingumqobo owonakalisa ukhuphiswano lwethu njengendawo esiya kuyo. Kwenza umqobo ekungeneni ngeendleko zemali kunye / okanye amathuba ekufuneka aboyisi abakhenkethi bakwazi ukuwoyisa ukuze bahambe eMzantsi Afrika, utshilo uDavid Frost, iCEO ye-Southern African Tourism Services Association (SATSA), elilizwi lezokhenketho elingena ngaphakathi EMazantsi e-Afrika kwaye ibiphambili kwimikhankaso yokuphelisa le mfuno ukusukela oko yaziswa ngo-2015.
Ezi ndaba ziza ngexa iBhunga lezoShishino lezoKhenketho loMzantsi Afrika labhengeza ukuba ukusebenza kweshishini kweli candelo kwehlile kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka ka-2018.
Impembelelo ethe ngqo nengathanga ngqo kuqoqosho olubanzi yokuba le mfuno yokungena ibiqikelelwa ukuba ibe yilahleko yezigidi ezi-R7.5 kuqoqosho lwezokhenketho. Ukufika kwabakhenkethi baphesheya kwezilwandle eMzantsi Afrika kwiinyanga ezintandathu zokuqala zonyaka kukwabonisa ukwehla phantse kweepesenti ezi-2, ngokuhla kwabakhenkethi okuncitshisiweyo okanye okumiyo kuninzi lweentengiso eziphambili zoMzantsi Afrika.
UFrost usamkele isigqibo seKhabhinethi sokunciphisa iimfuno ezimandla zokundwendwela kwiimarike ezithile. “Sele siyibonile ifuthe elihle lokususa iimfuno zevisa kunokhenketho olungenayo, nokususwa kwemfuno zommiselo wevisa eRussia. Sibonile ukonyuka kwama-47% abafikayo kuloo marike kwikota yesibini ka-2018, enye yeemarike ezikhulayo phesheya kwezilwandle, nangona kusezantsi. ”
Uthi, uRhulumente makazise ukwamkelwa kwee-visa kwiimarike eziphambili ngokukhawuleza. “Sifuna inyathelo eliqinisekileyo kunye nokupheliswa okanye ukupheliswa kweemfuno zevisa kwimarike ezinje nge China, India, New Zealand kunye ne-UAE ngoko nangoko. Asinakulinda ezinye iinyanga ezintandathu ukuze siphumeze ukurhoxisa i-visa, kufuneka sithathe amanyathelo ngoku. ”
UFrost uthi: “Ndifuna ukubulela buqu uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho uDerek Hanekom kunye neKhabinethi ngokubona kusengaphambili ukuba ekugqibeleni baqwalasele iinguqu ezinenkqubela phambili kwimithetho yabemi base Mzantsi Afrika, ezakuba nempembelelo entle kwimizamo yethu yokubeka uMzantsi Afrika njengendawo enomtsalane kubakhenkethi.
“Oku kubonisa ukuba le Khabhinethi iyithathe ngokungathí sina kangakanani injongo yayo yokuqhuba uhlumo loqoqosho oluquka konke loMzantsi Afrika, kunye nokwamkelwa kwendima yezokhenketho njengecandelo elibalulekileyo ekubancedeni bafezekise iinjongo zabo.”
UFrost ukwakhuthaza urhulumente ukuba enze uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lufumaneke kwicandelo lezokhenketho ukuze liphume liye kwiimarike eziphambili zoMzantsi Afrika, ngokungxamisekileyo, kwaye lisasaze ilizwi lokuba indawo ekuyiwa kuyo yenza kube lula ukuba abahambi batyelele.
