UNobhala Jikelele we Uluntu lwaseMpuma Afrika (EAC), UGqr Peter Mathuki, uthe kule veki malunga nexesha lokuba i-Afrika iqalise ukubuza ukusebenza kwezithintelo zokuhamba ngokulinganisa iimpembelelo eziphazamisayo zentlalo kunye nezoqoqosho.
“IManyano ye-Afrika ithathe amanyathelo okwenza isibhakabhaka esivulelekileyo sibe yinyani ngokusebenzisa iMarike yezoThutho loMoya eNye yase-Afrika (i-SAATM) eyenzelwe ukukhawulezisa ukuphunyezwa ngokupheleleyo kweSigqibo saseYamoussoukro,” utshilo uGqr. Mathuki.
Kunyaka wakhe omtsha wama-2022 amagqabantshintshi, uNobhala Jikelele we-EAC wathi xa sele esebenza ngokupheleleyo, unxibelelwano olukhulu lwaseAfrika luya kunciphisa ixesha lokuhamba emoyeni kunye neendleko, okubangela urhwebo phakathi kwelizwekazi kunye nokukhula kokhenketho.
Ubhubhani we-COVID-19 uphazamise uluntu lwase-Afrika kunye noqoqosho, kwaye uyaqhubeka nokulungisa umhlaba ngokuvela kwezinto ezintsha ezahlukeneyo.
Le ngxubakaxaka inike icandelo lezokhenketho kwingingqi yeMpuma Afrika, eyathi yandulela ubhubhane, yaba negalelo elikhulu kuhlumo loqoqosho lwale bloc.
Ngo-2019, icandelo lezokhenketho libe negalelo lomndilili we-8.1 yeepesenti kwisambuku semveliso yangaphakathi yamazwe aseMpuma Afrika (EAC) amaqabane kwaye lenze umndilili wokunyuka kwe-17.2 yeepesenti kwimpahla ethunyelwa ngaphandle.
"Ukhenketho ludlala indima ebalulekileyo kuqoqosho olubanzi ngeengeniso ezithe ngqo zeenqwelo-moya, ii-arhente zokuhamba, iihotele, iivenkile, iindawo zokutyela kunye nezinye iindawo zokutyelela," utshilo uGqr. Mathuki.
Ukhenketho lukwanegalelo kwimpembelelo yezoqoqosho engangqalanga ngokusetyenziswa kwenkcitho kwimveliso yezolimo, kwizinto ezenziweyo, ezothutho, ezolonwabo, kunye nemisebenzi yezandla, wongeze watsho.
Izithintelo zokuhamba ukuze kuthintelwe ubhubhane kubone amazwe asebenzisana ne-EAC aphulukana neepesenti ezingama-92 zeengeniso kukhenketho. Ukufika kwehle ukusuka malunga nezigidi ezisi-7 ngo-2019 ukuya kwi-2.25 yezigidi ngo-2020 njengoko kubonisiwe kwiSicwangciso seSithandathu soPhuhliso lwe-EAC.
Uphononongo lwakutsha nje lucebisa ukuba ukunciphisa amazinga osulelo loluntu kunokusebenza ngakumbi ekuqulatheni ukusasazeka kwale ntsholongwane kunokuvalwa kwemida, utshilo.
Ukuqala imfuno yokuhamba kunye nokugcina imida yehlabathi ivulekile, oorhulumente base-Afrika kufuneka baqinisekise ukufikelela okulinganayo kugonyo, ukulungelelanisa iinkqubo zokuhamba kumazwe ngamazwe, kunye nokwamkela itekhnoloji yokuqinisekisa uvavanyo kunye nezatifikethi zokugonya.
Njengelizwe liphela, ukuqaliswa kwakhona kohambo kunye nokhenketho e-Afrika kuya kuxhomekeka kakhulu kwimpendulo elungelelanisiweyo phakathi kwamazwe malunga nezithintelo zokuhamba, ukhuseleko olulungelelanisiweyo kunye nemigaqo yococeko, kunye nonxibelelwano olusebenzayo ukunceda ukubuyisela ukuzithemba kwabathengi.
“Kufuneka, nangona kunjalo, siqonde ukuba iinkxalabo zempilo yehlabathi kunye nezithintelo zokuhamba zinokuthatha ixesha ukuncipha. Ngoko ke, ilizwekazi kufuneka lizibonakalise ngokwalo, kwaye likhuthaze ukhenketho lwasekhaya kunye nolwangaphakathi kwilizwekazi ukuze liphile ngokuzinzileyo,” utshilo uGqr. Mathuki.
I-Afrika kufuneka ijongane nezinto ezibalulekileyo eziqhuba ukhuphiswano lokhenketho, ukukhuthaza ukhenketho lwangaphakathi kwilizwekazi.
Okuphezulu kwi-ajenda yelizwekazi kufuneka kube kukuvuleleka kwe-visa.
Iziphumo ze "Ingxelo yokuVuleka kweVisa yaseAfrika ka-2020" ibonisa ukuba abemi baseAfrika basafuna ii-visa zokuhamba ukuya kwiipesenti ezingama-46 zamanye amazwe ase-Afrika, ngelixa iipesenti ezingama-28 kuphela ezinokufumana ii-visa xa zifika.
“Ezi mfuno zingqongqo nezinzima ze-visa zinciphisa inkuthazo yabakhenkethi ekuhambeni kwaye zinciphisa ngokungangqalanga ubukho beenkonzo ezibalulekileyo. Ilizwekazi kufuneka lizibeke phambili iinzame eziqhubekayo zokwandisa ukuvuleleka kwe-visa,” utshilo uGqr. Mathuki.
Enye intsika ebalulekileyo ekufuneka ijongwe kukukhululwa kwesibhakabhaka sase-Afrika ukuze kuphuculwe uqhagamshelwano phakathi kwamazwekazi. Ukubhabha ukusuka kulo naliphi na ikomkhulu laseMpuma Afrika ukuya kumantla eAfrika, umntu uya kufumanisa ngokukhawuleza indlela amaAfrika anxibelelene kakubi ngayo kwilizwekazi.
Uhambo olufanele luthabathe ixesha elingekho ngaphezu kweeyure ezintlanu ezinesiqingatha kwezinye iimeko luthatha uqikelelo lweeyure ezili-12 ukuya kwezingama-25, njengoko ubani kufuneka athabathe iinqwelo-moya eziqhagamshelayo edlula eYurophu okanye kuMbindi Mpuma. Inqwelo moya ethe ngqo mhlawumbi ingaxabisa i US$600; kunjalo, umntu uya kuba nethamsanqa ukufumana inqwelo moya ngaphantsi kwe US$850.
IManyano ye-Afrika ithathe amanyathelo okwenza iSibhakabhaka esiVulelekileyo sibe yinyani ngeMarike yezoThutho ngoMoya eNye yase-Afrika (i-SAATM) eyenzelwe ukukhawulezisa ukuphunyezwa ngokupheleleyo kweSigqibo sase-Yamoussoukro.
Ingxaki yangoku ye-COVID-19 kunye nokuqhambuka kwezifo kwixesha elidlulileyo kubonise ukulungela kwe-Afrika ukulawula ubhubhane. Iinkqubo zokulumkisa kwangethuba kunye notyalo-mali oluqhubekayo kwimpilo yoluntu lubone ilizwekazi likwazi ukumelana nokuqhambuka kwezifo ezisulelayo.
Nangona kunjalo, nangona kujongwe kakuhle, iimfuno zovavanyo ngaphambi kokuhamba, uvavanyo oluqinisekisayo xa ufika, kwaye kwezinye iimeko ukuvalelwa, zombini zibiza kwaye azikho lula, kungoko kuthintelwa ukuhamba, ngakumbi ngeenjongo zokuzonwabisa.
I-PanaBIOS exhaswa yiManyano yase-Afrika ibibaluleke kakhulu ekusasazeni iziphumo zovavanyo lwe-COVID-19 kwiqonga elikhuselekileyo ledijithali elifikelelekayo kuwo onke amazwe angamalungu.
I-EAC ikwaphuhlise i-EAC Pass edibanisa kwaye iqinisekise uvavanyo lwe-COVID-19 lwamazwe e-EAC kunye nezatifikethi zokugonya ukuze kube lula ukungena kuwo wonke ummandla.
Nje ukuba ikhutshwe ngokupheleleyo, i-EAC Pass iza kudityaniswa namanye amaqonga ezempilo edijithali engingqi kunye nelizwekazi ukuqinisa ukungafihli kunye nokuqinisekisa ubunyani bezatifikethi.
Ilizwekazi lingaxhamla kutyalo-mali kumaphulo ekujoliswe kuwo nasebenzayo okukhuthaza ukhenketho kurhwebo lwase-Afrika. Iphulo le-EAC elisanda kuphehlelelwa “iTembea Nyumbani” linyathelo eliphambili ekukhuthazeni ukhenketho kwingingqi.
Indlela efanayo kulo lonke uluntu lwezoqoqosho lwengingqi inokuguqula ngokusisiseko ukhenketho lwelizwekazi kwaye inciphise ukuthembela kwethu ekufikeni kwamanye amazwe, njengoko kwenzekile eYurophu kwiminyaka edlulileyo, apho abakhenkethi bangaphakathi kwingingqi benza ama-80 epesenti yabakhenkethi bebonke abafikayo.
“Ekugqibeleni, ndivumeleni ndicaphule iqhalo lesiNtu elithi: Ide ingonyama ifunde ukubhala, ibali ngalinye liya kuzukisa umzingeli,” watsho uGqirha Mathuki.
Kangangeminyaka, amajelo eendaba ezizwe ngezizwe adala iimbono ezingalunganga kunye nokumelwa ngeAfrika. Iimfazwe zamakhaya, indlala, urhwaphilizo, ukubawa, izifo nobuhlwempu ziye zawachaza amaAfrika.
"Mhlawumbi lixesha lokuba siqale ukubuza indima yethu kwiingxelo zabo, kodwa okona kubaluleke kakhulu, sichaza iAfrika ngokwethu," uNobhala Jikelele we-EAC uqukumbele.
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