Usuku lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya luseta i-ajenda yokunxibelelana okungaphakathi kwe-Afrika

EJOHANNESBURG – I-International Air Transport Association (IATA) i-African Aviation Day igxininise imfuneko yoqhagamshelo lomoya phakathi kwe-Afrika ukusasaza impumelelo yezoqoqosho nentlalontle kwilizwekazi liphela. Ngokukodwa, i-IATA yaqaphela ukuba ukukhululwa kwamalungelo omoya kwiinqwelomoya zangaphakathi kwe-Afrika kunokuvelisa izibonelelo ezibalulekileyo kuyo yomibini imisebenzi kunye nokukhula kwe-GDP.

I-Afrika ibekwe kwindawo entle ukonwabela ukukhula koqoqosho oluzinzileyo ngenxa yabantu abatsha, abakhulayo nabahlala ezidolophini, kudityaniswe nentabalala yemithombo yendalo. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba unxibelelwano lwezophapho lwangaphakathi kwe-Afrika kunye nempilo yezoqoqosho yeenqwelomoya zayo zibuthathaka kunokuba zinokuba njalo, amathuba okudala imisebenzi, ukukhula kwamashishini kunye nokuveliswa kwezinto ezintsha ayalahleka. Iinqwelomoya zase-Afrika kulindeleke ukuba zibuyisele inzuzo ye-100 lezigidi zeedola ngo-2014, kumda wengeniso ye-0.8%, eyona iphantsi kuyo yonke imimandla yezophapho.

“Ukonyuka koqhagamshelwano lomoya phakathi kwe-Afrika kubalulekile ukuba iAfrika ifuna ukusebenzisa amathuba okukhula okuthenjiswe luluntu kunye nezibonelelo zayo. Inqwelomoya e-Afrika ixhasa imisebenzi ephantse ibe zizigidi ezisi-7 kunye neebhiliyoni ezingama-80 zeerandi kwi-GDP, kodwa ijongene nemingeni malunga nokukhululwa kweemarike, ukhuseleko, iindleko, iziseko ezingundoqo kunye nolawulo. Kuphela kungomashishini kunye noorhulumente abasebenzisanayo benokoyiswa le mingeni, ukuze kuxhamle wonke umntu kwi-Afrika iphela,” utshilo uRaphael Kuuchi, uSekela Mongameli we-IATA e-Afrika.

Ukuphuculwa konxibelelwano

Ukubonelela oorhulumente base-Afrika ngembono ecacileyo yeenzuzo zoqhagamshelwano lwangaphakathi kwe-Afrika, i-IATA yasungula ngokusesikweni ingxelo ebonisa ukuba ukukhululwa kweenkonzo zomoya kumazwe angama-12 ase-Afrika kuya kudala imisebenzi ye-155,000 kunye nokunyusa i-GDP nge-1.3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Ingxelo ye-InterVISTAS, umcebisi ozimeleyo, ubale impembelelo entle kwezoqoqosho ekuphumezeni iSigqibo sikaYamoussoukro sowe-1999, esathembisa ukuvula iimarike zothutho lomoya ngaphakathi e-Afrika kukhuphiswano lwezizwe ngezizwe. Amazwe ali-12 akule ngxelo ngala: Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia neUganda.

“Le ngxelo linyathelo elikhulu eliya phambili ekubaleni iinzuzo zokukhulula iinkonzo zomoya kwi-Afrika iphela. Akunangqondo ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuhamba ngamaxesha e-13 ngeveki ukusuka eNairobi ukuya eLondon kodwa akunakwenzeka ukuhamba ngokuthe ngqo ukusuka eNairobi ukuya eDakar. Abantu abanokuba zizigidi ezihlanu ngonyaka bavinjwa ithuba lokuhamba, ukurhweba, nokusasaza uphuhliso lwezoqoqosho nentlalontle,” utshilo uKuuchi.

Ukuphuculwa kokhuseleko

IsiBhengezo sase-Abuja sowama-2012 ngoKhuseleko lwase-Afrika ngabaphathiswa bezothutho boMbumba we-Afrika samisela injongo yokuba inqwelomoya yase-Afrika ihambelane nomgangatho wokhuseleko oqhelekileyo welizwe liphela ngowama-2015.

“Ukhuseleko yeyona nto iphambili kuphapho. I-Afrika ibivala umsantsa xa ithelekiswa nehlabathi liphela kodwa usemkhulu umsebenzi ekufuneka wenziwe ukufikelela usukelo lwe-Abuja Declaration. Ukuphunyezwa kwe-IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) yizo zonke iinkampani zeenqwelomoya ezifanelekileyo e-Afrika zigunyazisiwe ngeSibhengezo, kwaye i-IATA isebenza nzima ukuncedisa iinkampani zeenqwelo moya ukuba zifezekise oko, "utshilo uKuuchi.

I-IATA ichonge iindiza ze-20 zoncedo ekuphumezeni i-IOSA. Esi siBhengezo sikwahlaba ikhwelo kurhulumente ukuba enze iZiphathi-mandla zoPhapho kuLuntu ezinezibonelelo ezifanelekileyo nezizimeleyo kunye nokuphumeza iinkqubo zolawulo lokhuseleko.

Ukhuphiswano lweziseko zophuhliso kunye neendleko

Uthethwano oluphuculweyo kunye nentsebenziswano phakathi koshishino norhulumente yeyona nto iphambili ekuqinisekiseni ukuba i-Afrika iyonwabela ukhuphiswano lweziseko ezingundoqo kunye neendleko zoshishino. Kwiindawo ezininzi zaseAfrika iziseko zophuhliso kufuneka ziphuculwe, kodwa kubalulekile ukuba uphuculo luxhaswe ngemali ngokwemigaqo esekiweyo yamazwe ngamazwe. Ukwenza izinto elubala nothethathethwano kubalulekile.

“Isiseko secandelo lezothutho lomoya eliyimpumelelo ziziseko eziluncedo ezibonakalayo ezidityaniswa neendleko ezikhuphisanayo. Kodwa oorhulumente nabo banendima abayidlalayo ekukhuthazeni uqhagamshelo lomoya ngerhafu efanelekileyo kunye nolawulo oluvumelayo. Ukuba ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya kuthathwa njengenkomo yemali, ukukwazi kwayo ukuba yinkuthazo yezoqoqosho kusengozini. Inqwelomoya ikulungele ukudlala indima ebaluleke ngakumbi kuqoqosho lwase-Afrika, ukuba iyakwazi ukusebenza ngokwenkqubo-sikhokelo yomgaqo-nkqubo oxabisa igalelo lazo,” wongeze watsho uKuuchi.

Ukujongana nomngeni we-Ebola

Ukusasazeka kwe-Ebola kuyaqhubeka kube ngumngeni omkhulu wezonyango kummandla. I-IATA inxibelelana ngokusondeleyo ne-World Health Organisation (WHO), ekhokelayo ekulweni nesi sifo. I-WHO iye yatsho ngokuqhubekayo ukuba izithintelo zokuhamba azidingeki, ngoku kutshanje kwinqaku labo leendaba ze-14 Agasti 2014. Inqaku lichaza ngokucacileyo ukuba i-aviation "ingozi ephantsi" yokuhanjiswa kwe-Ebola, kwaye "i-WHO ayicingi ukuba i-air transport hubs kwindawo ephezulu. Umngcipheko wokusasazeka kwe-Ebola."

Ishishini lokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya lithatha onke amanyathelo okhuseleko ayimfuneko, afana nokwazisa uhlolo lokuphuma kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezithile. Iinkampani zeenqwelomoya zineenkqubo ezivavanyiweyo zokuphatha iimeko ezirhanelekayo zosulelo, kubandakanya nezikhokelo zokubekwa wedwa kunye nokukhathalela abakhweli abagulayo, kunye namanyathelo okubulala iintsholongwane kwinqwelomoya.

“I-WHO yeyona ndawo ifanelekileyo ukuba inike iingcebiso ezinegunya, ezizimeleyo ngendlela yokujongana ne-Ebola. Baye bacaca kakhulu ukuba ukuvalwa kokuhamba kunye norhwebo akuyomfuneko. Ngaphandle kokuba eli cebiso liyatshintsha sinethemba lokuba amazwe asebenza nzima ukuphelisa i-Ebola aqhubeke nokuxhamla kunxibelelwano lomoya,” utshilo uKuuchi.