Ngaphandle kwesikhululo se-multi-use liner liner, iKapa liphulukene nezigidi zeerandi kwingeniso yezokhenketho, kutsho abacebisi abachongwe siSixeko saseKapa ukuba bacebise ngeqhinga le-cruise liner phambi kweNdebe yeHlabathi ka-2010.
Kodwa kukho izindululo zokuba kwandiswe iZiko leeNgqungquthela laMazwe ngaMazwe laseKapa ukuba liphindeke kabini njengendawo yokuhambisa inqanawa kwiinqanawa ezinkulu ezingakwaziyo ukuma eV&A Waterfront.
UDavid Gretton, wecandelo lophuhliso lwezoqoqosho nentlalontle kwesi sixeko, uthe kwingxelo ayinike ikomiti yezoqoqosho nophuhliso yebhunga ukuba urhwebo lwe-international cruise liner luxabisa i-$29-billion.
UKhenketho lwaseMzantsi Afrika luqikelela ukuba umkhweli we-cruise liner uchithe amaxesha amathandathu ngaphezulu komkhenkethi oqhelekileyo.
Ubukhulu becala eli shishini “lalingekasetyenziswa” eKapa. Ngelixa kukho isivumelwano sokuba kufuneka kuphuhliswe, akukho mntu wayethatha inyathelo, utshilo uGretton.
“Ixesha lokuqalisa umsebenzi owongezelelekileyo kulo mba libonakala lilungile, njengoko kuqashwe iilayini zokuhamba ngenqanawa ukuze zikwazi ukwamkela iindwendwe eziza eMzantsi Afrika kwiNdebe yeHlabathi ka-2010.”
Ngelixa iilayini ezincinci zokuhamba ngenqanawa zinokuhlaliswa e-V&A Waterfront, iilayini ezinkulu kufuneka zisebenzise indawo yokubeka imithwalo eDuncan Dock. NgoMatshi, i-Oriana liner kwafuneka ilale kwindawo engafanelekanga yase-Eastern Mole ngenxa yokuba iindawo zokulala ezisetyenziswa zii-liner ezinkulu zazihlala kwiinqanawa ze-container eziphambukiswa ukusuka kwitheminali yekhonteyina.
Umcebisi uScott Lageux, wase-US, kunye neMitchell du Plessis Projects bafumanise emva kophando olubanzi ukuba uMzantsi Afrika unamandla okuphuhlisa ishishini le-cruise liner kule minyaka ili-15 izayo.
IKapa, iTheku kunye neRichard's Bay enokubakho zinokuba ziindlela zokukhenketha rhoqo “zeziko lokufowuna”.
Kodwa abacebisi balumkise ngelithi "ukwakha nje i-terminal" ayizukwanela ukutsala iilayini. Abaqhubi benqanawa babemadolw’ anzima ukuseka iinqanawa zokukhenketha elizweni ngenxa yokuba amazibuko ayengafikeleleki.
Abacebisi bacebise ibhunga lesixeko ukuba ligunyazise uphononongo oluneenkcukacha lwexabiso lenzuzo ukuvavanya ixabiso leshishini kunye nokunxibelelana nabanye abathathi-nxaxheba. Le nkqubo iza kuqhutywa liqela lomsebenzi wesixeko.
Njengoko iitheminali ze-cruise liner zingavelisi ngeniso eninzi, zakhiwe njengezixhobo ezisetyenziselwa izinto ezininzi, ezineeholo zemiboniso, iithiyetha kunye namathuba okuthengisa, ukwenza inzuzo engakumbi.
Ingxelo iphawule: “Azikho iilayini zokuhamba ngenqanawa ezingonelanga ezityelela eKapa ukunika imvume yokwakhiwa kwesikhululo esizinikeleyo se-cruise liner. Ngokophando lwezoKhenketho lwaKwaZulu-Natal, ngaphandle kwezixhobo zokuzilungiselela (bona), ii-cruise liners azizukufika kunxweme lwethu.”
Ingxelo yathi iKapa neTheku, ubuncinane, kufuneka zibe nezikhululo ezizinikezeleyo.
