EDUBAI, eUnited Arab Emirates — USofia, ibhinqa elingumFrentshi elineminyaka engama-34 ubudala, lifudukele apha kunyaka ophelileyo ukuze lifumane umsebenzi wentengiso, liqinisekile ngoqoqosho lwaseDubai olukhula ngokukhawuleza kangangokuba wathenga indawo yokuhlala malunga ne-US$300,000 eneminyaka eli-15. imali-mboleko.
Ngoku, njengabasebenzi abaninzi basemzini abenza ama-90 epesenti yabemi balapha, uye wagxothwa kwaye ujongene nethemba lokunyanzelwa ukuba asishiye esi sixeko sasePersian Gulf - okanye okubi ngakumbi.
“Ndiyoyika kakhulu into enokwenzeka, kuba ndithenge indawo apha,” utshilo uSofia, ocele ukuba ligodlwe ifani yakhe kuba usazingela umsebenzi omtsha. “Ukuba andikwazi ukuyihlawula, ndiye ndaxelelwa ukuba ndingaphelela kwintolongo yabatyalwayo.”
Njengoko uqoqosho lwaseDubai lusehla simahla, amaphephandaba anike ingxelo yokuba ngaphezulu kwe-3,000 yeemoto ezihlala zilahliwe kwindawo yokupaka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseDubai, zishiywe kukubaleka, abantu bangaphandle abanamatyala (abanokuthi bavalelwe entolongweni ukuba basilela ukuhlawula amatyala abo). Abanye kuthiwa banamakhadi okuthenga ngetyala ngaphakathi kwaye amanqaku oxolo afakwe kwi-windshield.
Urhulumente uthi elona nani lisezantsi kakhulu. Kodwa amabali aqulathe ubuncinci inkozo yenyaniso: abantu abangaphangeliyo apha baphulukana nee-visa zabo zomsebenzi kwaye kufuneka balishiye ilizwe kwisithuba senyanga. Oko ke kunciphisa inkcitho, kudala izithuba zezindlu, kwaye kuthoba amaxabiso ezindlu nomhlaba kwindawo esezantsi eshiye iindawo zaseDubai-yake yanconywa njengoqoqosho olunamandla kuMbindi Mpuma - ijongeka njengedolophu yesiporho.
Akukho mntu waziyo ukuba izinto ziye zabambi kangakanani na, nangona kucacile ukuba amashumi amawaka amkile, amaxabiso ezindlu nomhlaba awile, kwaye uninzi lweeprojekthi ezinkulu zokwakha zaseDubai ziye zanqunyanyiswa okanye zarhoxiswa. Kodwa urhulumente akafuni ukubonelela ngedatha, amahemuhemu aya kuchuma, onakalise ukuzithemba kwaye ajongele phantsi ngakumbi uqoqosho.
Endaweni yokujonga elubala, ii-emirate zibonakala zihambela kwelinye icala. Umthetho omtsha osayilwayo wemithombo yeendaba unokwenza kube lulwaphulo-mthetho ukonakalisa isidima selizwe okanye uqoqosho, ukohlwaywa ngesohlwayo sokuya kutsho kwi-1 yezigidi zeedirham (malunga ne-US$272,000). Abanye bathi sele inefuthe elibi ekuxeleni ngale ngxubakaxaka.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, amaphephandaba alapha axela ukuba iDubai irhoxisa ii-visa ze-1,500 zomsebenzi yonke imihla, icaphula amagosa karhulumente angachazwanga ngamagama. Ebuzwa ngale nombolo, isithethi sesebe lezabasebenzi eDubai, uHumaid bin Dimas, uthe akazukuyiqinisekisa okanye ayikhanyele kwaye wala ukucacisa ngakumbi. Abanye bathi inani lokwenyani liphezulu kakhulu.
“Okwangoku kukho ukulungela ukukholelwa okona kubi,” utshilo uSimon Williams, ingcali yezoqoqosho ye-HSBC eDubai. "Kwaye imida kwidatha yenza kube nzima ukuchasana namahemuhemu."
Ezinye izinto zicacile: amaxabiso ezindlu nomhlaba, anyuke kakhulu ngexesha leminyaka emithandathu yaseDubai, ehle ngeepesenti ezingama-30 okanye ngaphezulu kwezi nyanga zimbini okanye zintathu zidlulileyo kwezinye iindawo zesixeko. Kwiveki ephelileyo, iNkonzo yoMtyali-mali kaMoody ibhengeze ukuba ingathoba ireyithingi yayo kwiinkampani ezintandathu eziphantsi korhulumente waseDubai, ikhankanya ukuwohloka kwembonakalo yezoqoqosho. Iimoto ezininzi ezisetyenzisiweyo zodidi ziyathengiswa, ngamanye amaxesha zithengiswa ngeepesenti ezingama-40 ngaphantsi kwexabiso elibuzwayo kwiinyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo, abathengisi beemoto bathi. Iindlela zaseDubai, zihlala zixinene yitrafikhi ngeli xesha lonyaka, ngoku zicacile.
Abanye abahlalutyi bathi le ngxaki inokuba neziphumo ezihlala ixesha elide kumdibaniso wamalungu asixhenxe e-emirates, apho iDubai kudala idlala umninawa omncinci onemvukelo ku-Abu Dhabi otyebileyo kwaye othanda ukonga. Amagosa aseDubai, aginya ibhongo lawo, akucacisile ukuba angavuleleka kwibheyile, kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku uAbu Dhabi unikezele ngoncedo kwiibhanki zakhe kuphela.
Kutheni le nto u-Abu Dhabi evumela ummelwane wakhe ukuba alahlwe igama lakhe lamazwe aphesheya, ngelixa enokuthi akhuphe ibheyile kwiibhanki zaseDubai kwaye abuyisele ukuzithemba? utshilo uChristopher M. Davidson, owaxela kwangaphambili ingxaki ekhoyo kwi-"Dubai: Ubungozi beMpumelelo," incwadi epapashwe kulo nyaka uphelileyo. “Mhlawumbi isicwangciso kukubeka embindini we-UAE,” phantsi kolawulo luka-Abu Dhabi, wacingisisa, kwinyathelo eliya kuthi cakatha ukuzimela geqe kweDubai kwaye mhlawumbi itshintshe isitayile sayo sokutyikitya.
Kubantu abaninzi basemzini, iDubai ibibonakala ngathi yindawo yokusabela, ekhuselweyo kuloyiko olwaqala ukubetha ilizwe liphela ekwindla edlulileyo. IPersian Gulf igutyungelwe bubutyebi obuninzi beoli negesi, yaye abanye abaphulukene nemisebenzi eNew York naseLondon baqalisa ukufaka izicelo apha.
Kodwa iDubai, ngokungafaniyo ne-Abu Dhabi okanye iQatar ekufutshane kunye neSaudi Arabia, ayinayo ioyile, kwaye izakhele igama layo kwi-real estate, kwezemali, nakukhenketho. Ngoku, abantu abaninzi abaphuma kwamanye amazwe apha bathetha ngeDubai ngokungathi ngumdlalo wexesha lonke. Amahemuhemu eLurid asasazeka ngokukhawuleza: iPalm Jumeira, isiqithi esenziweyo esiyenye yophuhliso lwentengiso yesi sixeko, kuthiwa iyatshona, kwaye xa ujika iimpompo kwiihotele ezakhiwe phezu kwayo, kuphuma amaphela kuphela.
“Ingaba izakubangcono? Bakuxelela oko, kodwa andisayazi into emandiyikholelwe,” utshilo uSofia, osenethemba lokufumana umsebenzi ngaphambi kokuba liphele ixesha lakhe. "Abantu bayoyika ngokukhawuleza."
UHamza Thiab, oneminyaka engama-27 ubudala waseIraq owafudukela apha esuka eBaghdad ngo-2005, waphulukana nomsebenzi wakhe kwinkampani yobunjineli kwiiveki ezintandathu ezidlulileyo. Usalelwe ekupheleni kuka February ukuba afumane umsebenzi, okanye makahambe. “Bendikhangele umsebenzi omtsha kangangeenyanga ezintathu, kwaye bendinodliwano-ndlebe kabini kuphela,” utshilo. “Ngaphambili, ubudla ngokuvula amaphepha apha kwaye ubone inkitha yemisebenzi. Ubuncinane bobunjineli bokwakha onamava eminyaka emine ibidla ngokuba yi-15,000 yeedirham ngenyanga. Ngoku, ubuninzi obuya kubufumana ngama-8,000,” okanye malunga ne-US$2,000.
UMnu. Thiab wayehleli kwivenkile yekofu yaseCosta kudederhu lweevenkile i-Ibn Battuta, apho uninzi lwabathengi lwalubonakala lungamadoda angatshatanga ahleli odwa, esela ikofu emini emaqanda. Ukuba uyasilela ukufumana umsebenzi, kuya kufuneka aye eJordan, apho anamalungu osapho - i-Iraq iseyingozi kakhulu, uthi - nangona imeko ingekho ngcono apho. Ngaphambi koko, kuya kufuneka aboleke imali kuyise ukuze ahlawule ngaphezulu kwe-US $ 12,000 asenayo kwimali mboleko yebhanki yeHonda Civic yakhe. Abahlobo baseIraq bathenge iimoto ezithandekayo kwaye ngoku, abanamsebenzi, bayasokola ukuzithengisa.
Ngaphambili, uninzi lwethu lwaluphila ubomi obulungileyo apha, utshilo uMnu. Thiab. “Ngoku asikwazi ukuhlawula imali-mboleko yethu. Sonke silala nje, siyatshaya, sisela ikofu, kwaye sinentloko ebuhlungu ngenxa yale meko.”
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