Ukuqaliswa kwakhona kweenkonzo zomoya phakathi kweLusaka, Zambia kunye neDurban, eMzantsi Afrika kubhengezwe. Iinqwelomoya ziqala nge-06 kuTshazimpuzi ka-2023 kwaye ziza kusebenza ngooLwezine ngeenqwelomoya ngeCawa ziqaliswe nge-16 ka-Epreli, kunye nenqwelomoya ekhethekileyo yangoLwesibini ngomhla we-11 ku-Epreli kubatyeleli ababuyayo ngempelaveki yePasika.
Ukuqaliswa kwezi nkonzo zomoya kuya kubonelela ngokukhuthazwa okubalulekileyo kumthamo wabahambi phakathi Zambiya kunye noMzantsi Afrika. Ngowama-2021 nowama-2022 uhambo phakathi kwezi ndawo zimbini luye lwakhula nge-38%, ngelixa kwangelo xesha linye, iimveliso zoMzantsi Afrika ezithunyelwa eZambia zikhule nge-R 1,6 yeebhiliyoni nto leyo eyenza iZambia ibe phakathi kwamazwe aphambili arhweba ngawo eMzantsi Afrika kuMazantsi e-Afrika.
“Singurhulumente waKwaZulu-Natal, kuyasivuyisa ukuzamkela ezi nkonzo zomoya zibhabha ProFlight Zambia. Le nkonzo yomoya intsha ngokungathandabuzekiyo iza kudlala indima ekomelezeni amakhonkco oshishino phakathi kwezi ndawo zimbini, ingakumbi xa kujongwa ukuba sele zininzi iinkampani ezisebenza eZambia naseMzantsi Afrika. Unxibelelwano lomoya oluphuculweyo luya kwenza kube lula kumashishini ukuhamba phakathi kwala mazwe mabini, kuququzelele urhwebo olukhulu notyalo-mali.” Utshilo uMnu Siboniso Duma uMphathiswa woPhuhliso loQoqosho, uKhenketho neMicimbi yokusiNgqongileyo kunye nenkokeli yoShishino lukaRhulumente KwaZulu-Natal.
Le ndlela intsha iza kubonelela ngenkuthazo efuneka kakhulu kushishino lwezokhenketho, iZambia noMzantsi Afrika zombini ezi ndawo zithandwa kakhulu ngabakhenkethi. IZambia yaziwa ngezilwanyana zasendle, ubuhle bendalo, kunye nemisebenzi yokuzonwabisa, ngelixa iKwaZulu-Natal idume ngamalwandle ayo, ubugcisa kunye nokuzonwabisa.
Usodolophu weTheku, uCllr. UMxolisi Kaunda uvakalise uchulumanco ngokubuya kweProFlight. “Kuyasivuyisa ukufumana iProFlight ibhabha ibuyela kuyo Thekwini. Njengoko ishishini lezokhenketho lisiya likhula ngokuthe ngcembe, ukuqaliswa kwakhona kwezi nkonzo zomoya kuququzelela ulonwabo olukhulu kunye nohambo lwamashishini ukuya eThekwini. Ukukhula kohambo lwangaphakathi e-Afrika kukwayinxalenye engundoqo yesicwangciso sethu esibanzi sokuqinisekisa ukukhuphisana, into leyo ephinde yenziwe ngokongezwa kolu nxibelelwano lomoya.'
Uqhube wathi “Sizibophelele ekukhuliseni ukubandakanyeka kwethu eDurban Direct, apho siye sakwazi ukufumana ezi nqwelomoya zintsha, ukuze sikhulise inkqubo yethu yokutsala iinkonzo zomoya ezintsha esixekweni.”
Ukuphehlelelwa kwale nkonzo yomoya intsha kulindeleke ukuba kudalwe amathuba emisebenzi eZambia naseMzantsi Afrika. Njengoko abakhenkethi abaninzi kunye nabahambi beshishini bendwendwela ezi ndawo zimbini, kuya kubakho ukwanda kwemfuno yokwamkela iindwendwe kunye nemisebenzi yoshishino lwenkonzo.
UMnu Nkosinathi Myataza, uMphathi Jikelele weNgingqi we-Airports Company South Africa, ugqibezele “Sinovuyo ukubuyisela iinqwelomoya ezisuka eLusaka zisiya eThekwini, iyawaxhasa amalinge ethu okubuyisela unxibelelwano lomoya KwaZulu-Natal. Ukuqaliswa kwakhona kwenkonzo yomoya luphuhliso oluhle lweZambia noMzantsi Afrika, olunamandla okukhuthaza urhwebo, ukhenketho namakhonkco oshishino phakathi kwezi ndawo zimbini ekusingwa kuzo.”
