Iinkampani zeenqwelomoya zamazwe angaphandle kusenokufuneka zicuthe iinqwelomoya zazo eziya eMzantsi Afrika ngenxa yokunyuka kweendleko zokwakha isikhululo seenqwelomoya esitsha samazwe ngamazwe eDurban kunye nokunyuswa kwamaxabiso ezikhululo zeenqwelomoya yiAirports Company South Africa (ACSA).
Ngokwe-International Air Transport Association (IATA), izicwangciso zokunyuswa kwamaxabiso kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zalapha ekhaya nge-133 pesenti ukusuka kunyaka ozayo kuya kwenza ukuba iintlawulo zezikhululo zeenqwelo moya zoMzantsi Afrika zibe phakathi kwezona ziphezulu kwihlabathi ngexesha ushishino lwezophapho lwamazwe ngamazwe lujongene neyona ngxaki imbi kakhulu.
Lo mbutho, nomele iinkampani ezinkulu zeenqwelomoya kwihlabathi, ulumkise ngelithi ezi ntlawulo ziza konakalisa uqoqosho lwelizwe loMzantsi Afrika ngokutyhafisa abakhenkethi bamazwe angaphandle kwaye bathintele abakhenkethi bamashishini ekubeni bajongane neemarike zangaphandle.
I-IATA iqikelela ukuba ukunyuswa kwentaba kunganciphisa utyelelo loMzantsi Afrika ngabakhweli abaphakathi kwe-110 000 kunye ne-150 000 ngonyaka kule minyaka mibini izayo - okulingana nokuhla ukuya kutsho kwi-3 yeepesenti yabatyeleli - kwaye kuphulukene ne-R3.6 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwingeniso icandelo lezokhenketho kwiminyaka emibini.
Kwileta eya kwikomiti elawula amaxabiso eSebe lezoThutho, isithethi se-IATA uJeff Poole uthe umbutho wakhe uxhalabile ngokukodwa ngokunyuka kweendleko zokwakha isikhululo seenqwelomoya esikumhlaba oluhlaza kufutshane neLa Mercy, eThekwini. Uthe iR3.1bn ibiqingqelwe iprojekthi yesikhululo seenqwelomoya iKing Shaka phakathi kuka-2007 no-2012, kodwa uqikelelo lwamva nje lwe-Acsa lubonisa ukuba isikhululo seenqwelomoya siza kuxabisa iR6.8bn.
“Uluntu lweenqwelomoya aluzange lucele ukuphuhliswa kwesi sikhululo seenqwelomoya esitsha esiluhlaza kodwa, phantsi kwenkqubo yangoku yothungelwano lwamaxabiso, basaza kunyanzeleka ukuba basihlawulele. Oku kuyinyaniso nokuba iinkampani zeenqwelo moya zisebenzisa amaziko okanye hayi… Iinkampani zeenqwelomoya nabakhweli akufuneki bacelwe ukuba bahlawule utyalo-mali oluyinkunzi oluya kugcina luxabisa ngaphezulu kohlahlo lwabiwo-mali oluphindwe kabini.”
Kodwa i-ACSA iye yakucela umngeni ukugxekwa kwe-Iata kwaye yathi ayicingi ukuba unyuso lwerhafu olucetywayo lunokuba “nempembelelo ebonakalayo” kumthamo wezithuthi eziya eMzantsi Afrika.
"I-ACSA ikholelwa ukuba ukunyuka kwayo kunokunqanda inani elincinane kakhulu labahambi, njengoko kubonakaliswe ngexesha iinkampani zeenqwelo moya zazizisa intlawulo yazo yepetroli kunye namaxabiso epetroli ayekwirekhodi eliphezulu," utshilo isithethi se-ACSA uNicky Knapp.
Ukwawaphikisile namabango okuba iindleko zokwakha isikhululo seenqwelomoya esitsha ziphindeke ngaphezulu kokuphindwe kabini. Uthe uqikelelo lwe-IATA lusekwe kwisiseko sokutolika ngendlela engeyiyo yoqikelelo lweendleko zokuqala. “Uqikelelo” lokuqala olufanelekileyo lweprojekthi yaseKing Shaka lwalumalunga ne-R5.8 yebhiliyoni, hayi i-R3.1 yebhiliyoni njengoko kucetyisiwe ngu-Iata.
Nangona kunjalo, u-Iata uye wabhenela kumphathi wekomiti elawula irhafu yeSebe lezoThutho uMuhammed Sizwe ukuba angazohlwayi “izicelo ezingamkelekanga” ze-ACSA.
“I-IATA yabelana ngenkxalabo yakho malunga nesiphithiphithi esinjalo sokunyuka okuya kudala kushishino lweenqwelomoya kwaye ixhalabile kakhulu ukuba ezi zindululo ziyakubeka iintlawulo ze-ACSA njengezona ziphezulu kwihlabathi xa kuthelekiswa nezikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezinobungakanani obufanayo. Ngoku sifuna inyathelo lakho elingxamisekileyo lokuzikhaba ngokusesikweni ezi zindululo ngokukhawuleza,” utshilo uPoole kwileta ayibhalele uSizwe kwiinyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo.
“Asikholelwa ukuba i-ACSA iyithathele ingqalelo ngokufanelekileyo ifuthe elibi elinjalo lonyuso olunokuba nalo kwimfuno. Ukonyuka kweentlawulo, ngokobukhulu obucetywe yi-ACSA, kusenokulonakalisa uqoqosho loMzantsi Afrika ngokunyanzela abantu ukuba baphume kurhwebo kunye nokuthintela ukukhula kwekamva.”
Uthe imali eyi-R6.8bn yotyalo-mali lukaKumkani uShaka yeyona nto iphambili kule ngxabano nanjengoko iinkampani zeenqwelomoya nabakhweli abavela kumazwe ngamazwe kuza kufuneka bahlawule isixa seendleko zokuyakha, nokuba abahambi ngenqwelomoya.
I-IATA ibonise ukuba ezinye iinqwelomoya zangaphandle zinokuthatha isigqibo sokunciphisa inani leenqwelomoya ukuba uhambo luqhubekile.
“Ukucuthwa komthamo wabakhweli kunokwenza ezinye iinkonzo zingabi nangeniso, nto leyo enokuthi icuthwe. Oku kusenokonakalisa ngakumbi uqoqosho loMzantsi Afrika.
"Amaxesha amaninzi kunye nenani leendawo ekusingwa kuzo akubalulekanga kuphela kubakhenkethi bezolonwabo nakwicandelo lokhenketho, kodwa zikwayimfuneko kubahambi bezoshishino bafikelele kwaye bafikelele kwiimarike zaphesheya."
I-IATA yavuma ukuba ezinye izizathu zokwenyani zokunyuswa kweerhafu zinokuba ngaphandle kolawulo lwe-Acsa, umsebenzisi wesikhululo seenqwelomoya "wayengaqhubi kakuhle" kwaye bekukho nemiqondiso elomeleleyo "yecandelo elikhulu lokungasebenzi kakuhle ekujongwe ukuba ligqithiselwe kwiinkampani zeenqwelo moya kunye nokuhlawula imali yokukhwela. esidlangalaleni”.
I-ACSA iwakhabile amabango kwaye yaqaphela ukuba uphando luka-2008 olwenziwa yiJacobs Consultancy yabeka iintlawulo zesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseMzantsi Afrika njengeyona ndawo ibiza imali eninzi kakhulu, ingabizi kakhulu kuneToronto, Athens, London okanye Paris. Ayikhange ichaze ukuba olu luhlu luza kutshintsha njani xa iintlawulo ezintsha ziqala ukusebenza.
