Izinhlangano zincoma isinqumo sikaMengameli
Umkhakha wezokuvakasha ushayele ihlombe uMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa ngokuthatha indlela eqinile yokungabaza ukugoma ezweni. Ngesikhathi ethula inkulumo yakhe esizweni ngeSonto ebusuku, uMengameli umemezele ukuthi usejube ithimba elizoxoxisana ngokwenza ukugoma kube yimpoqo. ISikhulu Esiphezulu se-Association Of Southern African Travel Agents, u-Otto de Vries uthi, imboni ibonga kakhulu ngokuvunyelwa ukuthi iqhubeke nokusebenza ngesikhathi samaholidi kaKhisimusi.
“Sikhuthazeke kakhulu ngenkulumo kaMengameli kusihlwa ikakhulukazi, ukugxila ekugomeni kuyindlela efanele yokuqhubekela phambili ekulawuleni lolu bhubhane, kungakhathalekile ukuthi iziphi izinhlobo ezihlonziwe. Lokhu kuzoba umgomo onyakazayo, Ukuphoqelela nokubeka imikhawulo yokuhamba kanye nokuvinjelwa akuyona indlela yokuhamba. INingizimu Afrika akuwona umsuka walolu hlobo olusha, sasishesha futhi sihlakaniphe ngokwanele ukwabelana ngalo nomhlaba wonke. Ungasijezisi ngempumelelo yethu,” kusho u-de Vries.
Khonamanjalo, iFederated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa (FEDHASA) isishayele ihlombe uRamphosa ngokuthatha isinyathelo esiqinile ngokumelene nomphakathi wamazwe omhlaba, ngokufaka iNingizimu Afrika ohlwini olubomvu ngemuva kokutholakala kohlobo lwe-Omicron lwe-coronavirus ezweni.
USihlalo kazwelonke weFEDHASA uRosemary Anderson (osesithombeni) uthi indlela kaMengameli yokuqongelela imigomo esikhundleni sokuvala umnotho kufanele inconywe. “Sijabule kakhulu ngenkulumo kaMengameli Ramaphosa. Sisemgqeni ofanayo naye wokuthi kufanele siphile nokhuvethe futhi singakuvumeli ukuthi konakalise umnotho wethu noma impilo yethu. Simshayela ihlombe ngokuma kwakhe futhi siyethemba ukuthi bonke abantu baseNingizimu Afrika bazokwamukela akushilo futhi basebenzise wonke amathuluzi esinawo, ukuze sigcine umnotho wethu uvulekile. Simshayela ihlombe umengameli wethu mayelana nezimfuno eziqinile azenze emphakathini wamazwe omhlaba abasifake ohlwini olubomvu,” kusho u-Anderson.
Ukunqatshelwa ukuhambela
UMengameli uphinde wathi uHulumeni uphoxeke kakhulu ngokuthi amazwe amaningi akhiphe umthetho ovimbela ukuhamba eNingizimu Afrika ngemuva kokutholakala kohlobo lwegciwane lokhuvethe i-Omicron. Uthi lokho kuwukusuka okucacile nokungenabulungiswa ngokuphelele esibophezelweni iningi lala mazwe alenzile emhlanganweni wamazwe eG20 eRome ngenyanga edlule.
Unezele wathi , “Bazibophezele kulowo mhlangano ukuthi bazoqala kabusha uhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe ngendlela ephephile nehlelekile, ehambisana nomsebenzi wezinhlangano ezifanele zamazwe ngamazwe ezifana neWorld Health Organisation, i-International Civil Aviation Organisation, i-International Maritime Organisation kanye ne-OECD. IsiMemezelo seG20 saseRoma siphawule usizi lomkhakha wezokuvakasha emazweni asathuthuka, futhi sazibophezela ekusekeleni “ukuvuselelwa okusheshayo, okuqinile, okubandakanya wonke umuntu nokusimeme”.
Iziphathimandla zezokuvakasha eWestern Cape zithi ukuvinjelwa kokuvakasha okubekelwe iNingizimu Afrika kuzoba nomthelela omkhulu emnothweni wakuleli. Izinkulungwane zabavakashi baphesheya kwezilwandle zithutheleka eMother City minyaka yonke kodwa izibalo zehle cishe ngamaphesenti angama-73 ngowezi-2020 uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule. Idolobha iCapTown lithi ngaphambi kobhubhane lokhuvethe umkhakha ubeke ngaphezu kwamaphesenti ayisikhombisa kuGDP yesifundazwe futhi wadala amathuba omsebenzi azi-113 000.
Ilungu LeKomidi LeMeya Lokukhula Komnotho uJames Vos uthi, “Qinisa imigomo kunemikhawulo eqinile ezokhubaza umnotho. Okusikhathazayo ngaso leso sikhathi ngumonakalo le mikhawulo ewudalayo emindenini embonini yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha. Uhulumeni kufanele agweme umonakalo odalwe yile mikhawulo yokuhamba futhi esikhundleni salokho, athathe izinyathelo zokunyusa amanani okugoma yingakho sizogxila kakhulu emakethe yasekhaya ngoba lena insika yethu enkulu yokwesekwa.”
Ezokuvakasha KwaZulu-Natal
UMphathiswa Wezokuvakasha KwaZulu-Natal, uRavi Pillay, uthe bakhathazekile ngegciwane elisanda kutholakala, i-Omicron, eNingizimu Afrika ngaphambi kwesikhathi samaholidi kaKhisimusi. Okuhlukile okusha kubangele ukuvinjelwa kokuhamba ezweni ngamanye amazwe ase-Europe kubandakanya ne-UK. IKwaZulu-Natal iyindawo ethandwa kakhulu ngabavakashi bakuleli nabakwamanye amazwe ngesikhathi samaholidi kaKhisimusi.
Khonamanjalo, iTourism Business Council of South Africa ithi isimemezelo sokutholwa kohlobo olusha lokhuvethe , i-Omicron, asizange siyisize imboni yezokuvakasha ebisivele ishaqekile. Isikhulu esiphezulu kulo mkhandlu uTshifhiwa Tshivhengwa uthe akukacaci ukuthi kuzokwenzekani ngemuva kokutholakala kwalolu hlobo. IWorld Health Organisation ihlukanise ngokusemthethweni i-Omicron njengokuhlukile kokukhathazeka. Amazwe amaningana asebeke imingcele yokuhamba eNingizimu Afrika nakwamanye amazwe aseningizimu ne-Afrika.
UTshivhengwa uthi kuyakhathaza kakhulu lokhu. “Wonke amazwe emhlabeni amemezela ukuthi awafisi noma ngubani ovela esifundeni esiseningizimu ne-Afrika, ikakhulukazi iNingizimu Afrika, ukuba yisizinda sesifunda. Ngakho-ke sisesimweni lapho kuyiphutha. Okuwukuphela kwento okudingeka siyenze ukuvikela imakethe yasekhaya. Sinakho ukubhukha okunempilo okuzophela ngoDisemba noJanuwari, sidinga ukuvikela lokho, futhi uyazi ngizwile ngezingxoxo, ukuvinjelwa okungenzeka kube khona lapha ekhaya futhi kudingeka sikugweme lokho ngazo zonke izindleko.”
