Inhlangano yezindiza iZambia National Airports Corporation (NAC) imemezele ukwethulwa kwentela ezokhokhwa ngabagibeli, okuhloswe ngayo ukuthuthukisa ingqalasizinda, ikakhulukazi ezikhumulweni zezindiza. Le mali izosebenza kubo bonke abagibeli abasukayo kusukela ngo-September 1, 2012.
Ngokwezibalo ezenziwe zatholakala ku-allafrica.com, abagibeli basekhaya bazokhokha u-K26,400 (US$5.31), kanti abaqala izindiza zamazwe ngamazwe kuzodingeka bakhokhe u-K54,800 (US$11.03). Zonke izinkokhiso ziyakhokhwa ngaphambi kokuhamba.
Le ntuthuko yamukelwe ngemizwa exubile, njengoba umuntu ebengalindela. Abaningi, okuhlanganisa neNational Airport Corporation, bathi intela seyidlule isikhathi eside futhi nenkokhelo incane. Abanye bathi kumane kungomunye umthwalo ukwengeza ezintela ezihlukahlukene asebezikhokha kumgcinimafa kazwelonke kanye nokufeza izibopho ezingokomthetho.
Akungabazeki ukuthi, nokho, ukuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda yaseZambia kuyisihluthulelo sentuthuko esimeme yesikhathi eside yanoma yimuphi umphakathi, futhi, ngenxa yalokho, ukuqedwa kobumpofu. Njengamanje, ubumpofu eZambia kuthiwa budlangile ngenxa yengqalasizinda engasebenzi, hhayi ngenxa yokungabiwa kwezinsiza ngendlela engalingani.
Ngaphandle kwengqalasizinda ethuthukisiwe, iZambia ayikwazanga ukuzuza okuningi ngokwemali engenayo evela emkhakheni wezokuvakasha, ngoba izivakashi eziningi zincamela ukuya kwamanye amazwe lapho ingqalasizinda ingcono. Njengesibonelo, emigwaqweni engamakhilomitha angu-66,935, ongoti bathi imbalwa kakhulu egandayiwe noma esezingeni eliphezulu. Okuhlukile kuleyo mizila exhumanisa inhloko-dolobha yaseLusaka nezingosi zomngcele.
Futhi mancane amathuba okuthi abavakashi bangakhetha ukuthatha uhambo lwesitimela ngenkathi beseZambia, njengoba ujantshi wesitimela, iRailway Systems of Zambia (RSZ), ingahambisani nokuhamba kwabagibeli. Amazinga nawo abelokhu ehla neTanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), ujantshi wesitimela oxhumanisa iZambia neDar es Salaam eTanzania.
Ngenxa yesimo esiphansi semigwaqo kanye noxhaxha lwezitimela, izivakashi zingakhetha ukuhamba ngendiza ngaphakathi eZambia, futhi lokhu kusho ukuthi ingqalasizinda yezindiza nayo idinga ukuthuthukiswa. Ngakho-ke uma intela yomgibeli ngempela ihloselwe ukuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda, khona-ke intela encane kufanele yamukelwe kakhulu. Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe eNdola sidinga kakhulu ukulungiswa, kanti i-Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport idinga kakhulu ukuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda.
