IMpumalanga Afrika ilahlekelwa ukuheheka kubavakashi abahamba ibanga elide

MAASAI MARA, Kenya - Amabhishi anesihlabathi esimhlophe, izilwane zasendle kanye nesimo sezulu esishisayo saseMpumalanga Afrika zilahlekelwa ukukhanga kwazo ezivakashini zamabanga amade ezibhekene nokuwohloka komnotho nokuntuleka kwemisebenzi ngenxa yenkinga yezimali yomhlaba.

Kubantu baseYurophu nabaseNyakatho Melika, iyindawo eqhelile futhi ebizayo, futhi ingeyokuqala ekhishwa ohambweni lwamaholide lapho imali inciphile.

Ezokuvakasha ziyizwe lesithathu elikhulu eKenya elingenisa imali yangaphandle, ngemuva kwezolimo netiye, futhi osomnotho besaba ukwehla kwenani lezivakashi ngenxa yokwehla kwenani lemali kuzothinta umholo futhi kulimaze amafemu endawo ahlinzeka ngemisebenzi futhi akhiphe abantu ebuphofini.

Isitshudeni saseScotland u-Roddy Davidson, 38, kanye nozakwethu u-Shireen McKeown, 31, baphatheke kabi izinyanga eziningi ngaphambi kokuthatha isinqumo sokuthatha iholide labo eKenya - uhambo oluphambili lwe-safari endaweni yokulondoloza izilwane zasendle i-Maasai Mara.

"Ubani ongasho ukuthi sizokwenza nhlobo uma silinda iminyaka emithathu noma emine?" Kusho uDavidson ngesikhathi eshona ilanga eduze kwechibi elibheke eRift Valley eMara Serena Safari Lodge.

“Abantu abaningi engibaziyo bahlala ekhaya noma bathathe amaholide ezindaweni zamakamu e-UK. Nginabangane, eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ababezoya phesheya kwezilwandle kodwa iholide lamatende lishibhe kakhulu kunokubhukha izihlalo ezine endizeni.”

UMnyango Wezokuvakasha eKenya uthi le mboni yenza okungenani imisebenzi engu-400,000 emkhakheni osemthethweni kanye nangaphezulu kuka-600,000 emkhakheni ongakahleleki womnotho omkhulu waseMpumalanga Afrika.

Kodwa-ke, abahlinzeki bakhathazekile ngethemba lokudilizwa kwemisebenzi.

"Abokuqala abadiliziwe abasebenzi basezigodini eziseduze," kusho uSamson Apina, umsizi wemenenja eMara Serena Safari Lodge. “Ngonyaka odlule, ngenxa yenkinga yezimali kudingeke ukuthi sidilize abasebenzi abangaba ngu-20 noma abangu-30 abayitoho.”

U-Apina uphinde wathi ezokuvakasha zisathintekile ngomonakalo esimeni saseKenya odlame lwangemva kokhetho ngonyaka odlule.

Izivakashi zaseJalimane u-Uwe Trostmunn, 38, kanye nozakwabo uSina Westeroth bavumile. Bahlehlise uhambo lokuya eKenya ngonyaka odlule, bavakashela eThailand.

"Awuboni lutho ngaphandle kwezindaba ezimbi ezivela eKenya kumabonakude, hhayi izindaba ezinhle," kusho uTrostmunn.

“ISIZULU ESIPHELELE”

URichard Segal, ongungoti e-Afrika ophinde abe yiNhloko yocwaningo olunzulu ngezomnotho e-UBA Capital, uthe kunokuvumelana ngokuthi umkhakha wezokuvakasha eMpumalanga Afrika uzokwehla ngo-15% ngo-2009.

IKenya, iTanzania, iMauritius kanye neSeychelles yiwona okungenzeka ukuthi azizwa enciphile, kusho ongoti, ngenxa yokubaluleka kwezokuvakasha emholweni wezwe nasekuqashweni.

"Kucishe kube yizindaba ezimbi ngempela eziholela eMpumalanga Afrika ngemali yangaphandle," kusho uSegal.

Isibalo sabavakashi baseKenya sehle ngamaphesenti angama-30.5 safinyelela ku-729,000 ngonyaka odlule ngemuva kodlame lwangemva kokhetho.

Ukumaketha okunolaka ekhaya naphesheya kwehlulekile ukunqanda le nkinga ngenxa yokuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni.

Iqembu elikhulukazi laseKenya labavakashi bamaholide - amaphesenti angama-42.3 - livela eYurophu. Izibalo zamabhange amakhulu zikhombisa ukuthi isibalo sabavakashi base-Europe sehle ngamaphesenti angama-46.7 ngo-2008 saya ku-308,123.

I-Kenya inciphise inkokhelo ye-visa yabavakashi abadala yaba ngu-$25 (amaphawundi angu-17) isuka ku-$50 ukuze izame ukuvikela isabelo semakethe kodwa uMnyango Wezokuvakasha awulindele ukuthi umbono uzoba ngcono kulo nyaka.

UGunther Kuschke, ongumhlaziyi wezikweletu kwaRand Merchant Bank, uthe ukulahleka kwemali yangaphandle exhaswe yizivakashi kungaba yinhlekelele emazweni amaningi asempumalanga ye-Afrika.

"Izimali zakwamanye amazwe ziyi-proxy yokuthi izwe lingakwazi kangakanani ukufeza izibopho zalo zesikhathi esifushane," esho. “Kuthi uma kuqala ukuwohloka lokho kuphakamise ifulegi elibomvu.

"Izimali ezishibhile ze-forex eziphansi ziphinde zisho ukuthi imali yakuleli iyashintshashintsha," engeza ngokuthi iTanzania ibhekane nenselelo enkulu njengoba ezokuvakasha kuyiyona engenisa imali yangaphandle.

Ukwehla kwamandla emali kudale ukuthi izivakashi zimiswe phakathi kwamaphesenti angama-30 nangama-50 phakathi nezinyanga eziyisithupha kuya kuJuni ezweni eliyikhaya leMount Kilimanjaro, iziqhingi zaseSerengeti namabhishi aseZanzibar.

UKULIMA KOLWANDLE

Iziqhingi zaseZanzibar zithathwa njengezisengcupheni ikakhulukazi njengoba imakethe yama-clove iphansi, okwenza ezokuvakasha kanye nokulima ukhula lwasolwandle kube yimithombo eyinhloko yemisebenzi neholo.

Imakethe yezokuvakasha eyinhloko yaleli qoqo yi-Italy, izwe ngokwalo elisonqenqemeni lwezinkinga zomnotho. Izinombolo zabavakashi base-Italy zehle ngamaphesenti angu-20 zaya ku-41,610 ngonyaka odlule, kanti ingqikithi yezivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe yehle ngamaphesenti angu-10 yaya ku-128,440, ngokusho kwe-Zanzibar Commission for Tourism.

Abaqhubi bendawo bakhathazekile ngomphumela wokushayisana kwabadobi nabahwebi bendawo.

“Ubona umkhiqizo omningi kodwa akekho ongawuthenga - iketango leli. Uma zonke zidayisa kodwa izivakashi zingekho, ubani ozothenga?” kusho imenenja yeZenith Tours uMohammed Ali, osesebenze eZanzibar iminyaka engaphezu kuka-15.

Abasebenzi besaba ukulahlekelwa yimisebenzi. “Angazi noma ngizowuthola yini umsebenzi ngemuva kukaJuni. Abantu abaningi bayahlupheka,” kusho u-Isaac John, umamukeli wehhotela ovela ezweni laseTanzania.

I-Zanzibar Commission for Tourism ithe ishintsha isu layo lokukhangisa.

"Besigxile emakethe yaseYurophu kodwa manje sekugxilwe emakethe yesifunda ukuze sinqobe ubunzima bomhlaba," kusho u-Ashura Haji, umqondisi wekhomishini yezokuhlela nenqubomgomo.

UKuschke uthe iMauritius ibhekene nokuwohloka okukhulu komnotho omkhulu njengoba bekungumnotho omncane, ovulekile lapho ezokuvakasha nezindwangu kwenza amaphesenti angama-50 emali etholwayo yangaphandle kanye namaphesenti angaphezu kuka-15 esamba somkhiqizo wasekhaya.

Ngokufanayo, kuma-Seychelles ancike ezivakashini, imali engenayo yezokuvakasha kulindeleke ukuthi yehle ngamaphesenti ayi-10 ngonyaka olandelayo.

I-UBA Capital's Segal ithe isimo sasingesihle neze: "Ezokuvakasha zikhula kakhulu futhi ukwehla kukubuyisela ezingeni lika-2006-07, futhi kwakuseyiminyaka enengqondo."

U-Haji, naye, wahlala enethemba ngekusasa leZanzibar.

“Ukucindezeleka ngeke kuhlale unomphela,” kusho yena. “Ngelinye ilanga kuzophinde kube kuhle.”