Akukho okuningi okwaziwayo ngamathuba ezokuvakasha e-Equatorial Guinea. Izwe laziwa njengezwe elidume ngokuvalwa eliphendukele kwezokuvakasha ukuze lisize ukugcwalisa isikhwama salo.
Ihlelwe olwandle olubheke eGulf of Guinea, inkanyezi kanokusho iSofitel Sipopo Resort ihhotela layo eliphakeme esakhiweni esinezingilazi zanamuhla lingamakhilomitha ayi-8 ukusuka eSantiago de Baney naku-26 km ukusuka eMalabo International Airport.
Idolobha elakhiwe ngenhloso laqoshwa ehlathini lasendulo ngo-2011 ngemali engu-600 million euros ($ 670 million), okokuqala ukubamba ingqungquthela ye-African Union eyathatha isonto lonke nokukhombisa ukwenyuka kombuso omncane onothe ngo-oyela.
Ukuhamba ibanga elingamakhilomitha ayi-16 ukusuka enhlokodolobha yase-Equatorial Guinea iMalabo, le ndawo yokubuka izivakashi inesikhungo esikhulu somhlangano, ihhotela iSofitel Malabo Sipopo Le Golf, kanye nezindlu zokuhlala ezingama-10 - enye yazo zonke izinhloko zombuso ukuhambela ingqungquthela - ngalinye linechibi lalo lokubhukuda. Kukhona nenkundla yegalufu enemigodi engu-52, izindawo zokudlela eziningana namabhishi akhethekile aqashwe ngamaphoyisa.
Cishe iminyaka eyishumi, uSipopo ubeyigugu lomqhele ngecebo lokuheha izivakashi ezisezingeni eliphezulu e-Equatorial Guinea ukwehlukanisa umnotho oshayeke kabi ngenxa yokwehla kwemali engenayo kawoyela.
Idolobha lalibonakala lingenamuntu. Kungezwe isibhedlela ngemuva kokwakhiwa kwezindlu, kepha asisetshenziswa, kusho imithombo. Ngo-2014, kwakhiwa inxanxathela yezitolo lapho kuhlala khona izitolo ezingama-50, i-bowling alley, ama-cinema amabili nendawo yokudlala yezingane.
Kodwa owamukela izivakashi ehhotela uthe isakhiwo asikavulwa okwamanje, wengeza wathi: "Uma ufuna ukuthenga isikhumbuzo kuzofanele uye eMalabo." Ngesikhathi sasebusuku, ama-limousine acwebezelayo afika endaweni yokudlela kanokusho ukuzoshiya izidlo.
Etholakala ogwini oluphakathi ne-Atlantic maphakathi ne-Afrika, i-Equatorial Guinea igcwale izinkundla zokuxhumana ngemiyalezo yokuheha kwayo njengendawo yamaholide. Izinhlelo zokwakha isikhumulo esisha sabagibeli esikhumulweni sezindiza eBata edolobheni nazo zisanda kuthola umjovo we-120-million-euro ($ 133-million) ovela kwiDevelopment Bank of Central African States.
Izibalo ezithunyelwe yiBhange Lomhlaba, isibalo sabavakashi be-Equatorial Guinea sishiywe singenalutho.
Okuningi kokuvakasha okufakazelwa ngosomabhizinisi, njengabasebenza ezinkampanini zikawoyela, ukuphumula izinsukwana, noma ukuhambela izingqungquthela zamandla noma zezomnotho.
"Izwe beliyindida kubantu bangaphandle, abebekhuthazwa ukungena ngenqubo enzima yama-visa kanye nokungabi bikho kwengqalasizinda yezokuvakasha," kusho iwebhusayithi ye-British evakashela izivakashi i-Undiscovered Destinations.
Bambalwa abantu base-Equatoguine abanethuba lokuhlala ezindaweni ezinjalo. Ehhotela likaSipopo, ikamelo eliyisisekelo libiza imali elinganiselwa kuma-euro angaphezu kwama-200 ($ 224) ubusuku ngabunye, kuyilapho indawo yokuhlala ekhethekile iba ngaphezu kwama-euro angama-850. Ukutholakala kwezinqolobane ezinkulu zikawoyela ogwini maphakathi nawo-1990 kukhuphule imali engenayo ezweni lonke yaba yimali engama-theory engu- $ 19,500 ngonyaka umuntu ngamunye, ngokusho kohlelo lwe-UN Development Programme.
Kepha leyo ngcebo izuzisa abantu abambalwa abasezingeni eliphakeme phakathi kwezakhamizi eziyizigidi eziyi-1.2 zezwe. Abangaphezu kwengxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zabantu base-Equatoguine bahlala ngaphansi kobuphofu, kanti amaphesenti angama-55 wabantu abaneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-15 abasebenzi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Idolobha elakhiwe ngenhloso laqoshwa ehlathini lasendulo ngo-2011 ngemali engu-600 million euros ($ 670 million), okokuqala ukubamba ingqungquthela ye-African Union eyathatha isonto lonke nokukhombisa ukwenyuka kombuso omncane onothe ngo-oyela.
- Cishe iminyaka eyishumi, uSipopo ubeyigugu lomqhele ngecebo lokuheha izivakashi ezisezingeni eliphezulu e-Equatorial Guinea ukwehlukanisa umnotho oshayeke kabi ngenxa yokwehla kwemali engenayo kawoyela.
- Ukutholakala kwemithombo kawoyela emikhulu ngasogwini maphakathi nawo-1990 kuye kwakhuphula isamba semali engenayo yezwe yafinyelela ku-$19,500 ngonyaka ngomuntu ngamunye ngonyaka, ngokwe-UN Development Programme.
