Ihhovisi likanobhala le-SADC ukusekela i-RETOSA ngecebo lokumaketha izindawo ezingavakashelwa

IHhovisi likaNobhala le-Southern African Development Community (SADC) eGaborone, eBotswana livumile ukweseka ngokugcwele kanye nokusiza ngenkuthalo Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yesifunda YaseNingizimu ne-Afrika (i-RETOSA) ukuthi isungule ubudlelwano futhi ivikele izinsiza kubalingane abasebenzisana namazwe ngamazwe ukuze kusungulwe isu lokumaketha izindawo zokuvakasha.

Izikhulu zeRETOSA zibambe umhlangano nezikhulu zeSADC Secretariat eGaborore ngasekupheleni kukaMfumfu ukuze kubhungwe ngezindaba ezizodingidwa kamuva ngongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha abavela esifundeni saseNingizimu Afrika kule nyanga.

Lesi sivumelwano kuhloswe ngaso ukuhambisa isabelo sesifunda se-SADC kwezokuvakasha sisuke kumaphesenti amabili akhona manje ezivakashi ezifika emhlabeni wonke kanye namarisidi siye kumaphesenti amahlanu kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo.

Ukwengeza, i-RETOSA ithole ukwesekwa kwezindlela ezehlukene ezizosetshenziswa ekufuneni imvume kongqongqoshe be-SADC ukuze kuqaliswe iSigaba II se-Trans-Frontier Conservation Areas (TFCA).

Isikhulu Esiphezulu seHospitality and Tourism Association yaseBotswana (HATAB) kanye nosihlalo osanda kukhethwa we-RETOSA uLily Rakorong uthe into entsha ebekwe eqhulwini yiNhlangano ukuthola ubudlelwano obuhle nabadlali bemboni ezimele kulesi sifunda ukuze kusungulwe isu lokumaketha ngendawo okuyiwa kuyo lesifunda.

“Imiphumela yalo mhlangano ne-SADC Secretariat izokwazisa ngeqhaza le-RETOSA maqondana namalungiselelo omhlangano ozayo ohlangene wongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha, ezemvelo kanye nemithombo yemvelo we-SADC ozokuba eGoli ngomhla zingama-23 no-24 kuLwezi nonyaka”, esho.

“Ohulumeni be-SADC manje banomsebenzi obalulekile wokuqalisa uPhiko Lokuxhumanisa Izokuvakasha (TCU) kuNobhala Womphakathi okuyisidingo esibalulekile ukuze kuphothulwe uguquko lwe-RETOSA,” kwengeza yena.

Njengoba i-RETOSA, njengengxenye ye-SADC Secretariat, ibika kubaqondisi abasha bokudla, ezolimo kanye nemithombo yemvelo, kubalulekile ukuthi i-RETOSA nayo ithole ukwaziswa ngokusebenza kwe-Tourism Coordinating Unit (TCU), esho.

I-RETOSA ilindele ukuthi i-TCU isize ekubhekaneni nezingqinamba nezinselelo zezinqubomgomo zezokuvakasha ezithiya ukutshalwa kwezimali kwezokuvakasha kanye nokuhamba kosomabhizinisi.

U-Kenneth Racombo, oyibamba lika-CEO kwa-RETOSA uthe izinhloso ezinkulu zomhlangano phakathi kweNhlangano kanye ne-Secretariat ye-SADC zigxile ohlelweni lwezinguquko e-REOTSA ukuze kuqalwe ukwenziwa kube semthethweni kobambiswano nokubambisana phakathi kwe-SADC ne-RETOSA, njengoba kudingwa yiziqondiso ezingaphansi kwe-SADC.

Okubalulekile okusha kwaxoxwa ngakho ngemva kokuhlelwa kabusha kwebhizinisi kwakamuva kwe-RETOSA okuholele esihlokweni senani esisha sabathintekayo ababalulekile, kanye nombono omusha ozofezwa ngokumaketha okugxilwe ngendawo okuyiwa kuyo kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali kwamasu.

Lo mbono omusha usekelwe ngokuqinile ekubambisaneni okuqinile nemboni ezimele esebenza esifundeni - ukusuka emgwaqeni kanye noshintsho olukhulu kumbono wesikhathi esidlule obekubone ukuxakeka kakhulu kohulumeni noma umkhakha womphakathi.

Inhlangano iphinde iphokophelele ukuvakasha kwangaphakathi kwesifunda njengokubalulekile emnothweni wezokuvakasha ophumelelayo esifundeni.