Isinqumo seBritish Airways sokwethula indiza eqonde ngqo, engami phakathi kweHeathrow Airport neLondon King King yaseKing Shaka International isezoguqula umdlalo waKwaZulu-Natali njengoba uzoba neqhaza elikhulu ekwandiseni abafikayo abavela e-United Kingdom futhi I-America esenyakatho.
IBritish Izindiza imemezele ukwethulwa kwalo mzila kubabukeli bomhlaba wonke namuhla (ngoLwesibili, Meyi 8, 2018), kanti ngesikhathi esifanayo uNgqongqoshe Wezokuthuthukiswa Komnotho, Ezokuvakasha kanye Nezemvelo, uMnu Sihle Zikalala, umemezele isinqumo ebesikade silindelwe kuzethameli ebezihambele I-Travel INDABA yase-Afrika eThekwini. Lo mzila ugxumela phambili kakhulu emkhakheni wezokuvakasha, uphakamisa utshalomali lwangaphandle oluqondile, ukwenza ngcono ukuxhumana kwamabhizinisi nokuqinisekisa ukufukulwa kwabantu baseNingizimu Afrika kwezomnotho.
Ukulandela kahle izithende zezindiza ezinjengeQatar Airways, Emirates, Air Mauritius kanye neTurkey Airlines, ezinikela ngezindiza eziqonde ngqo eDoha, eDubai, eMauritius nase-Istanbul, iBritish Izindiza izoqala ukundiza amahlandla amathathu evikini lisuka eLondon Heathrow's Terminal 5 ukuya eThekwini, eKing Shaka International Airport, okuqala mhla zingama-29 kuMfumfu 2018.
UNgqongqoshe Zikalala uthe isinqumo seBA sizovumela iKwaZulu-Natali ukuthi ibonakale njengendawo yezokuvakasha kanye nebhizinisi kubantu abaningi, amandla. ”
Mayelana nomlando onothile, iGreat Britain neKwaZulu-Natal babelana wathi, “Sijabule ngokukwazi ukubuvuselela lobo budlelwano ngokwethulwa kwalo mzila omusha. Amathuba okutshalwa kwezimali nokuhweba okwethulwe yile ndiza eqonde ngqo phakathi kweTheku neLondon ngokungangabazeki kuzokwengeza inzuzo emnothweni wethu. ”
UNgqongqoshe, uZikalala uthe iKwaZulu-Natal izimisele ngokukhombisa ngemikhiqizo ehlukahlukene yezokuvakasha kanye nesipiliyoni, okubandakanya ezinye zezindawo zemvelo ezihlanzekile, ezithuthukiswa yizindawo ezimbili ezingamaGugu Omhlaba, okuyiNtaba Ukhahlamba Drakensberg kanye neSt Lucia.
UZikalala wengeze ngokuthi imithwalo yamazwe omhlaba ngeDube Cargo Terminal ibhekane nokukhula okuqhubekayo unyaka nonyaka, okube wukunyuka okungu-138% kwamanani kusukela ngo-2010.
“Ukwethulwa kwezindiza ezintsha zabagibeli eziya eThekwini kubonise ukukhula ngo-25% wempahla yezimpahla, kanye nokwanda kwezikhathi zezindiza eziqashiwe. Ngonyaka wezimali ka-2017/218 ukukhula kwezimpahla kwafinyelela ku-12%, ”kusho yena.
Lesi simemezelo samukelwe ngezandla ezifudumele yiMeya yeTheku, uCllr Zandile Gumede, othe isona esisekela isu lomkhandlu lokuheha izivakashi nabatshalizimali abasuka ezimakethe zase-UK nase-Europe beze eThekwini.
"Le ndiza izokwakha indawo evumela idolobha lethu ukuba lenze ibhizinisi nabalingani bethu baseYurophu kalula," kusho uGumede. Babalelwa ku-90 000 abagibeli njengamanje abahamba ngokungaqondile phakathi kweTheku neLondon bedlula eGoli noma kwezinye izikhungo ezinjengeDubai.
UPhindile Makwakwa, Isikhulu Esibambile Sezokuvakasha KwaZulu-Natali, uthe i-UK isivele iyimakethe ehamba phambili emazweni aKwaZulu-Natali futhi izindiza eziqondile zizoba yisikhuthazi kulabo abafika esiFundazweni, kokubili kubavakashi bezokungcebeleka nabahamba ngamabhizinisi.
“Ukuhambisa abantu kugqugquzela ukuhamba kwemali okusho ukuthi umnotho uyasebenza futhi uyachuma. Lapho abantu benza izinqumo ngohambo, ukusebenziseka kalula kokuxhumana kuphezulu ohlwini lwabo lokucatshangelwa. Lokhu kuxhumana okuqondile phakathi kwala madolobha womabili kuzokwenza ukuthi indawo esiya kuyo kube lula ukuyipakisha futhi siyithengise. ”
Isikhumulo sezindiza iKing Shaka International sisesigodini esikhula ngesivinini esikhulu ngenxa yamathuba ebhizinisi adalwe ngeDube TradePort Special Economic Zone.
Ngenkathi ibhizinisi lizochuma, izindiza eziqondile zinikeza abantu bendawo ithuba lokukhetha kanye nethuba lokuxhuma emadolobheni nasemazweni omhlaba jikelele, wengeza uMakwakwa.
IDube TradePort ukuphela kwesikhungo e-Afrika esihlanganisa isikhumulo sezindiza samazwe omhlaba, isikhumulo semithwalo esizinikele, indawo yokugcina impahla, amahhovisi, abathengisa, amahhotela nezolimo.
UHamish Erskine, oyi-CEO yeDube TradePort, uthe abezindiza baseThekwini - eLondon bahambisana nomkhuba womhlaba wonke lapho izindiza zezindiza zanda ngokuya ngqo emadolobheni amakhulu asezingeni elivela ezindaweni zomnotho zomhlaba. “Lokhu kuveza ithuba elikhulu kakhulu kuzo zombili izindawo zokukhulisa amabhizinisi, ezohwebo, utshalomali, amasiko nezokuvakasha. Njengamanje kunabagibeli ababalelwa ku-90 000 abahamba ngezindiza phakathi kweLondon neTheku minyaka yonke, iKing Shaka International nayo ibone inani labagibeli lifinyelela ku-5.6 million okokuqala ngqa onyakeni wezimali odlule. ”Kusho u-Erskine.
Izimpahla ezithunyelwa eNingizimu Afrika e-UK zakha u-4.5% wemali eseyithunyelwa ezweni lonke. I-United States ne-United Kingdom yimigwaqo yesithathu neyesine ngobukhulu yokuhweba ngempahla yomoya engenayo nephumayo e-KZN.
"Sibona ukuthi kunesidingo esihle emzileni wase-UK, njengoba imiqulu yezindiza phakathi kweTheku neLondon ingaphezulu kwamathani ayi-1500 ngonyaka, lokhu kulindeleke ukuthi inyuke kakhulu ngemithamo eyengeziwe ezimakethe zase-US ezixhumeka ngehabhu laseBritish Izindiza eLondon," u-Erskine kusho.
U-Alex Cruz, onguSihlalo ne-CEO yeBritish Izindiza, uthe amanzi afudumele aseThekwini, ihlobo elishisayo kanye nolwandle olusezingeni eliphansi kwenza leli dolobha elisogwini libe yindawo ekahle yamaholide eBrits.
“Liyisango leziqiwi eziningi, amapaki nezindawo ezinomlando, futhi linendawo yokudla echumayo, isiphuzo nobuciko; ngichaza leli dolobha njengokufanele livakashelwe amasiko nobungcweti, ”kusho uCruz.
Ngokombono wezomnotho, lo mzila ubuye uthuthukise ubudlelwano bokuhweba obuthuthukisiwe njengoba i-United Kingdom njengamanje ingumlingani wesibili waseNingizimu Afrika ohweba ngokuthengisa emazweni angaphandle eYurophu.
