"Okwenzekile ezwenikazi lase-Afrika kumele kubhekwe ngokumelene nenselelo yokuqeda ububha nokungalingani emphakathini."
UMongameli ongumsunguli we-Seychelles, u-James R. Mancham, uzosuka e-Seychelles ngeSonto mhla ziyisi-6 kuMandulo 2015 ukuyothamela i-Third Retreat of the Pan-African Network of the Wise (Panwise) ezoba seLuanda, e-Angola kusukela ngoSepthemba 8-9. , 2015.
Le ngqungquthela izobanjwa ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi “Ukuthulisa izibhamu ngo-2020 – ukugqugquzelwa kwamasiko okuthula e-Afrika.”
Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi uSir James kulo nyaka uqokwe kabusha ngazwi linye njengelungu loMkhandlu Wabadala kanye neWise of Comesa (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) ngokwesekwa nangokwesincomo sikahulumeni waseSeychelles. Lolu khetho lwenzeke emhlanganweni wabaholi base-Afrika obubanjwe ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ekomkhulu le-African Union (AU) e-Addis Ababa, e-Ethiopia.
Ngesikhathi sakhe sokuqala esehhovisi njengelungu leKomidi Labadala baseComesa, uSir James uthole ukuhlonishwa okuhlonishwayo kokuhola umkhankaso wokulamula eKinshasa naseKigali ukuze kugwenywe impi esongelayo phakathi kweRiphabhulikhi yaseCongo neRwanda.
Phakathi kokunye okuphawulekayo akuzuzile ukuqokwa kwakhe ngusihlalo we-AU ukuthi amele i-AU okhethweni lukamongameli waseGibhithe olwalandela ukuketulwa kukaHosni Mubarak.
I-Panwise retreat yalo nyaka kulindeleke ukuthi ibuyekeze kabanzi ngokwenzeka ngowezi-2014 okwaletha inqubekelaphambili enkulu ekumisweni kwezingxenye ezahlukene ze-African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) kanye ne-African Governance Architecture (AGA). Kube yisikhathi sokukhula komnotho kanye nokukhuphuka kwemali engenayo okuphinde kwaba nentuthuko ekuphathweni komnotho omkhulu, inqubekelaphambili yokuphatha, uzinzo kanye nokusimama komnotho wangemva kwezingxabano emazweni amaningi angamalungu.
Ngokudabukisayo kube yisikhathi esinezibazi ngenxa yokwanda kwezingxabano ezishubile kanye nokuhlehliswa kwezinqubo ezithile ezibalulekile zokuthula. Kube nenkinga yegciwane le-Ebola edabukisayo futhi embi kakhulu emazweni angamalungu ahlukahlukene kanye nenkinga yokwanda kobushokobezi, ukukhwabanisa nobugebengu obuhleliwe obuthinta amazwe ngamazwe ezweni lase-Afrika.
Ngokusho kukaSir James okwenzeka ezwenikazi ngonyaka odlule kuveze ukuthi ukukhula komnotho nokukhuphuka kwemali engenayo akubalulekile uma kungaholeli ekulweni nobubha kanye nentuthuko elinganayo nenobulungiswa kwezenhlalo-mnotho.
Umcimbi wokuvula le ngqungquthela uzokuba mhla ziyisi-8 kuMandulo ngokuphawula kweNxusa u-Smail Chergui, uKhomishana Wokuthula Nokuvikeleka we-AU; Georges Chikoti, uNgqongqoshe Wezobudlelwane Bangaphandle wase-Angola, ongusihlalo WoMkhandlu Wokuthula Nokuvikeleka we-AU wenyanga kaMandulo 2015; Inxusa u-Haile Menkerios, ngaphansi kukaNobhala Jikelele we-AU kanye nenhloko yehhovisi lokuxhumanisa le-UN ku-AU; UDkt. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, usihlalo we-AU kanye noMongameli u-Jose Eduardo dos Santos waseRiphabhulikhi yase-Angola.
Umcimbi wokuvula uzolandelwa ngokushesha iseshini yokuxoxisana yezinga eliphezulu ezonganyelwa nguSolwazi Lakhda Brahimi, osebenze njengenxusa elikhethekile le-UN kanye ne-Arab League eSyria kuze kube nguMeyi 14, 2014.
USir James uphakathi kwalabo abahlelelwe ukukhuluma kulo mhlangano kanye noGeorges Chikoti, uNgqongqoshe Wezobudlelwano Bangaphandle wase-Angola kanye no-Edem Kodjo, owayengundunankulu waseTogo owayenguNobhala Jikelele WeNhlangano Yobumbano Lwamazwe ase-Afrika (i-OAU) kusukela ngowe-1978 kuya ku-1983.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- It is to be noted that Sir James was this year re-elected unanimously as a member of the Council of Elders and the Wise of Comesa (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) with the support and on the recommendation of the government of Seychelles.
- Ngesikhathi sakhe sokuqala esehhovisi njengelungu leKomidi Labadala baseComesa, uSir James uthole ukuhlonishwa okuhlonishwayo kokuhola umkhankaso wokulamula eKinshasa naseKigali ukuze kugwenywe impi esongelayo phakathi kweRiphabhulikhi yaseCongo neRwanda.
- This year's Panwise retreat is expected to review in an in-depth manner what took place in 2014 which brought considerable progress in the institutionalization of different components of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) as well as the African Governance Architecture (AGA).
