UMhlonishwa. U-Derek Hanekom waziwa njengoNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseNingizimu Afrika okhuluma ngokungagunci futhi osebenza ngokuzikhandla kusukela mhla zingama-25 kuNhlaba wezi-2014, kuze kube zingama-30 kuNdasa 2017. Uphinde waqokwa ukuba asebenze njengoNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha kusukela mhla zingama-27 kuNhlolanja wezi-2018 kuya zingama-29 kuNhlaba wezi-2019.
U-Hanekom uphinde wasebenza njengoNgqongqoshe Wezesayensi Nobuchwepheshe kusukela mhla zizi-4 kuMfumfu wezi-2012, kuya kumhla zingama-25 kuNhlaba wezi-2014, nanjengoNgqongqoshe Wezolimo Nezindaba Zomhlaba kusukela ngowe-1996 kuya ku-1999.
Ngonyaka wezi-2016 uNgqongqoshe u-Hanekom waklonyeliswa nge-Order of Merit yi-Federal Republic of Germany, indondo ephakeme kunazo zonke enikezwa abantu ngabanye ngokusebenzela isizwe sabo.
UnguSihlalo we-Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, eyeseka ifa leqhawe elalilwa nobandlululo ngokujulisa ukungacwasi ngokwebala eNingizimu Afrika.
UMnu. Hanekom wazalwa ngoJanuwari 13, 1953, eKapa futhi uyilungu le-African National Congress.
Njengamanje, usebenza njengenxusa likamongameli waseNingizimu Afrika, ogunyazwe ukukhuthaza ukutshalwa kwezimali kwezokuvakasha.
World Tourism Network (WTN) IPhini likaMongameli u-Alain St. Ange lihalalisela u-Derek Hanekom ngokuqokwa kwakhe njengosihlalo wesikhashana we-SAA.
Ukuqokwa kuka-Derek Hanekom, owayenguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eNingizimu Afrika njengosihlalo wesikhashana Izindiza zaseNingizimu Afrika (SAA) Ibhodi ekuqaleni kwanamuhla beliyizindaba zokwamukela imboni yezokuvakasha kulo lonke elase-Afrika.
World Tourism Network VP U-Alain St. Ange, owayenguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseSeychelles ngesikhathi esifanayo njengoba u-Derek Hanekom esebenza njengongqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eNingizimu Afrika, wayengomunye wozakwabo bokuqala ababehalalisela uMnu. Hanekom ngokuqokwa kwakhe okusha.
U-Alain St. Ange uthe eseSeychelles:
Lokhu kuqokwa kuyizindaba ezimnandi kwaSAA. U-Derek Hanekom ungumuntu osebenza ngokuzikhandla futhi uyaqonda ukuthi ezokuvakasha akuwona umsebenzi kodwa ziyimboni.
U-Derek Hanekom usebenzele ezokuvakasha ngenhliziyo yakhe endaweni efanele nangentshiseko edingekayo.
ISouth African Airways isezandleni ezinhle, futhi i-Afrika idinga ukusamukela lesi sinyathelo. I-SAA ingumthwali ohamba phambili wase-Afrika obalulekile ekuxhumaneni ne-Afrika nezokuvakasha.”
Inselele entsha enkulu. Ngizokwenza konke okusemandleni ami.”
Derek Hanekom ephawula ngokuqokwa kwakhe njengoSihlalo we-SAA
Inkampani yezindiza eyilungu le-Star Alliance eneminyaka engu-93 ubudala ibhekane nezinselelo ezinkulu isikhathi eside futhi isibhekane nayo ubone izinguquko eziningana emisebenzini yayo ephezulu.
Inkampani yezindiza yangenela ukutakula ibhizinisi ngokuzithandela ngoZibandlela wezi-2019 ngenxa yokulahleka kwezimali kweminyaka eminingi futhi yamisa yonke imisebenzi ngonyaka olandelayo. NgoJuni 2021, tuhulumeni umemezele lokho emzamweni wokuvuselela inkampani yezindiza, yayingene ebudlelwaneni neTakatso Consortium, eyayizoba nengxenye yokulawula engu-51%.
ISouth African Civil Aviation Authority yaqinisekisa ngomhla zizi-4 kuNcwaba wezi-2021 ukuthi isitifiketi somqhubi wamabhanoyi we-SAA siphinde sakhishwa neqembu eligunyaziwe lezindiza eziyisishiyagalombili.
Inkampani yezindiza iqale kabusha ukusebenza ngomhla ka-23 Septhemba 2021, naphezu kokuthi ingasiphethanga isivumelwano sokutshala izimali nozakwethu abazimele abahlongozwayo.
Noma kunjalo, i-SAA yahlonzwa njengenkampani yezindiza yesibili ehamba phambili e-Afrika ngabakwa-Skytrax ngo-2021, naphezu kokungandizanga nendiza eyodwa ehlelelwe izinyanga eziyi-18.
Kukhona amanye amalungu amabili e-Star Alliance Izindiza e-Afrika, i-Egypt Air, kanye ne-Ethiopian Airlines.
Njengoba ezokuvakasha kanye nohwebo lwamazwe ngamazwe lusimama ngemva kwe-COVID, umbono we-SAA njengenkampani yezindiza ebalulekile exhumanisa iSifunda saseNingizimu Afrika nomhlaba uyathembisa.
Ngo-2018 owayengungqongqoshe uHanekom ubenezwi kwabezindaba:
“Imithombo yezindaba njengoba uveza ubuqiniso be-Afrika nazo zonke izinselelo zayo, ifaka nendaba yokuthi ezokuvakasha zilishintsha kanjani izwekazi lethu futhi kusizakale abantu bakhona. Siyabonga ngegalelo lakho elibalulekile.”
ISouth African Airways idinga imidiya eyakhayo. USihlalo u-Hanekom angaba ngumuntu ongcono kakhulu wokubeka lo mgomo phambili lapho ethola i-SAA iphinde ibekwe esikhundleni sokuba inkampani yezindiza ehamba phambili nenenzuzo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- NgoJuni 2021, uhulumeni wamemezela ukuthi emzamweni wokuvuselela inkampani yezindiza, ungene ebudlelwaneni neTakatso Consortium, eyayizoba nengxenye yokulawula engu-51%.
- Ukuqokwa kukaDerek Hanekom, owayenguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eNingizimu Afrika njengosihlalo weBhodi lesikhashana le-South African Airways (SAA) ekuqaleni kwanamuhla kube yizindaba ezamukelekayo embonini yezokuvakasha e-Afrika yonkana.
- U-Ange, owayenguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eSeychelles ngesikhathi uDerek Hanekom esebenza njengongqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eNingizimu Afrika, wayengomunye wozakwabo bokuqala ababehalalisela uMnu.
