Umlondolozi wezemvelo owaziwayo nowesilisa osondelene neTanzania neFrance ushona eneminyaka engama-94

U-Gérard Pasanisi, owaziwayo owadabuka eFrance owanikela ngempilo yakhe yonke ukukhuthaza ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha kanye nokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle ezweni kanye nobudlelwano phakathi kweTanzania neFrance, ushone eneminyaka engama-94.

UMnu Pasanisi, owangena eTanzania ngo-1967 enothando lwezokuvakasha nokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle, wadlula ngokuthula ngo-Agasti 13, 2020, ngemuva kokugula isikhashana. Uzofihlwa ngo-Agasti 18 eNice, idolobha elisethekwini eliseningizimu-mpumalanga yeFrance.

Lo mlisa, ochithe iminyaka engama-40 eTanzania, ubizwa ngokuthi usebenzise amandla akhe ekufukuleni imboni yamanje yamabhiliyoni ezivakashi, kanye nokuhola ukongiwa kwezilwane zasendle, ikakhulukazi esifundeni saseNingizimu, ngemuva nje kwenkululeko.

UMnu Pasanisi ubengumsunguli weMount Kilimanjaro Safari Club (MKSC), engenye yezinkampani zezokuvakasha eziphumelele njengamanje enesizinda sayo enhlokodolobha esenyakatho ye-safari, e-Arusha.

“Silahlekelwe ngumuntu othulule umphefumulo wakhe ekuthuthukiseni ezokuvakasha kanye nokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle eTanzania. Sizomkhumbula njengomuntu ozinhlelo zakhe embonini yezokuvakasha zidale amathuba emisebenzi emiphakathini ehlwempu ”kusho uMqondisi weMKSC, uMnu George Ole Meing'arrai.

Ngempela, iMKSC iyinkampani yokuvakasha eyiphayona esebenza enhlabathini yaseTanzania ukukhipha imoto yokuqala ka-100 yamapayipi kagesi (e-car) esifundeni saseMpumalanga Afrika eminyakeni emibili edlule, emkhankasweni wayo wokwehlisa ukungcola kwezimoto emapaki kazwelonke.

Imoto eyi-e-car esebenza eSerengeti, epaki likazwelonke laseTanzania ubuchwepheshe obungenakhabhoni, imoto ethembekile futhi ethokomele kuphela ngokuya ngamapaneli elanga ukuvuselela injini yayo.

“Ifa lakhe lidlula ezokuvakasha nokongiwa kwemvelo. Uphinde wathinta izimpilo zabaningi ngokubambisana kwezenhlalo, umoya oshayela inkampani yethu ”kusho uMnu Meing'arrai.

Ngethemba ukuthi umlando uzophinde ubenzele ubulungiswa kuMnu Pasanisi njengendoda eyabumba kakhulu ubudlelwano bokuxhumana phakathi kweTanzania neFrance.

Ngo-1974, owayenguNgqongqoshe Wezemvelo Nezokuvakasha ngaleso sikhathi, uSkeikh Hasnu Makame waqoka uMnu Pasanisi njengommeleli weTanzania Tourist Corporation eFrance, e-Italy naseBenelux, isikhundla asiphethe iminyaka engama-20 ngokulandelana.

Amarekhodi akhombisa ukuthi phakathi nesikhathi sakhe seminyaka engama-20, wahlela futhi waxhasa ngezimali izinkambo eziningi zokutadisha nokuvakasha koNgqongqoshe abehlukene bezokuvakasha, kubandakanya noNdunankulu wesigaba sesithathu, uFredrick Sumaye, eFrance.

Ngo-1976, uMnu Pasanisi waqokwa nguNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle wangaleso sikhathi, uBenjamin Mkapa ukuba ahole umkhankaso wokubuyisela ubudlelwane phakathi kweFrance neTanzania, okuyisabelo asenza ngempumelelo.

Ngo-1978, eminyakeni emibili nje kuphela emuva kokubuyisela ubudlelwano bezombusazwe, uMnu Pasanisi wakwazi ngempumelelo ukuqoqa imali yeTanzania yokwakha isikhumulo sezindiza esisha eDar es Salaam.

Kwabaningi, akungabazeki ukuthi imizamo yakhe ehlukahlukene, ikakhulukazi ukwesekwa akuthola eMnyangweni Wezokuvikela waseFrance ngokuxhasa umkhankaso wokulwa nokuzingela ngokungemthetho, kwaqinisa ukuxhumana phakathi kweTanzania neFrance.

Ngo-1985, ngenkathi kuvulwa imigwaqo eminingi eSelous Game Reserve (50.000 Km2) ngenxa yamaloli omthombo weGeo abheke uphethiloli, izindlovu ezinamandla ezazizingela ngokungemthetho zanda kakhulu.

Ngo-1988, ngokwesicelo sophiko lwezilwane zasendle uMnu Pasanisi, wancenga noMnu Brice Lalonde, uNgqongqoshe Wezemvelo waseFrance, ngenkathi iFrance ingamele i-European Union.

Ngenxa yalokhu, ngesikhathi seNgqungquthela ye-CITES eyayiseLausanne, eSwitzerland, ukuhweba ngezinyo lendlovu kwavalwa futhi waqinisekisa ukuthi uMnyango Wezemvelo Nezokuvakasha waphinde wavala inyama yamahlathi kuzo zonke izindawo zokudla nezokudlela eTanzania.

Ngo-1993, uMnu Pasanisi waqokwa njenge-Honorary Consul yaseTanzania eFrance. WayenguSihlalo weTanzania Hunting Operators Association (TAHOA).

Emuva ngonyaka ka-2007, iTanzania yabona ukuqubuka kwezindlovu zizingela, zafinyelela engxenyeni ebulalayo ngo-2012, 2013 nango-2014, ngokulandelana, okwenza uMnu, Pasanisi ukuba asungule iWildlife Conservation Foundation of Tanzania (WCFT).
Nge-WCFT wasungula noMengameli ongasekho uBenjamin Mkapa ngokubambisana nowayenguMongameli waseFrance uValéry Giscard d'Estaing, izimoto ezingaphezu kuka-25 ezine ezihamba ngamasondo, zihlonyiswe ngokuphelele, zanikelwa ophikweni lwaseWildlife, ngonyaka odlule kuphela.

"UMnu Pasanisi wanikela ngempilo yakhe ukulwela izimpi eziningi zaleli lizwe, lapho umphefumulo wakhe ungeke ushiye khona" kuphawula uMnu Meing'arrai.

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