By Sophumelela Singqota
UMphathiswa wezoBudlelwane baMazwe ngaMazwe neNtsebenziswano uRonald Lamola uthi uMzantsi Afrika awusayi kuphinda uvumele ezinye iinqwelomoya eziqeshiweyo ezithwele abantu basePalestine ukuba zingene kweli lizwe, emva kokufika kweenqwelomoya ezininzi ezithutha iintsapho zisuka eGaza.
Iintsapho zasePalestine zikrokreleka ngokurhweba ngabantu, emva kokuba kwavela ukuba umbutho ababehamba ngawo wawungabhaliswanga kwaye kuthiwa uququzelele ukuhamba ngokungaqhelekanga nangokungakhathali.
NgoLwesine weveki ephelileyo, iqela lamaPalestina eli-153 lafika eMzantsi Afrika ngenqwelomoya eqeshiweyo esuka eKenya. Baye bafuna indawo yokhuseleko kweli lizwe kodwa baqale bavinjwa ukungena kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iOR Tambo ngenxa yokungabikho kwamaxwebhu afanelekileyo, aquka izitampu zokuphuma kwaSirayeli, amatikiti okubuya neenkcukacha zendawo yokuhlala.
Eli qela lichithe phantse iiyure ezilishumi elinesibini (12) kwisikhululo seenqwelo-moya ngaphambi kokuba linikwe imvume yokungena phantsi kokukhululwa kwe-visa yeentsuku ezingama-90. Abasemagunyeni bathi bamkelwe ngezizathu zobuntu kulandela ukungenelela kwemibutho yoncedo yasekuhlaleni.
Enika uhlaziyo ngalo mba eRhawutini, uLamola ungqinile ukuba uphando lukarhulumente luyaqhubeka, kwaye uMzantsi Afrika awuzukwamnkela iinqwelomoya ezongezelelekileyo ezizisa abantu basePalestine.
“Inqwelomoya yasePalestine – malunga nokuba kukho umsebenzi omdaka njalo njalo – eneneni, siyakrokra singurhulumente woMzantsi Afrika malunga neemeko ezijikeleze ukufika kwenqwelomoya kunye nabakhweli abebekuyo,” utshilo uLamola.
“Lo mba uphantsi kophando, kwaye uluntu loMzantsi Afrika luza kusazi isiphumo ekuhambeni kwexesha, ngokwenene ngumba osikhathazayo, kukhangeleka ngathi umele i-ajenda ebanzi yokususa amaPalestina ePalestine asiwe kwiindawo ezininzi ezahlukeneyo zehlabathi.
Urhulumente woMzantsi Afrika kunye neenkonzo zobuntlola ziqalise uphando oludibeneyo malunga neemeko ezijikeleze ukufika kwabakhenkethi abayi-153 kwiveki ephelileyo. Abasemagunyeni baphonononga ukuba ngaba lo mbutho wawuqhutywa ngumbutho osisithunzi owaziwa ngokuba yiAl-Majd Europe, ekutyholwa ukuba ulungelelanisa amalungiselelo okuhamba.
Kukholelwa ukuba lo msebenzi unokuba yinxalenye yephulo elibanzi “lokufuduka ngenkani” okubandakanya ukuhamba kwabantu basePalestina abasengozini kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zamazwe ngamazwe.
I-Charter operator Global Airways iqinisekisile ukuba le yayingeyokuqala kusenzeka into enje, besithi yayisebenze ngaphambili i-charter esuka eNairobi ukuya eRhawutini kweyeDrwarha 8, 2025. Loo nqwelomoya yangaphambili yayithwele abakhweli basePalestina, ekuxelwe ukuba bavunyelwe ukungena eMzantsi Afrika “ngaphandle kokuthintelwa” phantsi kokukhululwa okufanayo kwe-visa yeentsuku ze-90.
UMzantsi Afrika ubungumxhasi ovakalayo wenjongo yasePalestina kwaye uye wasa uSirayeli kwiNkundla yeHlabathi yezoBulungisa ngezityholo zokwaphulwa kwemithetho yaseGaza. Isigqibo sikarhulumente sokuphanda abafikayo mva nje sibonisa inkxalabo ekhulayo yokuba iinqwelomoya eziqeshiweyo zinokuba yinxalenye yelinge elibanzi lokugxotha abantu basePalestine phantsi komthi wokufuduswa kwabantu.