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Entuthukweni eyisiqalo, iNingizimu Afrika iqinise ubukhona bayo emakethe yezolimo yomhlaba wonke ngokuthola isivumelwano sokuthumela ukwatapheya e-China. Lesi sivumelwano, esisayinwe phakathi kukaNgqongqoshe wezoLimo, ukuBuyiswa koMhlaba kanye nokuThuthukiswa kwezindawo zaseMakhaya uThoko Didiza kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseChina u-Wang Yi, siphawula ingqophamlando ebalulekile ekuzabalazeleni kwaleli lizwe ukukhula komnotho kanye nokudala amathuba omsebenzi.
Ukunweba ama-Horizons
Lesi sivumelwano, esifakwe i-inki ngesikhathi uMengameli wase-China u-Xi Jinping evakashele eNingizimu Afrika, sivuse isasasa phakathi kwabalimi, izazi zezolimo namahlathi, onjiniyela bezolimo, abanikazi bamapulazi nososayensi ngokufanayo. Le mpumelelo eyingqopha-mlando kulindeleke ukuthi ibe nomthelela omkhulu emnothweni waseNingizimu Afrika kanye nesimo sayo sezolimo.
Eminyakeni esanda kudlula, iNingizimu Afrika ibilokhu ikhulisa ngokungaguquki indawo yokulinywa kukakotapheya. Okwaqala njengenkathi yokulima engamahektha ayi-4,750 manje sekukhule kakhulu ukuhlanganisa amahektha ayi-18,000 amangalisayo. Lokhu kwanda kufakazela ukuzinikela kwezwe ekukhuleni nasekuhlukaniseni imikhiqizo yalo yezolimo.
Ikusasa Elithelayo
UThoko Didiza, ongumgqugquzeli walesi sinyathelo samasu, ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokufinyelela emakethe yaseShayina. “Ukuthola ukufinyelela e-China kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile ekuqhubekiseni ukukhula okuholwa ukuhwebelana kwamakotapheya aseNingizimu Afrika, okuyisibopho uhulumeni asenzile ngaphansi kohlelo oluyinhloko lwezolimo kanye nokucutshungulwa kwezolimo,” kusho u-Didiza. Lesi sinyathelo asigcini nje ngokuthembisa ukwanda kwezithelo, ikakhulukazi ukwatapheya, kodwa futhi nokwanda kwamathuba omsebenzi.
Amandla okuthi iShayina ibe ngelinye labathengi abakhulu bakakotapheya emhlabeni avulela iNingizimu Afrika ithuba. Lokhu kuqagela kungaphezu nje kokuqagela kwezomnotho; usekelwa umfutho uhwebo lweChina neNingizimu Afrika oluzuzwe eminyakeni edlule. Ukusuka ku- $ 1.4 billion ngo-1998, umthamo wezohwebo ukhuphuke wafinyelela ku- $ 56.7 billion ngo-2022, ngokusho kwemibiko yabezindaba. Lokhu kukhula kwezinkanyezi kubonisa amandla anenzuzo angaphakathi kobambiswano.
Imboni Eqhakaza
Umthelela omubi walesi sivumelwano usulungele ukuletha umphumela ophindaphindekayo ekuqashweni nasekuthuthukisweni komnotho, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni zasemakhaya lapho iningi likakotapheya likhiqizwa khona. Imboni kakotapheya isivele iqashe abantu abangaphezu kuka-15,000, okuhlanganisa imikhakha yomibili yamapulazi kanye nezinsiza. Ngale ndlela entsha yokuthunyelwa kwempahla emazweni angaphandle, imboni izothuthuka nakakhulu, izuzise zonke izingxenye ze-supply chain.
I-Global Market Insights
UWandile Sihlobo, isazi sezomnotho esiyinhloko se-Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa, ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokuhlukahluka kwezimpahla ezithunyelwa ngaphandle kanye nokujulisa ubudlelwano bokuhwebelana neChina. Uveze ukuthi amazwe eBRICS, okuhlanganisa neChina, enza imakethe yezolimo eningi, ebiza ngaphezu kuka-$300 billion. Njengoba i-China inikela ngezingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zaleli nani, amathuba okuthunyelwa kwezolimo kwamanye amazwe makhulu kakhulu.
Umzila Othembisayo
Ukungena kweNingizimu Afrika ekuthumeleni ukwatapheya e-China kuphawula isikhathi esibalulekile emkhakheni wayo wezolimo. Ukukhula okunamandla kobudlelwano bokuhwebelana phakathi kwamazwe amabili okuhambisana nendlela yeNingizimu Afrika esheshayo yokuhlukanisa izimpahla zayo ezithunyelwa ngaphandle kubeka isisekelo esiqinile sokuchuma komnotho. Njengoba imboni kakotapheya yezwe idlondlobala, ayigcini nje ngokuthuthukisa imithombo yemali kodwa ithuthukisa namathuba emisebenzi futhi ikhuthaze nentuthuko yasemakhaya.