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1986 REDUX: ASIKWAZI 'UKUPHUMA' ENDLELA YETHU YOKUPHUMA ESINGXENYENI SIKA-TRUMP SOKUKHOKHA IMALI

Kubantu baseNingizimu Afrika abaphila isikhathi eside, izihloko zezindaba kuleli sonto ziveze umuzwa ohlukile we-déjà vu. I-United States, isebenzisa imakethe yayo enkulu yabathengi, iphinde yasongela ukuvala umpompi ngaphandle kokuthi iNingizimu Afrika ishintshe inqubomgomo yayo yezangaphandle.

Ngo-1986, kwaba uMthetho Ophelele Wokulwa Nobandlululo (CAAA), owaphasiswa yi-US Congress ukuphoqa uhulumeni wamaNationalist ukuba ayeke ubandlululo olusekelwe ezimisweni. Ngo-2026, kuwuMyalelo Ophethe ovela kuMongameli uDonald Trump, osongela intela engu-25% kunoma yiliphi izwe eliqhuba ibhizinisi ne-Iran—ukudubula okuqondile komphetho wesimo sethu “sokungahambisani”.

Nakuba izimo zokuziphatha zihluke kakhulu—u-1986 wawuyimpi yamalungelo abantu; u-2026 ukucindezela kwezepolitiki kwezentengiselwano—izindlela zomnotho zifana ngendlela eyesabekayo. Futhi ngokuyingozi, kunjalo nesilingo sokukholelwa ukuthi singamane “sizenzele” futhi.

Ukwenziwa Kwezikhali Zokuhweba
Ukufana okusencwadini yokudlala yaseMelika kuyamangaza. Njengoba nje izijeziso zango-80 zazihlose ubuthakathaka bethu—insimbi, izindwangu, kanye nezolimo—intela kaTrump engaba khona ifinyelela kakhulu emikhakheni efanayo.

Khona-ke, njengoba kunjalo manje, umyalezo ovela eWashington ungowesibili: “Awukwazi ukuthola imali yethu yokuhweba uma ugcina le nkampani.” Usongo kubalimi bethu bezithelo ezisawolintshi eNtshonalanga Kapa kanye nabathumeli bethu bensimbi ngaphandle akuyona nje into eyisisekelo; luyingozi empilweni yemisebenzi engu-93,000 kuya ku-426,000 esekelwa yizohwebo zase-US kanye ne-AGOA njengamanje.

Ugibe “Lokuvimbezela Umnotho”
Kukhona impikiswano ephikisayo ekhangayo esakazeka njengamanje ezingxoxweni eziphathelene nokudla inyama: “Sasinda ekujezisweni ngaphambilini. Sakha i-SASOL. Sakha i-Armscor. Singaphinde sikwazi ukuzimela.”

Kuyiqiniso ukuthi uhulumeni wobandlululo wasebenzisa ukuzihlukanisa njengesizathu sokuthuthukiswa kwezimboni. Lapho bengenakukwazi ukuthenga uwoyela, bawucindezela ngamalahle (i-SASOL). Lapho bengenakukwazi ukuthenga izikhali ze-NATO, bazenzela ezabo (i-Armscor).

Kodwa kumelwe siqaphele izindleko zaleyo “mpumelelo.” Leso sikhathi sobushiqela sadala “umnotho wokuvinjezelwa”—obizayo, ongasebenzi kahle, futhi oxhaswe kakhulu ngabakhokhi bentela. Sakhokha “i-Apartheid Premium” enkulu ngophethiloli nezimpahla ukuze siphile.

Okubaluleke kakhulu, umnotho womhlaba wonke ushintshe kakhulu kusukela ngo-1986. Ngaleso sikhathi, imoto yayisetshenziswa kakhulu ngensimbi nerabha. Namuhla, imoto ephuma emgqeni ithembele kuma-microchip avela e-Asia, ama-gearbox avela eYurophu, kanye nesofthiwe evela eMelika. Awukwazi "ukungenisa esikhundleni" uchungechunge lokuphakelwa komhlaba wonke. Ngo-2026, uma intela yentela isihlukanisa nesimiso somhlaba wonke, ngeke sakhe i-SASOL entsha; amafektri ethu azovala nje. Asikwazi "i-MacGyver" ukuphuma empini yezohwebo ezweni elidijithali, elihlanganisiwe emhlabeni wonke.

Ibhalansi Yokusinda
Ngakho-ke, yisiphi isinyathelo esihlakaniphe kakhulu sikahulumeni obanjwe phakathi kokubambisana kwakhe noMhlaba oseNingizimu kanye neqiniso lezomnotho laseNtshonalanga?

Impendulo ayikho emibonweni, kodwa itholakala ebhalansini elilula.

Okwamanje sijabulela imali enkulu yokuhweba ne-United States eyizigidigidi ezingama-R36. Ukuhwebelana kwethu ne-Iran, ngokuphambene nalokho, akunamsebenzi—ikakhulukazi ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kwezolimo okuphansi.

Ukukhetha "iNingizimu Afrika Kuqala" kusobala. Asikwazi ukudela ubudlelwano bokuhweba obungama-R150 billion—kanye namakhulu ezinkulungwane zezindlela zokuziphilisa ezisekelwa yiyo—ngenxa yokuzilolonga okungokomfanekiso kwasolwandle eSimon's Town.

Indlela Yokuphuma
Uhulumeni wethu udinga ukwenza uguquko oluhlelekile, futhi ngokushesha.

Okokuqala, sidinga “iSikhalo Samasu” emisebenzini ethinta kakhulu. Akudingeki sisole obala abalingani bethu, kodwa kufanele simise ngokushesha imisebenzi yezempi esebenza njengengubo ebomvu kumuntu waseMelika. Lokhu singakubeka njengokubalulekile emisebenzini yaseNingizimu Afrika.

Okwesibili, kumelwe sigweme i-bureaucracy. I-diplomacy yendabuko ihamba kancane kakhulu kuhulumeni kaTrump. Sidinga ukuthumela ithimba eliphezulu eWashington ukuze liyokwenza isivumelwano sokuthengiselana: ukuqinisekiswa kokuhweba nge-Iran ngokuphepha kwezimoto zethu kanye nokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kwezolimo.

Okokugcina, kumele sihlanganise imboni ezimele. Izinkampani zase-US ezikhiqiza lapha—i-Ford, i-Amazon, nezinye—zingabameli bethu abangcono kakhulu. Bangachazela i-White House ukuthi ukulimaza iNingizimu Afrika kulimaza inzuzo yabo.

Ngawo-1980, safunda ukuthi ukuzihlukanisa kuza nentengo ebuhlungu kakhulu. Ngo-2026, sinethuba lokugwema leyo zindleko, kodwa kuphela uma sibheka amasheke ezisebenzi zethu njengokubaluleka kakhulu kunombono wenqubomgomo yethu yezangaphandle.

Rob Hutchinson