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UMKHAWULO KA-0% WOTSHWALA KA-MINISTER CREECY UYISIPHAZAMISEKO ESINGAQONDI
NguRob Hutchinson
Ukucindezela okuqhubekayo kukaNgqongqoshe Wezokuthutha uBarbara Creecy kokuchibiyela iSigaba 65 soMthetho Kazwelonke Wezokuthutha Emgwaqweni kanye nokwehlisa umkhawulo ovunyelwe waseNingizimu Afrika wotshwala egazini kusuka ku-0.05g/100ml kuya ku-zero ngokuphelele akuyona nje into engasebenzi—kungumqondo onganalwazi futhi ongenangqondo. Esikhundleni sokubhekana nokwehluleka okukhulu kwamaphoyisa omgwaqo abonakalayo kanye nohlelo lobulungiswa oluphukile, uNgqongqoshe ukhetha ukulungisa umthetho ovilaphayo. Kungumsebenzi nje ozoguqula izakhamuzi ezivamile, ezithobela umthetho ezisebenzisa umuthi wokuhlanza umlomo noma wokukhwehlela zibe yizigebengu, kuyilapho zingenzi lutho nhlobo ukuvimba ukubulawa kwabantu emigwaqweni yethu.
Iqiniso liwukuthi abashayeli ababangela ukufa emigwaqweni yethu akubona labo abahamba phakathi kuka-0.00% no-0.05%. Yibo abashaya umoya izikhathi ezintathu, ezine, noma ezinhlanu ngaphezu komkhawulo wamanje osemthethweni. Laba bashayeli sebevele bawushaya indiva umthetho wamanje. Bazowushaya indiva nomusha.
Ukuze siqonde ukuthi lesi siphakamiso sihluke kangakanani eqinisweni, sidinga nje ukubheka izibalo zikahulumeni mayelana nokuboshwa uma kuqhathaniswa nokugwetshwa kwangempela. Njalo ngesizini yamaholide, uMnyango Wezokuthutha umemezela ngokuziqhenya amanani amakhulu okuboshwa. Ngesikhathi samaholide ka-2024/2025 kuphela, cishe abashayeli bezimoto abayi-10,000 baboshwa ngokushayela bedakiwe. Kodwa-ke, okulandelayo kuwukwehluleka okuhlelekile.
Ngokusho kwezinhlangano ezifana neSouth Africans Against Drunk Driving (SADD) kanye nabaqaphi bezomthetho, izinga langempela lokutholakala necala lokushayela uphuzile eNingizimu Afrika licishe libe ngu-2% kuya ku-7.5%.
Kungani? Ngoba amapayipi ethu okuphoqelela umthetho kanye nemithetho yokwahlulela aphukile ngokuphelele. Amasampula egazi ayaphazamiseka noma aphelelwa yisikhathi ngenxa yokusilela okukhulu kwamalabhorethri okuhlola amacala. Amadokodo avame "ukunyamalala" eziteshini zamaphoyisa. Amacala ayachithwa enkantolo ngenxa yamaphutha enqubo noma ubufakazi obonakele. Ukwehlisa umkhawulo wezomthetho ube yi-zero akulungisi neyodwa yalezi ziphambeko zesakhiwo. Eqinisweni, kuzoqeda uhlelo oluvele lubhidlika ngokulugcwalisa ngokuboshwa kwabantu abaphuze imithi ye-homeopathic, okuzoqhubeka nokubambezela ukushushiswa kwabashayeli abadakiwe kakhulu ababulala abantu.
Abasekeli balo mthethosivivinywa wokungabekezeleli nhlobo bavame ukuzama ukuwuthethelela ngokucaphuna "umkhuba omuhle kakhulu wamazwe ngamazwe," bevame ukukhomba amazwe afana neNorway, iJapan, neVenezuela njengezindaba zempumelelo. Lokhu kuqhathanisa akulungile futhi kudukisa kakhulu. INorway isebenza ngomkhawulo ongu-0.02%, iJapan iphoqelela umkhawulo ongu-0.03%, kanti umkhawulo waseVenezuela ubekwe ku-0.08%—okuyinto elula kakhulu kunomthetho wamanje waseNingizimu Afrika. La mazwe ayaqaphela isidingo sebhayoloji se-buffer yesayensi ukuze kubhekwe imithi evamile, ukukhiqizwa kwe-ethanol yemvelo, kanye nemingcele yokulinganisa umoya.
Ingabe akhona amazwe kule planethi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka aphoqelela inqubomgomo ye-zero ngokuphelele? Yebo. Idlanzana lamazwe—kufaka phakathi iCzech Republic, iHungary, iRomania, iSlovakia, neBrazil—liphoqelela umkhawulo ongu-0.00%, kanye namazwe athile amaSulumane lapho ukuphuzwa kotshwala kuvinjelwe khona ngokuqinile. Kodwa-ke, amazwe aseYurophu naseNingizimu Melika aphoqelela lo mkhawulo ayawuhlanganisa namaphoyisa ahlala njalo, abonakalayo, angenankohlakalo kanye nengqalasizinda yezokuthutha zomphakathi ephelele. INingizimu Afrika izama ukukopisha izici ezijezisa kakhulu zalezi zinhlelo ngaphandle kokuba namandla ayisisekelo okuphoqelela adingekayo ukuze azisekele.
Asikwazi ukusungula umthetho osiholela enkingeni yokuphoqelelwa komthetho. Ukubeka ubugebengu emithanjeni yotshwala emithini ye-homeopathic ngeke kusindise ngisho noyedwa umuntu. Ukulungisa ama-laboratory okuhlola amacala, ukuqeda ukufumbathisa ezivimbelweni zomgwaqo, nokuqinisekisa ukuthi labo abajwayele ukwenza amacala baya ejele ngempela. UNgqongqoshe uCreecy kumele ayeke lokhu kuphazamiseka komthetho okungenangqondo futhi agxile izinsiza zikahulumeni emsebenzini onzima wobuphoyisa kanye nokushushisa.