Kusho Lukhulu Ukuhola uBumbano Lwamazwe ase-Afrika (i-AU)

Kowethu unyaka besibhabhadiswa ngomlilo, ukungena esikhundleni sokuba uSihlalo ngenyanga eyodwa lapho kwabikwa khona isigameko sokuqala ngqa segciwane le-corona ezwenikazi.Esasikubeke eqhulwini ngesikhathi sethu, phakathi kwakho ukuqhubekisela phambili ukuthula noku-vikeleka, ukuthuthukiswa kwabesifazane ngokomno-tho kanye nokuqinisa ukuhlanganyela kwezomnotho, kwamele ukuthi kuguqulwe ngokuphazima kweso nangokubonakalayo ukuze kubhekanwe nobhubhane.Umsebenzi wethu omkhulu kwakungukuthi i-AU igxile ekubhekaneni nesimo esibi esiphuthumayo somhlaba esesibe khona kwikhulumnyaka.I-COVID-19 isikhahlameze wonke amazwe ezwenikazi. Kuze kube manje kuneziga-meko eziqinisekisiwe ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezi-3.5 e-Afrika, futhi bangaphezu kwezi88 000 abantu asebedlule emhlabeni.Kube usizi lwezempilo, lokusiza, lwenhlalo kanye nomnotho emazweni ase-Afrika, amaningi awo angenazo izinsiza zokulawula izimo eziphuthumayo zempilo ezinkulu ngalolu hlobo.Futhi nokho, njengento engakaze ibonwe njengemvelaphi yobhubhane, kanjalo nendlela amazwe ase-Afrika abumbane ngayo ukulwa nalo.Ngokwenza njalo siveze ubukhulu bobuchwephe-she bezwekazi, amakhono kanye nezikhungo ezifana neZikhungo zase-Afrika Zokulawula Nokuvikelwa Kwezifo (i-Africa CDC).I-Afrika ayigoqanga nje izandla uma ubunjalo nobungozi bobhubhane buvuleka. Kusukela ezinsukwini zokuqala zobhubhane futhi ngokuholwa i-AU, sasungula ngokushesha iqhingasu lezwekazi lokubhekana nobhubhane, elaliholwa i-Africa CDC kanye nama-thimba ezifunda.Sabona ukuthi wonke amazwe ezwenikazi azokhahlamezeka kakhulu ngubhubhane. Amazwe amaningi angeke abe nazo izinsiza ezidingekayo ukumelana nenselele yezempilo yompha-kathi noma ukuvikela imi-notho yawo. Ngakho-ke sabe sesivumelana njengamazwe ase-Afrika ukuqoka abantu base-Afrika abaningana abaqavile njengezithunywa ezikhethekile, ezizoxoxisana nabaxhasi bamazwe nga-mazwe kanye nezikhungo ezahlukahlukene ukuze bezoyokhulumela i-Afrika ukuze ithole ukwesekwa ngezimali nokusizwa nge-zikweletu.Ngale ndlela, ukusebenza njengezwekazi elilodwa, sikwazile ukutholela amazwe amaningi usizo ngezikweletu kanye nosizo lwezezimali zokubhekana ne-COVID-19 kanye nokuvuselelwa komnotho.Kodwa yize amazwe ase-Afrika aya kumazwe apheshe-ya kwezilwandle ukuyofuna ukwesekwa, saqala sazisiza thina – ngokusungula nokwenza imali yeSikhwama Sokubhekana ne-COVID-19 sezwekazi.Kubo bonke ubudlelwano obenziwe kanzima nama-zwe anezinsiza ezingcono kakhulu kanye nomphakathi wabaxhasi ba-mazwe ngamazwe, sisungule Inkundla Yokusabalalisa Izinsiza Zokwelapha e-Afrika  entsha sha nengakaze ibonwe ukuvumela ukuthi wonke amazwe ase-Afrika asheshe athole izinsizakusebenza zo-kuzivikela nezinye izinsiza zokwelapha ngendlela elinganayo, futhi engabizi.Futhi manje umgomo we-COVID-19 usukhona, sisebenze ngokubambisana ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izwe-kazi liyayithola imigomo yalo ngokufanele, sisebenza nesikhungo i-COVAX no-kuholwa iThimba lase-Afrika Eliqinisekisa Ukutholwa Komgomo. Ukuqaliswa ko-kugonywa kwabantu sekuqa-lile ezwenikazi futhi sifisa ukuba nenanibantu elikhulu ezwenikazi eseligomile uma kuphela unyaka wezi-2021 ukuze sizogoma inani elanele labantu.Sisebenze ngobunye  ukuvikela impilo, abantu kanye nendlela yokuziphi-lisa ezwenikazi. Ngokwenzenjalo, sibonise ukwazi kwethu ukuthembela kithina kanye nekhono lethu lokuba  abalawuli bentuthuko yethu.Ngaphandle kokubusa kwe-COVID-19, sikwazile futhi ukuphumelela kokuningana kwebesikubeke eqhulwini.Ngesikhathi sethu, iNdawo Yokuhwebelana Mahhala Ezwenikazi lase-Afrika (iAfCFTA) yethulwa ngokusemthethweni, okwakumeme-zela inkathi entsha yokuhwe-belana ezwenikazi lase-Afri-ka kanye nokuhlanganyela kwezomnotho.Ngisho nangaphansi kwe-zimo ezinzima ezidalwe ubhubhane, izwekazi liphokophele phambili nephu-pho ‘lokuthulisa izibhamu’ ezwenikazi. I-AU ibilokhu izibandakanye ezingxoxweni ezithinta idamu i-Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, ukuqeda udlame e-Libya nokugqugquzela ukuthula e-South Sudan.Okunye ebesigxile kukho ngesikhathi sethu kube ukuthuthukiswa kwabesifazane kwezomnotho, esizoqhu-beka nakho ngisho sekudlule isikhathi sethu kuze kwedlulele kwiShumi leminyaka Lokubandakanywa Kwabe-sifazane Kwezezimali Nakwezomnotho kuya kunyaka wezi-2030.Njengoba sesiphosela i-De-mocratic Republic of Congo (i-DRC) izintambo sishiya le nhlangano evelele endaweni enamandla amakhulu.INingizimu Afrika izoqhu-beka nokudlala indima yayo ukukhulisa ukuhlangana ezwenikazi, nokwesekela uSihlalo ozongena nenhlangano emizamweni yayo yokufeza izifiso ze-Agenda 2063 ye-AU.Ngesikhathi iNhlangano Yobumbano Lwamazwe ase-Afrika isungulwa  ngonyaka we-1963, Ama-zwe Angamalungu atshala  imbewu yokusebenzisana nobumbano ukuze kuzozu-zwa impilo engcono yabo bonke abantu base-Afrika.Akuqinisa ukuthi ukubumbana kwe-Afrika kwaku-baluleke kakhulu uma inhla-lakahle nenhlalonhle yabantu base-Afrika kwakumele iqinisekiswe.Umlando unobufakazi bokuthi le mbewu ayiwelanga njalo nje emhlabathini ovundile, eminyakeni edlule umsebenzi wobumbano lwezwekazi usubhekane nezithiyo eziningi nokuqala kokusebenza okuyinkohliso.Kodwa ukufa okulethwe yilolu bhubhane sekushu-kumise amazwe ase-Afrika ukuthi asebenze ngokuhlanganyela.Kulesi sihogo sosizi lwe-COVID-19, imbewu yobunye nokusebenzisana eyatshalwa izingqalabutho zakithi isiya-thela futhi iyachuma.Lesi sikhathi sokulingwa nesobunzima kube ngesinye sezikhathi ze-AU ezikhethekile.Kuyintokozo enkulu kakhu-lu ukunikwa ithuba lokuhola inhlangano ngalesi sikhathi, lapho yabonisa ukuthi achaza ukuthini amagama athi Ubumbano Lwamazwe ase-Afrika.Leli iphupho elifezekile lapho sonke isakhamuzi se-zwekazi lethu i-Afrika ku-mele siziqhenye ngalo futhi bagqugquzeleke ngalo.
