umgaqo-nkqubo wezoqoqosho lwangaphandle elihlazo eAfrika. Sisifundo into entle kwabo bacinga
loo nkqubela phambili yenziwa kuphela ngabo "bahamba kunye ukuze bahambelane," becela
imvuthuluka kwaye emva koko ulungele "uhlaziyo" oluye lwenze izinto zibe mbi ngakumbi.
Nali ibali: i-Orwellian-ebizwa ngokuba yi "Africa Growth and Opportunity Act"
kuya kufuna ukuba amazwe aseAfrika azithobe kwiimeko ezininzi ezinzima ukuze
bafanelekele urhwebo olukhethwayo, kuquka nezinye esele benazo phantsi kwe-US yangoku
mthetho.
Ixhaswa nguClinton ulawulo kunye nokuxhaswa nguPhil Crane (R-IL), ibhili
waphumelela kule Ndlu kunyaka ophelileyo kodwa wasweleka kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu. Ngoku ibuyile. Uninzi lwabavoti
kumthetho oyilwayo kulo nyaka uphelileyo wacinga ukuba lityala elibi, kodwa baziva bengenayo enye indlela. Ngoko
UJesse Jackson, Omnci., omele isithili se-Illinois 'ye-2nd Congressional, wabuya ne
enye indlela: uMthetho wamaLungelo oLuntu, amaThuba, iNtsebenziswano kunye nokuXhotyiswa (HOPE) ukwenzela
Afrika.
Umahluko phakathi kwala matyala mabini awunakumangalisa ngakumbi. Ityala leCrane
ingabeka iimeko ezifana neerhafu eziphantsi zeshishini, ukufikelela kwimarike, kunye namanye amalungelo
kumashishini angaphandle, kungakhathaliseki ukuba yintoni impembelelo kuqoqosho lwase-Afrika. Kuya kuba njalo
kufuna ukuthotyelwa kwemiyalelo ye-IMF. Kwabo bangaqhelananga nentshabalalo
Ifuthe lemigaqo-nkqubo ye-IMF kwi-Afrika ekwi-sub-Sahara- la mazwe akafane enze iindaba apha-
khawucinge nje ngento eyenziwe yile bhola yezoqoqosho yamazwe ngamazwe e-Indonesia,
UMzantsi Korea, iRussia, neBrazil kulo nyaka uphelileyo unesiqingatha.
Isenzo sikaJackson's HOPE siya kubonelela ngokukhethwa kwezorhwebo, kodwa ngaphandle kokubi
iimeko. Kuya kuthatha amanyathelo anzima ngakumbi ukuqinisekisa ukuba iimpahla zithunyelwa ngaphandle
I-US iveliswa e-Afrika, kunokuba idluliselwe e-Afrika ukusuka
kwenye indawo. Kwaye kuqinisekiswe ukuba abantu baseAfrika abaqhelekileyo bafumana okuthile koku
ukurhweba, ityala likaJackson liza kongeza iintlobo zeemeko ezinika amazwe ngamazwe
corporations indigestion: imigangatho yezabasebenzi eyaziwayo kumazwe ngamazwe, njengelungelo loku
ququzelela imanyano yabasebenzi.
Mhlawumbi okona kubalulekileyo, umthetho oyilwayo we-HOPE ufuna ukurhoxiswa kwe-Sub-Saharan
I-Afrika icumza umthwalo wamatyala eebhiliyoni ezingama-230 zeedola. La mazwe achitha imali ephindwe kane
inkonzo yamatyala kunokuba benzayo kukhathalelo lwempilo, kwaye amakhulu amawaka abantu bayafa umntu ngamnye
unyaka ngenxa yoko. Abantwana abasafundanga, nezityalo zibolela emasimini ngenxa yoko
akukho mali yeendlela ezinokubathutha ukuya emarikeni. Eli tyala alinasazela
kwaye engahlawuleki, kunye namanqanaba akhoyo entlawulo sisiqinisekiso sobuhlwempu kwizizukulwana ukuya
kuza.
Isicwangciso sikaJackson sele singqineke siphumelele, nokuba sithini na isiphumo. Une
inyanzelise umba wokupheliswa kwamatyala kwi-ajenda yezopolitiko. "Xa unendoda okanye
umfazi osebenza phantsi kolu hlobo lwetyala uze uthi kubo, le yimithetho ye
urhwebo . . . ayisebenzi,” utshilo kwinkomfa yabezindaba kwiveki ephelileyo.
ITestamente eNdala yachaza ukuba kwakuphosakele ukuba umbolekisi athabathe izixhobo ezinokuthi
umntu kwakufuneka akwazi ukuziphilisa, ekuhlawuleni ityala. Kodwa iimandarin zemali zaseWashington
ababotshelelwanga yimiqobo enjalo yokuziphatha. Basopha iAfrika yomile.
Okubangela umdla kukuba, nabahleli beWall Street Journal European edition,
ilizwi elilondolozayo elihlonipha ngokuqinisekileyo ubungcwele beekontraka, kutshanje
yagunyazisa inkqubo yokutshona ngemali apho amazwe ahlwempuzekileyo anokuthi aphume kwimeko engahlawulekiyo
ityala.
Kuphela phakathi kwe-Washington elite- kunye ne-proxies yabo efana ne-IMF- eyenza ingqiqo
yokukhulula amatyala asilele ukubhalisa. Kungenxa yokuba, njengoko iJenali yacebisa, le inkulu
Umthwalo wamatyala sisixhobo esinamandla abanokuthi abaqulunqi boqoqosho lwehlabathi balawule
umgaqo-nkqubo wezoqoqosho kuninzi lwamazwe ahlwempuzekileyo ehlabathi.
Aba bakoloniyali bale mihla banako kwaye baya kuba bodwa ngokwandayo. Yiyo loo nto i
Ilizwi leNkongolo enye nje eselula lenze umahluko onjalo: akukho bani unokuphakama ukuze akhusele
ezingenakukhuseleka. Akukho nzuzo yobuqu okanye yezopolitiko kuJackson ngokukhokela
lo mba. Enyanisweni uya phantse ngokuqinisekileyo ohlwaywe ngabaninzi besizwe
umdla corporate kunye nemali, kunye nabahlobo babo kuLawulo kunye
INkongolo. Wenza nje into elungileyo. Abavoti kwisithili Illinois '2nd baye
isizathu sokuzingca: banommeli ongamelanga nje kuphela ngenxa yabo
imidla, kodwa kuluntu lonke ngokunjalo.
UMark Weisbrot nguMlawuli woPhando kwiNtshayelelo
Iziko, eWashington, DC