Amaphuzu Abalulekile
- Kuthiwa uNeom ungungqondongqondo weNkosana yaseSaudi Arabia uMohammed bin Salman.
- I-MBS ithi iNeom izoba namandla okuhlalisa abantu abangu-450,000 ngo-2026 kanye nezigidi eziyisishiyagalolunye ngo-2045.
- Abagxeki bathi amalungelo abantu ayahlukunyezwa.
Imakethwe “njengenguquko yezempucuko ebeka abantu kuqala”.
Kepha iSaudi Arabia ibhekene nezinsolo zokuthi abantu abaxoshwa yiphrojekthi yayo ye-Neom ebabazekayo abagcini nje ngokubekwa ekugcineni, babhekene nezigwebo zentambo.
I-Neom – okuthiwa iwumcabango weNkosana yaseSaudi Arabia uMohammed bin Salman (MBS) – iyidolobha elikhulu lekusasa elihlelelwe ukwakhiwa enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeSaudi Arabia.
Izoqukatha izifunda ezintathu ezihlanganisa i-The Line – ‘idolobha elihlakaniphile’ elivalwe ngezindonga ezifakwe izibuko abaklami abathi lizosebenzisa amandla avuselelekayo angamaphesenti angu-100, lingenayo imigwaqo nezimoto.
Ichazwa “njengenguquko yempucuko ebeka abantu phambili”, i-The Line izonwebeka ibanga elingu-170km futhi ithembisa izakhamuzi ukuthi zizokwazi ukuhamba ngezithuthi zomphakathi ukusuka komunye umkhawulo wedolobha ukuya komunye emizuzwini engu-20. Zonke izinsiza zizotholakala phakathi nohambo lwemizuzu emihlanu.
I-MBS ithi iNeom izoba namandla okuhlalisa abantu abangu-450,000 ngo-2026 kanye nezigidi eziyisishiyagalolunye ngo-2045.
Izinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo abantu zithi sekuke kwakhishwa ngenkani amanye amalungu esizwe samaHuwaitat, nokuthi idlanzana labantu abaphikisana nalokhu kukhishwa sebabulawa.
I-SBS News ixhumane nenxusa likaNeom kanye nehhovisi lenxusa laseSaudi Arabia e-Australia ukuze liphawule futhi alizange lithole impendulo.
U-Ali Shihabi, oyilungu lebhodi labaluleki bephrojekthi, utshele Umqaphi ukuthi amalungu esizwe asusiwe azonxeshezelwa, enezela: “Umkhuba eSaudi bekuwukuthi abantu kufanele bakwamukele, futhi ngokuvamile baye benza kanjalo ngoba uhulumeni unomkhuba wokunxephezela ngesandla esivulekile.”
Izimangalo zokudutshulwa nokubulawa
Ngokusho kwenhlangano ebhekele amalungelo abantu eSaudi Arabia i-ALQST, amalungu amathathu esizwe samaHuwaitat agwetshwe intambo ngonyaka odlule ngokuphikisana nokukhishwa kwabantu ezindlini ngo-2020.
I-NGO ithi laba abathathu – u-Shadli, u-Ibrahim kanye no-Ataullah al-Huwaiti – baboshwe ngenxa “yokuphikisa kwabo ngokuthula” ukuxoshwa ngenkani kanye nokuxoshwa kwezakhamuzi yiphrojekthi ye-Neom eholwa nguhulumeni.
Le nhlangano ithi udaba lwabo lwadingidwa eNkantolo Eyisipesheli Yamacala Obugebengu eSaudi Arabia, eyasungulwa ukuze isingathe amacala obushokobezi.
Inhloko yemicimbi yakwa-ALQST u-Abdullah Aljuraywi uthe izigwebo “ziyashaqisa” futhi amalungu esizwe “abhikishela ukukhishwa ngendluzula ezindlini zawo”.
Imibono yeciko yokuthi labo abasekela iphrojekthi ye-Neom baphakamisa kanjani impilo ngaphakathi komugqa ukuthi izobukeka kanjani. Umthombo: Kunikeziwe / neom.com
Ukungafihli nokucindezelwa kwezepolitiki
U-Ben Rich, uthisha omkhulu kwezobudlelwano bamazwe ngamazwe kanye nomlando e-Curtin University, uthe izinkantolo zaseSaudi Arabia zikhona ukuze zenze “inkohliso yenqubo efanele”, wengeza ngokuthi isibalo sabantu ababulawa ezweni eminyakeni yamuva nje “sikhuphuke kakhulu” futhi babecindezelwe kwezombangazwe.
“Akukhona nje odabeni lukaNeom, yizinhlobo ezahlukene zezishoshovu zezombusazwe nabantu okuthiwa bangamaphekula nguhulumeni,” usho kanje.
Ngokuhlukana, i-Human Rights Watch ikhulume ngokukhathazeka mayelana nokusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe bedijithali ukuhlola izakhamuzi zesikhathi esizayo ze-The Line.
Inhloko yezobuchwepheshe yakwaNeom kubikwa ukuthi ithe yize amadolobha ahlakaniphile njengamanje asebenzisa cishe iphesenti elilodwa ledatha etholakalayo, kulindeleke ukuthi iNeom izosebenzisa amaphesenti angama-90 “olwazi lomphakathi”.
Ngaphambilini iSaudi Arabia ike yasolwa ngokuqapha omakhalekhukhwini babaphikisayo ngohlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha.
Umthelela weNkosana yoMqhele uMohammed bin Salman
UMnu Rich uthe ukwanda kokucindezelwa emphakathini waseSaudi kwenzeke kanye nokukhuphuka kwe-MBS emandleni.
Ukukhuphuka kwakhe kuqale ngo-2015 ngesikhathi eqokwa njengongqongqoshe wezokuvikela kuleli ngemuva kokuba uyise eseyinkosi.
INkosi uSalman yenze izinguquko endleleni uhlelo lokulandelana olwalusebenza ngayo, okwavumela indodana yayo ukuthi ikwazi ukudlula kulayini wokulandelana futhi ibe inkosana yomqhele kanye nesekela likandunankulu.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, uvezwe njengombusi wezwe.
“I-Saudis ibilokhu ibusa ngokugunyazwa, kodwa yilokho izazi eziningi zesifunda … ezichaza njengobushiqela obuthambile,” kusho uMnu Rich.
“Umqhele waseSaudi Arabia ngokomlando wawungeyena undlovukayiphikiswa kangako, kwakuyicala lawo elalibusa nohlobo oluthile lomkhandlu wabantu abakhethekile obazungezile.
UNeom uyingxenye yombono wekusasa weNkosana yaseSaudi Arabia u-Mohammed bin Salman ngezwe. Umthombo: U-Getty / I-Anadolu Agency/I-Anadolu Agency nge-Getty Images
“Ngo-2015, nokho, uthole inkosana entsha, futhi ngokushesha iqala ukugxeka noma yiluphi uhlobo lombono wezepolitiki ongaphikisani ngisho nowakhe, kodwa elinye izwi noma umbono.”
Ngesikhathi enza lokhu, wenze izinguquko emphakathini njengokuvumela abesifazane ukuthi bashayele izimoto, badalule uma befuna.
“Kodwa ngasikhathi sinye, wayekwenza lokhu, futhi wayevalela abesifazane, abaphikisana nezepolitiki ocabanga ukuthi izintshisekelo zabo zizohambisana,” kusho uMnu Rich.
“Lokhu kukhuphukele kulolu hlobo lwezinqubomgomo eziyindida.
“Uzama ukwethula umbuso njengohlobo lokukhulula, ukuvula, ukuhlinzeka ngamazinga amakhulu enkululeko ezakhamuzini, kodwa ngakolunye uhlangothi lwe-spectrum, noma ubani obelokhu ethukuthele ngenxa yalokhu ngokomlando ubonakala njengosongo futhi uhlaselwa, ngamagama acindezela kakhulu futhi ngokuvamile anobudlova.”
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