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INingizimu Afrika idume ngamawayini ayo kodwa akusho ukuthi ngamafutha omnqumo, lapho iGreece, Italy kanye neSpain kungamakhosi angaphikiswa.
Kodwa abalimi bezwe abadikibele, babheke ingxenye engase ibe khona emakethe enenzuzo enkulu yamafutha engeziwe amsulwa ekhwalithi ephezulu.
E-Tokara, ipulazi eliqhele ngehora ukusuka eKapa, abasebenzi badonsa amareki emagatsheni ukuze iminqumo evuthwayo iwele phansi.
Ukuvuna umcebo oluhlaza kungaphansi kwesimo sezulu esishisayo kule ndawo yewayini ethandwayo endaweni eseningizimu ye-Afrika, lapho indawo ikhumbuza iTuscany.
“Uyakwazi ukuhogela” iphunga, kubuza uGert van Dyk, 49, umphathi wepulazi, ephethe ingilazi yamafutha omnqumo asanda kugaywa ahlomule e-United States ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
“Unganambitha umunyu omnandi ngemuva emphinjeni. Bese kuqhamuka upelepele futhi ingemuva lomphimbo livutha kamnandi,” esho egingqa uketshezi oluluhlaza olukhanyayo olimini njengochwepheshe bewayini.
Ifa ekuqaleni laligxile ewayinini kodwa manje selinamafutha njengeminye yemikhiqizo yalo ephambili – futhi linikeza nokunambitha kwalo.
“Sinowoyela we-olive osezingeni elimangalisayo,” kuthakasela indawo yokudlela yaseFrance uChristophe Dehosse, 55.
Ngesikhathi ethuthela kuleli zwe eminyakeni engu-30 edlule, bambalwa abantu ababesebenzisa amafutha omnqumo, uyakhumbula.
“Kodwa manje amapulazi amaningi abetshala iminqumo… asikho ngempela isizathu sokuthenga amafutha omnqumo avela e-Europe amakhilomitha ayi-10,000 (6,200 miles),” kusho uDehosse, ongumnikazi wezindawo zokudlela ezine esifundeni.
“Sithola ngempela imikhiqizo yobuciko, emnandi.”
Etafuleni lakhe, unikeza i-appetizer yesitayela sase-Italy yesinkwa esilula esicwiliswe emafutheni omnqumo, osekuphenduke “imfashini kakhulu”.
Uhlala eyofuna amafutha akhiqizwa kuleli. “Ngiyazi ukuthi engikuthengayo akukanqunywa lutho. Ingamaphesenti angu-100 e-extra virgin olive oil”.
Iminqumo yokuqala yaseNingizimu Afrika yatshalwa ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20 ngumfiki wase-Italy, u-Fernando Costa, kusho i-SA Olive, inhlangano yabalimi nabakhiqizi.
Kwathi ngo-1998, u-Giulio Bertrand, umNtaliyane osewathatha umhlalaphansi eNingizimu Afrika, wathenga kwamanye amazwe izinhlobo ezingu-17 zezihlahla zomnqumo wazitshala epulazini lakhe eliseStellenbosch.
Namuhla, ipulazi laseMorgenster litshala izihlahla zomnqumo kumahektha angama-42, futhi izigidi zezihlahla ezweni lonke zavela ezihlahleni zomnqumo zokuqala zikaBertrand.
“Umkhulu wami wayaziwa ngokuthi ungubaba wamafutha omnqumo eNingizimu Afrika njengoba evula indlela eya embonini kawoyela we-olive njengoba sisazi namuhla,” kusho umzukulu kaBertrand oneminyaka engu-29 ubudala, uVittoria Castagnetta, osebenzela umndeni namanje- ibhizinisi elisebenzayo.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, amagquma amahle asesifundeni saseKapa, nesimo sezulu saseMedithera kanye nezivini ezinyakazayo, zikhiqize iminqumo eyaziwa ngale kwemingcele yezwe ngekhwalithi yayo.
Uwoyela waseNingizimu Afrika ngoMeyi waklonyeliswa nge-“Absolute Best Olive Oil” esicongweni somhlaba emiklomelweni ehlonishwayo ye-EVOOLEUM eSpain.
Ipulazi eliwinile, iDe Rustica, eliqhele ngamakhilomitha angama-400 ukusuka eStellenbosch, lijabulela isimo sezulu saseMedithera esifanayo.
Nakuba uwoyela we-olive usewumkhiqizo wokunethezeka kubantu abaningi baseNingizimu Afrika, abakhiqizi abafana noVan Dyk eminyakeni yamuva nje baqaphele “ukwanda kwesidingo emakethe yasekhaya” njengengxenye yokufuna ukudla okunempilo.
Ukukhiqiza amalitha kawoyela we-olive afinyelela ezigidini ezimbili ngonyaka, ngokumelene nomkhiqizo womhlaba wonke wamathani angaphezu kwezigidi ezintathu, kusho ukuthi kungase kuthathe isikhathi ukuthi iNingizimu Afrika iqhudelane nemikhiqizo emikhulu yomhlaba.
Nokho ukungena embonini kawoyela kawoyela, “kungenye yezinto iNingizimu Afrika engaziqhenya ngayo ngempela. Into efanayo newayini lethu, lidinga ukudalulwa,” kusho umpheki.
Kodwa iNingizimu Afrika ingase iqale ukuzibeka ethubeni lokuba yimakethe yokuthekelisa kwamanye amazwe njengoba abanye babakhiqizi bendabuko emhlabeni wonke e-Europe bebhekene nezinkinga zesomiso kanye namagagasi okushisa aphindelelayo.
Umphumela ophansi odalwe izinhlekelele zezulu unyuse kakhulu amanani entengo kawoyela we-olive ezinyangeni ezedlule.
NgoJanuwari 2022, uwoyela wadayiswa ngama-euro angu-3 500 (R73 000) ithani, ngemva konyaka wakhuphukela kuma-euro angu-5 300 (R110 000), kanti kule nyanga usunyuke wafinyelela ku-5 800 euros (R120 000), ngokusho kwamazwe ngamazwe. inkampani edayisa uwoyela iBaillon Intercor.
