Arthur Greene
Inxusa likaTrump laseMelika eNingizimu Afrika lisebenzise imali eyizigidi eziyi-R15 endaweni yokuhlala yesibili esemthethweni wakhipha umndeni ukuba ungahlali kuyo – wangabe esayisebenzisa.
ULana Marks, oneminyaka engama-67, waqokelwa kulesi sikhundla ngowezi-2019 yize ayengenalo ulwazi lwangaphambilini kwezokuxhumana, futhi wesula esikhundleni ngeviki eledlule kulandela ukubekwa kukaJoe Biden.
Ubufakazi bakhe obubonakalayo nje ukuthi ungowaseNingizimu Afrika. Kusukela afuduka ngowezi-1976, uthole impumelelo njengomklami wezikhwama zikanokusho.
Kowezi-2019, waba yilungu lesine elikhokhelayo e-Trump’s Florida resort, i-Mar-a-Lago Club, ukuthola i-aphoyintimenti ekuphatheni kwakhe.
Isikhathi asichitha njengesithunywa saphazanyiswa ukusetshenziswa kabi kwamandla kanye nezinsolo zokuxhashazwa yilabo ababengaphansi kwakhe.
Yize ebesebenza ebangeni elingamakhilomitha ayi-1000 ePitoli, uMarks waphikelela kowezi–2019 ukuthi avunyelwe ukuthatha indawo yokuhlala kommeli jikelele waseMelika eKapa, okwaholela ekuxoshweni komndeni kule nqubo.
“Besingekho isizathu esizwakalayo sokuthi inxusa libe seKapa isikhathi eside,” kusho esinye isikhulu. “Uhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika ubehlela ukuhambisa iPhalamende ePitoli, kanti ngesikhathi se-Covid-19, zonke izinhlelo bezingafani.”
Selingenile, inxusa lifune ukulungiselwa, ifenisha entsha nezinye izindleko ezihambisana nokuguqulwa kwendlu okube imali esigidi esi- $ 1 (R 15 million).
“Kwakuwukusetshenziswa kabi kwemali yabakhokhi bentela, futhi kuyisibonelo esibuhlungu kakhulu sokweqisa,” kusho omunye usomaqhinga.
Kanye nokwabelana ngokuthanda ubukhazikhazi noTrump, uMarks ubuye njalo walulaza usongo lwalolu bhubhane ngesikhathi ngesikhathi kwakhe njengenxusa.
Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokungeniswa esibhedlela yileli gciwane izinsuku eziyishumi, wathi “Lesi yisifo esibi kakhulu futhi esingalindelekile, futhi kube yinto ebuthaka kakhulu emzimbeni engake ngabhekana nayo empilweni yami yonke.”
Kamuva wenqaba ukuzihlukanisa nabantu ngemuva kokutholakala enaleli gciwane esidlweni sasebusuku kwaTrump e-Mar-a-Lago.