Dylan Bettencourt
Itiye laseNingizimu Afrika elidume umhlaba wonke i-rooibos liqophe umlando ngokuba ngukudla kokuqala okuvela e-Afrika ukuthola imvume yokubhaliswa ngaphansi kwesimo sokuvikelwa kwamazwe omhlaba yi-European Union (i-EU).
Ngenkathi le mpumelelo ingazwakali njengokuningi ekuqaleni, itiye le-Rooibos manje lijoyina uhlu olukhethekile lokudla ukuthola le mvume.
Yi-champagne, i-feta cheese, i-Irish whiskey kanye ne-porto kuphela ezathola le nhlonipho esikhathini esedlule.
Le mpumelelo ichaza ukuthi i-rooibos manje isiyakwazi ukusebenzisa uphawu ‘oluvikelwe lwemvelaphi’ (i-PDO) kumikhiqizo yayo ngaphansi kwenkomba yezindawo ye-EU. Lokhu kusho ukuthi izithako zayo ezihlukile, kanye nekhwalithi yomkhiqizo, manje sezixhunyaniswe neNingizimu Afrika kuphela.
I-Rooibos yenziwa ngamakhasi e-rooibos omisiwe ayi-100% kanye nemixube evela e-Aspalathus Linearis, futhi itholakala kuphela ezingxenyeni zase-Western kanye nase-Northern Cape.
Omele i-South African Rooibos Council uMarthane Swart uthe lesi sitifiketi sizothuthukisa isithunzi somkhiqizo emhlabeni jikelele.
Uthe: “Lokhu kusho ukuthi amalungu ethu yiwona kuphela izinkampani ezigunyaziwe nezaziwayo ezisebenzisa leli gama. Azikho ezinye izinkampani ezinegunya noma imvume yokusebenzisa igama elifanayo.”
Uhambo lokuthola lesi sitifiketi luqale eminyakeni emine eyedlule ngowezi-2017 njengoba itiye ‘i-Red Bush’ lathola isivumelwano sokusebenzisana phakathi kwe-EU neNingizimu Afrika ngonyaka wezi-2016. Kodwa-ke, isivumelwano asizange sivumele umkhiqizo ukuthi usebenzise uphawu lwe-PDO.
Okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi lesi sitifiketi siholela kwintengo ye-premium yomkhiqizo futhi umkhandlu we-Rooibos uthe ngokwesilinganiso, amathani ayizi-14,000 womkhiqizo akhiqizwa unyaka ngamunye ngokufunwa kwetiye unyaka nonyaka.
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