Dylan Bettencourt
UMengameli we-Fifa uGianni Infantino ugxekwe ngokuphakamisa ukuthi ukwakhiwa kwezinkundla zezemidlalo e-Qatar kunikeze abasebenzi abaphuma emazweni angaphandle “ukuziqhenya kanye nesithunzi”.
Uphenyo lwe-The Guardian lwango-2021 luveze ukuthi bangaphezu kuka-6,500 abasebenzi abaphuma emazweni angaphandle asebeshonile e-Qatar selokhu kwaqala ukwakhiwa kwezinkundla zezemidlalo ngoZibandlela ngo-2010.
Imidlalo yeNdebe yoMhlaba ezoqala ngoLwezi ihaqwe yimibiko yokushona kwabaphuma emazweni angaphandle nokugqilazwa kwabantu okushiye ifu elimnyama lilenga kulo mqhudelwano.
I-Amnesty International isole i-Fifa, isigungu esilawula ibhola emhlabeni wonke, ngokuvumela ukuxhashazwa kwabasebenzi abaphuma emazweni angaphandle. Le nhlangano ikhiphe umbiko ngenyanga edlule ichaza izimo abasebenzi okumele bazibekezelele “njenge misebenzi abaphoqwa ukuyenza”.
Kodwa-ke, u-Infantino uyivikele futhi ushayele lesi sigungu ihlombe ngeminikelo yaso e-Qatar.
“Uma unikeza umuntu umsebenzi, ngisho nasezimweni ezinzima, umnika isithunzi nokuzigqaja. Akuwona umnikelo,” etshele i-Milken Institute.
“Ukwakha inkundla lapho okuzodlalelwa khona iNdebe yoMhlaba nakho kuyinto esiziqhenya ngayo. Futhi ukwazi ukushintsha izimo zalaba bantu abangu-1.5 million kuyinto esenza siziqhenye.”
UMengameli, owakhethwa ngo-2016, ukhulume ngombiko owachaza ukuthi babalelwa ku-6,500 abasebenzi abaphuma emazweni angaphandle abashonile ngesikhathi bakha izinkundla zezemidlalo e-Qatar.
“Siyaziphenya zonke lezi zinsolo nezinhlaka zangaphandle. Empeleni kushone abantu abathathu. Lokho kuningi kakhulu kodwa akusibo abantu abangu-6,000,” usho kanje.
Uthe kungenzeka ukuthi abangu-6 000 abashona besebenza kwezinye izinhlelo kodwa i-Fifa ayiwona amaphoyisa omhlaba.
Uphenyo lwe-The Guardian luphikisana nesitatimende sika-Infantino. Kutholakale ukuthi abangu-37 abashonile baxhumene ngqo nokwakhiwa kwezinkundla zezemidlalo.
Iningi labo kutholakale ukuthi babulawe “izimbangela zemvelo” – imbangela enkulu ukwehluleka kwenhliziyo okubangelwa ukusebenza endaweni eshisa kakhulu.
“Asinacala ngakho konke okwenzeka emhlabeni wonke,” esho.
Ephika eminye imibiko yokuhlukunyezwa kwamalungelo abantu, u-Infantino uthe amalungelo abasebenzi abe ngcono kule minyaka embalwa edlule.
Into eyodwa u-Infantino angeke ayiphike ukuthi izinsolo zithikameze ukulungiselela lo mqhudelwano.
Umthombo wesithombe: @MiddleEastMonitor