UMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa ujoyine abanye babaholi abaphezulu emhlabeni kule mpelasonto engqungqutheleni ye-G7 e-UK futhi wabanxusa ukuba babhekane nokungalingani okukhulu empini yokulwa nokhuvethe.
Ukuqubuka kokhuvethe kuveze ukungalingani okukhulu emhlabeni. I-UK ithole imithamo yokugoma eyi-105 yabantu abayi-100, ngokusho kwe-Financial Times vaccine tracker. INingizimu Afrika, ngakolunye uhlangothi lalohlu, ibe nemithamo engu-2.9 kuphela yabantu abayikhulu.
Ehlanganyele nabantu abanjengoMengameli waseMelika uJoe Biden, uMengameli wase-France u-Emmanuel Macron, u-Chancellor waseJalimane u-Angela Merkel kanye noNdunankulu wase-UK u-Boris Johnson, u-Ramaphosa unxuse iQembu Lamazwe Ayisikhombisa ukuthi lifake imali eningi ekuhloleni nasemithini yokugoma. Ucele ukuxhaswa kohlelo lwe-World Health Organisation lokusabalalisa ukufinyelela ezinyathelweni ezilwa nokhuvethe
“Kumele sibhekane negebe elikhulu lezezimali ekuhlolweni, ekwelashweni, ezintweni ezibalulekile njenge-oksijini nezinhlelo zezempilo ezenza ukuhlolwa, ukwelashwa nokugoma,” kusho uRamaphosa.
I-G7 ifaka phakathi i-Canada, i-France, iJalimane, i-Italy, i-Japan, i-UK kanye neMelika, amazwe ahlangene anesabelo esikhulu kunazo zonke se-GDP emhlabeni.
Ukuba khona kukaRamaphosa emhlanganweni kukhombise isimo esiyingqayizivele seNingizimu Afrika njengamalungu eqembu le-Brics futhi okuwukuphela komholi ovela ezweni elisathuthuka omenywe kwi-G7. INingizimu Afrika futhi iyona kuphela izwe lase-Afrika eliyilungu le-G20 enwetshiwe.
Umhlaziyi wezepolitiki uRedi Thlabi ukufanise lokhu nalowo owayenguMengameli uThabo Mbeki ngesikhathi emenywa engqungqutheleni ye-G8 eyayise-Scotland ngowezi-2005 ukuzobeka icala lokuguqulwa koMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN.
“Kuhle ukuthi iNingizimu Afrika ibe nesihlalo kuleli tafula,” esho.
“Sengathi singalisebenzisa kahle leli thuba.”
Isimo sezwe laseNingizimu Afrika sehliswa ngesikhathi sikamengameli wangaphambilini uJacob Zuma, ongakaze amenywe kwimihlangano efana nale.
Okunye okulungiswa kulo mhlangano yi-United States, ngaphansi kukaMengameli wangaphambili uDonald Trump, eyayingathandwa kakhulu. Abaholi be-G7 abakwazanga ukufihla ukukhululeka kwabo ngoBiden, omele ukubuyela kweMelika ekuzibophezeleni kumagugu entando yeningi.
Umthombo wesithombe: SA Government