Isivumelwano esitsha sokurhweba phakathi koMzantsi Afrika neChina kulindeleke ukuba siphucule urhwebo lweziqhamo.
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Ngenxa yerhafu eyi30% ebekwe yiMelika kwiimveliso zoMzantsi Afrika ezithunyelwa ngaphandle, kutshanje uMphathiswa wezoLimo uJohn Steenhuisen ubhengeze isivumelwano esitsha sorhwebo neChina esiza kuqukunjelwa. Eli nyathelo kulindeleke ukuba likhusele amafama kwaye likhusele imisebenzi.
Esi sivumelwano siquka iziqhamo ezintlanu – iiplum, iipesika, iinectarines, iiapilkosi kunye neeprunes – eziza kuthunyelwa eChina. Isithethi sikazwelonke seDemocratic Alliance (DA) nokwasisithethi kwimiba yezoLimo, uWillie Aucamp, uthe uSteenhuisen usebenzisana ngokusondeleyo noMphathiswa wezoRhwebo, uShishino noKhuphiswano ukugcina imarike yaseMelika ivulekile.
"Isindululo esihlaziyiweyo esijongana neenkxalabo zaseMelika singenisiwe, kwaye imiqobo ephambili yeenkukhu, iiblueberries kunye nenyama yehagu sele isonjululwe – kunye nokufika kwempahla evela eMelika kungekudala.
"Le ndlela incandi-mbini yokukhusela isabelo sethu semarike yaseMelika ngelixa sivula amathuba amatsha eAsia nakuMbindi Mpuma ibonisa ubunkokeli obunesigqibo nobusebenzayo obufunekayo ngamaxesha okungaqiniseki," utshilo uAucamp.
UMzantsi Afrika ukwazile nokuvula iimarike ezintsha ezifana nokuthumela iiavokhado zawo eChina, eJapan naseIndia, umbona eJapan naseIndia, inyama yenkomo negusha eIran, iidiliya kwiiPhilippines naseVietnam kunye nokuthumela iimveliso zeorenji eVietnam.