Ukungabikho kwamalungelo abasebenzi kunamanje ekudalweni kwedayimane

Ukwamukelwa kweNqubo yeKimberley ngo-2002 kwaphumelela ekunciphiseni ukuhweba "kwidayimane legazi", njengoba labo asetshenziselwa ukukhokhela izimpi e-Afrika kuthiwa, kodwa umsebenzi wezingane ukungabi khona kwamalungelo abasebenzi kungakapheli ukukhishwa kwalesi samaminerali.

Brussels, Nov. 18 (Efe) .- I ukwamukelwa Kimberley Process ngo-2002 wakwazi ukunciphisa i-trade "igazi amadayimane", njengoba kubhekiselwe kuyo labo esetshenziswa finance izimpi e-Afrika, kodwa umsebenzi wezingane kanye nokungabikho kwamalungelo abasebenzi kungakapheli ukukhishwa kwalesi samaminerali.

Lokhu kwaqinisekiswa ku-Efe Serge de Backer noMarie d'Huart, abasunguli ye-My Fair Diamond, inkampani ezinikezele ukuthengiswa kwe "amadayimane okuziphatha", lawo angakuqinisekisa ngokugcwele ukulandelela kwayo.

"Wonke amadayimane athengwa kumayini ehlangabezana nezinga le-Mandeleo le-NGO Initiative for Development ngokusebenzisa i-Diamond (DDI), "kuchaza u-Huart, umcwaningi womphakathi onolwazi iseluleko esivela embonini yedayimani.

Uhlelo lweKimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), oluvunyelwene phakathi kwamazwe angu-69 ngo-2002, lanciphisa imoto emadayimeni amakhulu izindawo zokungqubuzana kuze kube ngu-0.2% wezingqikithi.

Noma kunjalo, njengoba kubike i-My Fair Diamond, "i-KPCS isebenza kuphela uma ukudayiswa kwedayimane kusetshenziselwa ukuxhasa imali kubahlubuki abafuna ukunqoba ohulumeni abafanelekile. "

Ngale ndlela, amadayimane akhishwe ezindaweni lapho amalungelo omphakathi kanye nezempilo abasebenzi aphulwa khona noma abanjwa ngesandla Umsebenzi wezingane ungaqhubeka nokudayiswa, isimo sibikwe yi-NGO Global Witness.

"Amagama amaningi embonini yedayimane ayabuza ukuthi i-KPCS ibe ukwandisa futhi ukuhlangabezana nokugcwaliseka kwamalungelo abasebenzi, "kusho u-D'Huart.

Uma ngabe lowo mgomo ufezekile, umbuzo wawuyoba kanjani ukugxila ekusebenzeni kwawo kanye ukulawula "ukuze kungabi nesifiso esingenalutho."

Kuze kube namuhla, i-My Fair Diamond isebenza ngamaminithi ayishumi nesishiyagalolunye eSierra Leone ehlangabezana nesilinganiso seDDI Mandeleo, nakuba bayenqaba ukuthengisela ukuthenga kwabo eGuinea noma iDemocratic Republic of the Congo "uma beqinisekisiwe ukusuka ekubukeni kwezokuziphatha".

Iqoqo lokuqala le nkampani lazalwa lokhu Ngonyaka owodwa emva kweKhomishana ye-CAP - umphakathi uhlose ukuthuthukiswa okusimeme - kuvunyelwe ukuqaliswa kwawo ngeDamond Centre ye-Antwerp (AWDC), idolobha elidlula kuwo 84 % of the diamonds ezimbi emhlabeni.

Ukudayiswa kwedayimane akusiyo impikiswano: i-NGO Global Witness ngokwayo yahamba njengomuntu obuka isimiso seKimberley Process ngo-2011 ethi kwakungazange kufeze injongo yayo futhi ayizange inikeze "ukuphepha okudingekile ukuqinisekisa ukuthi awubhekene nedayimani legazi". Marie / Huart ubonise ukuthi izindinganiso ze-KPCS Zihlanganisa izimo ezifana nokuxhasa ngemibuso yezidakamizwa ngokusebenzisa ukukhishwa nokudayiswa kwedayimane.

Kukhona nokugxeka komkhakha wokusabalalisa kwezinzuzo, njenge kaMengameli weZimbabwe - omunye wabakhiqizi abakhulu bamaDayimani, uRobert Mugabe, owamangalela ngo-2016 ukuthi izwe lakhe "lithole izigidi ezingu-2 000 zamaRandi ukuhweba amadayimane lapho inzuzo ingaba izigidi ezingaba ngu-15 000. "

Mayelana nalokhu, uNgqongqoshe Wezokumbiwa Kwamaminerali eNingizimu Afrika, u-Godfrey Oliphant, naye wazibonakalisa ngesikhathi Umkhosi weviki eBrussels weNkomfa ye-African Diamond (ADC), ukuqinisekisa ukuthi "iningi lezinzuzo lidlula kude ne-Afrika."