Ezwenikazi lonke lase-Afrika, imakethe yezimboni yokudla eNingizimu Afrika, umholi wemboni, ithuthukiswa ngokuqhathaniswa. Ngesidingo esikhulayo sabahlali baseNingizimu Afrika sokudla okuhlanganisiwe, kubambe ukukhula okusheshayo kwemakethe yokupakisha ukudla kwaseNingizimu Afrika futhi kwagqugquzela ukuthuthukiswa komkhakha wokupakisha waseNingizimu Afrika.
Okwamanje, amandla okuthenga kokudla okuhlanganisiwe eNingizimu Afrika avela kakhulu esigabeni semali engenayo ephezulu, kuyilapho isigaba sabantu abahola kancane sithenga kakhulu ukudla okuyisinkwa, imikhiqizo yobisi kanye namafutha. Izibalo zikhomba ukuthi ama-36% emakhaya aseNingizimu Afrika ahola kancane achitha ekudleni okunjengamabele, isinkwa nelayisi, kanti amakhaya ahola kakhulu asebenzisa kuphela u-17% wezindleko zawo zokudla.
Ngokwanda kwesibalo samazwe aphakathi emazweni ase-Afrika amelwe yiNingizimu Afrika, isidingo sokudla okuhlanganisiwe e-Afrika naso sikhuphukile, futhi ngasikhathi sinye, kukhuthaze ukukhula okusheshayo kwemakethe yokupakisha ukudla kwase-Afrika futhi kwagqugquzela intuthuko wemboni yokupakisha e-Afrika.
Njengamanje, ukusetshenziswa kwemishini ehlukahlukene yokupakisha e-Afrika: uhlobo lomshini wokupakisha uncike ohlotsheni lwezimpahla, amabhodlela epulasitiki noma izimbiza zisetshenziselwa ukupakisha uketshezi, izikhwama ze-polypropylene, iziqukathi zepulasitiki, iziqukathi zensimbi noma amabhokisi asetshenziselwa impuphu, futhi okuqinile kusetshenziswa Amabhokisi, izinto eziyimbudumbudu zisebenzisa izikhwama zepulasitiki noma amabhokisi; imikhiqizo esetshenziswayo isebenzisa amakhathoni, imigqomo noma izikhwama ze-polypropylene, imikhiqizo yokuthengisa isebenzisa ingilazi, ipulasitiki, ucwecwe, amabhokisi amakhadibhodi we-tetrahedral noma izikhwama zamaphepha.
Ngokombono wemakethe yokupakisha yaseNingizimu Afrika, imboni yokupakisha yaseNingizimu Afrika izuze ukukhula kwamarekhodi kule minyaka embalwa edlule njengoba ukusetshenziswa kokudla kwabathengi kanye nesidingo sokuphela kwezimakethe zeziphuzo, ukunakekelwa komuntu siqu kanye nemikhiqizo yezemithi inyuka. Imakethe yokupakisha yaseNingizimu Afrika ifinyelele ku-US $ 6.6 billion ngo-2013, ngezinga lokukhula lonyaka elihlanganisiwe elingu-6.05%.
Izinguquko ezimpilweni zabantu, ukuthuthukiswa komnotho wokungenisa, ukwakheka kwezindlela zokupakisha ezivuselelwa kabusha, inqubekela phambili kwezobuchwepheshe, kanye nokuguquka kusuka kupulasitiki kuya ekupakisheni ingilazi konke kuzoba yizici ezibalulekile ezithinta ukuthuthukiswa komkhakha wokupakisha waseNingizimu Afrika eminyakeni embalwa ezayo.
Ngo-2012, inani eliphelele lemboni yezokupakisha yaseNingizimu Afrika lalingama-randi ayizigidigidi ezingama-48.92, okwanikela ngo-1.5% wenani lomkhiqizo we-GDP yaseNingizimu Afrika. Yize izimboni zengilazi nephepha zikhiqiza ivolumu enkulu kakhulu yokupakisha, oplastiki banikela kakhulu, banikela ngama-47.7% wenani lokukhishwa kwemboni. Njengamanje, eNingizimu Afrika, ipulasitiki kuseyiloluhlobo lokuzikhethela oludumile nolonga imali.
Inhlangano ecwaninga ngemakethe yaseNingizimu Afrika uFrost & Sullivan ithe: Ukunwetshwa kokukhiqizwa kokudla neziphuzo kulindeleke ukuthi kuqhube isidingo sabathengi sokupakisha kwepulasitiki. Kulindeleke ukuthi ikhuphuke iye ku-US $ 1.41 billion ngonyaka we-2016. Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba ukusetshenziswa kwezimboni kokufakwa kwepulasitiki kukhule ngemuva kwenkinga yezomnotho emhlabeni, kuzosiza imakethe ukugcina isidingo sokupakishwa kwepulasitiki.
Eminyakeni eyisithupha edlule, izinga lokusetshenziswa kokufakwa kwepulasitiki eNingizimu Afrika lenyuke laya ku-150%, ngesilinganiso sokukhula sonyaka esihlanganisiwe (CAGR) esingu-8.7%. Ukungeniswa kwepulasitiki eNingizimu Afrika kukhuphuke ngama-40%. Ukuhlaziywa kwesazi kukhombisa ukuthi imakethe yaseNingizimu Afrika yokupakisha epulasitiki izokhula ngokushesha eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo.
Umbiko wakamuva ovela kwi-PCI Consulting Company ubikezela ukuthi isidingo sokupakishwa okuguquguqukayo eMiddle East nase-Afrika sizokwenyuka cishe ngama-5% minyaka yonke. Eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo, ukukhula komnotho esifundeni kuzokhuthaza utshalomali lwakwamanye amazwe futhi kunakwe kakhulu ikhwalithi yokulungiswa kokudla. Phakathi kwazo, iNingizimu Afrika, iNigeria neGibhithe izimakethe ezisetshenziswa kakhulu emazweni ase-Afrika, kuyilapho iNigeria iyimakethe enamandla kakhulu, kanti izidingo zayo zokupakisha eziguquguqukayo zanda cishe ngo-12% eminyakeni emihlanu edlule.
Ukukhula okusheshayo kwesigaba esiphakathi, ukukhuphuka kwesidingo sokudla okuhlanganisiwe, nokwanda kotshalomali embonini yezokudla konke kwenza imakethe yemikhiqizo ehlanganisiwe yaseNingizimu Afrika ithembise. Ukuthuthuka komkhakha wezokudla waseNingizimu Afrika akugcinanga ngokugqugquzela ukwanda kwesidingo semikhiqizo yokupakisha ukudla eNingizimu Afrika, kodwa futhi kwafaka umfutho ekwandeni kokungeniswa kwemishini yokupakisha ukudla eNingizimu Afrika.
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