UMbutho wezoKhenketho woMmandla waseMazantsi e-Afrika (RETOSA) ukhokela iiNkomfa ezintathu phambi kokuphela kowama-2016; INkomfa yoku-1 yoNyaka ye-Afrika yoKhenketho oluZinzileyo, iNkomfa yesi-3 yoNyaka yabaseTyhini baseMazantsi e-Afrika abakuKhenketho kunye neNkomfa yesi-2 yoNyaka yoLutsha lwaseMazantsi e-Afrika kuKhenketho, apho uKhenketho oluZinzileyo luluyilo lweprojekthi apho abasetyhini abakuKhenketho kunye noLutsha kwezoKhenketho bahlala khona.
Iinjongo eziphambili zezi Nkomfa ziyafana; ukuququzelela nokukhuthaza uphuhliso loKhenketho oluZinzileyo kuwo wonke amaZantsi e-Afrika kunye ngokukodwa ukufaka isandla ekupheliseni intlupheko ngokhenketho. Kungundoqo ukuvala izikhewu kuphuhliso loKhenketho phakathi kwaMazwe angamaLungu eRETOSA, ngelixa kugxininiswa nesidingo sokuphucula uKhenketho phakathi kwamacandelo achongiweyo ekujoliswe kuwo.
I-RETOSA iza kusungula kwaye isingathe iNkomfa yokuQala yokuQala yoNyaka yoPhuhliso loKhenketho oluZinzileyo ukusuka ngomhla we-1 ukuya kowe-16 kweyeNkanga, ngowama-18 eRhawutini eMzantsi Afrika, kulandela ukusekwa kweQonga loPhuhliso loKhenketho oluZinzileyo eMazantsi e-Afrika nekhokelwa yiKomiti yesiGqeba enyulwa rhoqo emva kweminyaka emibini. Abathathi-nxaxheba boPhuhliso loKhenketho oluZinzileyo kwiNgingqi.
Eyokuqala yohlobo lwayo, iNkomfa yoKhenketho oluZinzileyo ijolise ekudaleni ikhonkco phakathi kokujoliswe kuko okuzinzileyo kunye nophuhliso lwentlalo phakathi kwaMazwe angamaLungu kwaye ifumane inkxaso kunye nokwazisa ngemiba yozinzo kuMazantsi e-Afrika. Le Nkomfa iza kubonelela ngeqonga kubathathi-nxaxheba abaphuma kuMazwe angamaLungu e-RETOSA kunye noluntu lokhenketho oluzinzileyo lwehlabathi ukuba badibane, banxibelelane kunye neengxoxo ngayo yonke imiba echaphazelekayo enefuthe kuzinzo lwecandelo lezokhenketho eliseMazantsi e-Afrika.
Ukongeza koku kungentla, abathunywa baya kubandakanyeka ekuqhubeni uhlalutyo lwesithuba esiyimfuneko ukuze bafumane ulwazi oluthe kratya kumathuba angundoqo kunye neenzuzo zophuhliso lokhenketho oluzinzileyo kunye nemiqobo ethintela amazwe angamaLungu kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba becandelo labucala ekuphumezeni inkqubo epheleleyo. I-ajenda yoKhenketho oluZinzileyo.
INkomfa yoNyaka yesi-3 yabaseTyhini kuKhenketho, ngomhla wama-28 ukuya kowama-30 kweyeNkanga, ngowama-2016 – eRhawutini, eMzantsi Afrika.
Following the Sustainable Tourism Conference is the 3rd Annual Women in Tourism Conference scheduled to take place from the 28th to 30th November, 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It has been noted that generally in RETOSA Member States, it is the women who are economically disadvantaged. The Conference will therefore focus on how tourism could be used as a pivotal avenue to empower women from both the urban and rural areas through job creation, entrepreneurship and business development, given its significant potential for socio-economic development.
I-RETOSA iyahambelana nomthetho-siseko kunye nesidingo sokubandakanya abasetyhini abavela kwiindawo zasemaphandleni kuphuhliso lokhenketho oluqhelekileyo, njengoko uninzi lwezibonelelo zokhenketho kuMazantsi e-Afrika ziyindalo kunye nenkcubeko, kwaye ezi zifumaneka kwiindawo zoluntu kunye nezisemaphandleni. I-RETOSA ikholelwa ekubeni ukuba ukhenketho lunegalelo ngokusebenzayo ekupheliseni intlupheko nasekudaleni ubutyebi, kubalulekile ukuba amanyathelo ongenelelo ekujoliswe kuwo asetyenziswe kucingwa ngabasetyhini, ngokunxulumene noku kulondolozo, ukhenketho oluzinzileyo kunye nokuthatha inxaxheba koluntu lwasekuhlaleni.
INkomfa yesi-2 yoNyaka yoLutsha kuKhenketho yowama-2016
I-RETOSA inethemba lokuba negalelo ekupheliseni ukungavisisani kwezentlalo okunxulunyaniswa nolutsha ngeNkomfa yayo yesi-2 yoNyaka yoLutsha lwaseMazantsi e-Afrika kuKhenketho (i-SAYIT), eza kuqhubeka ukusuka ngomhla we-7 ukuya kowe-9 kweyoMnga, wama-2016. Eyona njongo yale Nkomfa iza kuba ku ukunceda ukujongana nemingeni yokwandisa amandla okuvelisa kunye nokukhuthaza ingqesho, imisebenzi endilisekileyo kunye noshishino kulutsha ngokhenketho kuMazantsi e-Afrika.
Ulutsha luthe gqolo ukuba ngabona bathwaxwa ngamandla yingxaki yemisebenzi kuMazantsi e-Afrika. Kuwo omabini la mazwe aphuhlileyo nasakhasayo, ulutsha olungaphangeliyo kunye namazinga aphantsi kwengqesho afikelele kumanqanaba awothusayo.
Uphononongo olwahlukeneyo kunye nohlalutyo lubonisa ukuba kuya kubakho ukuphucuka okuncinci kwithemba labo lengqesho elisondeleyo. Ke ngoko kukho imfuneko ekhulayo ye-RETOSA yokuphucula iinzame zayo zokuxhasa amaphulo axhaswa ngamaZwe angamaLungu kunye nommandla we-SADC ngokubanzi ukuze kulungiswe imingeni eyahlukahlukeneyo ejongene nolutsha, ngakumbi, ukunqongophala kwamathuba emisebenzi kwicandelo lezokhenketho.
