INingizimu Afrika inobugebengu obukhulu kakhulu kumazwe akwiSADC Region

Isilinganiso sobugebengu eNingizimu Afrika sikhuphuke ngo-21% eminyakeni emine edlule futhi manje singesibi kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika. Lokhu kwembulwe ku-Globalized Organised Crime Index, enyatheliswa yi-Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime.

Loluhlaka lokuhlaziya olulinganisa futhi luqhathanise amazinga obugebengu obuhleliwe kanye nezimpendulo zombuso kuwo wonke amazwe ayi-193 angamalungu e-United Nations. I-Globalized Organised Crime Index ifaka isilinganiso sobugebengu, esilinganisa izimakethe zobugebengu kanye nabenzi bobugebengu.

Isigaba sezimakethe zobugebengu sihlola ububanzi, ubukhulu, kanye nomthelela wemisebenzi ethile engekho emthethweni ezweni. Lokhu kufaka phakathi ukuhweba ngabantu, ukuhweba ngezidakamizwa, ukuhweba ngezikhali, ubugebengu bezemvelo, ubugebengu be-inthanethi, ubugebengu bezezimali, kanye nokuhweba okungekho emthethweni.

Isigaba sabenzi bobugebengu sifaka phakathi amaqembu esitayela sama-mafia, amanethiwekhi obugebengu, abantu abafakwe kuhulumeni, kanye nabenzi bobugebengu bangaphandle. INingizimu Afrika ibekwe phezulu kokubili ezigabeni zezimakethe zobugebengu kanye nabenzi bobugebengu, okubonisa inkinga ngobugebengu ezweni.

Kusukela kwashicilelwa i-Organised Crime Index yokuqala ngo-2019, iNingizimu Afrika ibilokhu ibalwa phakathi kwamazwe ayi-10 aphezulu kakhulu agcwele ubugebengu. “Imelela uhlelo lobugebengu olubonakala ngezimakethe ezingekho emthethweni ezijulile kanye nezinselelo eziqhubekayo zokuphatha kanye nokuphoqelelwa komthetho,” kusho umbiko.

Inkinga enkulu eNingizimu Afrika ukuthi isimo siya siba sibi kakhulu emikhakheni eminingi yobugebengu. Izwe libone ukwanda okukhulu kwamaqhinga okuphanga kanye nokuvikela, kanye ne-heroin, i-cocaine, kanye nokuhweba ngezidakamizwa zokwenziwa. Kwakukhona nokwanda okukhulu kwamacala ancike ku-inthanethi.

Umbiko uphinde wembula ukuthi iNingizimu Afrika inenkinga enkulu ngamaqembu afana nama-mafia, amanethiwekhi obugebengu, kanye nabadlali abagxile kuhulumeni. Lo mkhuba uyakhathaza. Amaphuzu obugebengu eNingizimu Afrika akhuphuke kusuka ku-6.16 ngo-2019 kuya ku-6.63 ngo-201, 7.18 ngo-2023, kanye no-7.43 ngo-2025.

Lokhu kwenze kwaba yizwe elibi kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika ngokwezobugebengu kanye nezwe lesikhombisa elibi kakhulu emhlabeni jikelele.