Jirgin saman Afirka ta Kudu – wanda ya taba zama katafaren sufurin jiragen sama na Afirka – ya dawo cikin kasuwannin Nahiyoyi, amma har yanzu akwai shakku game da karfin kudin shi.
Ya bace daga sararin samaniyar mu gaba ɗaya a cikin Satumba 2020, bayan da ya kamu da cutar ba kawai ga Covid ba har ma da wata cuta da ta addabi wasu dillalai na gwamnati – cin hanci da rashawa da rashin gudanar da mulki.
Yana iya zama a kan gab da siyarwa wanda zai ga ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu sun ɗauki kaso mafi yawa a cikin kasuwancin.
Sai dai kuma, a baya-bayan nan yadda ta gudanar da harkokin kudi ta shigo cikin matsanancin suka daga hukumar kula da kashe kudaden jama’a ta kasar.
A cikin wani rahoto mai zafi, Odita Janar Tsakani Maluleke ya bayyana cewa, bayanan kudi na SAA da aka zayyana tun daga shekarar hada-hadar kudi ta 2018-19 ba su da gaskiya. Kamfanin jirgin ya yi asarar a cikin shekaru hudu daga 2018 na dala biliyan 1.2 (£ 1bn).
Sai dai babban jami’in rikon kwarya John Lamola, ya ce hakan bai yi daidai da matsayin da kamfanin ke yi ba, wanda ke karkashin sabbin gudanarwa.
Ya ce lamarin ya inganta a cikin shekarar kudi ta baya-bayan nan, inda a yanzu kamfanin jirgin yana “gudanar da albarkatun da ake samu daga ayyukansa”.
A karshen shekarar da ta gabata, a wata alama da ke nuna cewa SAA na son sake zama babban dan wasa, ta sake bude hanyoyinta daga Cape Town da Johannesburg zuwa São Paulo, Brazil. Kuma a yanzu yana sayar da tikitin jiragen sama zuwa Perth, Ostiraliya.
Waɗannan su ne ƙauyukan farko na dogon zango na jirgin cikin shekaru uku. Ya dawo ne a watan Satumbar 2021, inda ya samu riba mai ban mamaki da ke ba da iyakacin adadin kasashen Afirka bayan ya fito daga ceton kasuwanci na son rai.
Wannan wani tsari ne da aka sanya kamfanin jirgin a karkashin kulawar kwararru na wucin gadi wadanda aka bukaci a mayar da kamfanin zuwa lafiyar kudi. Sun mayar da jiragen daga jiragen sama 44 zuwa shida kuma sun mayar da hankali kan kasuwar Afirka.
Yanzu yana nufin samun wasu nan gaba.
Mista Lamola ya shaida wa BBC cewa “Zabin São Paulo ya kasance ne sakamakon nazari mai zurfi kan harkokin tattalin arziki da na kasuwa.”
Ya kara da cewa, zirga-zirgar jiragen da ke tsakanin nahiyoyi na fatan inganta huldar kasuwanci da yawon bude ido a tsakanin kasashen biyu a matsayinta na mambobin Brics – wata kungiya mai fa’ida ta kasashe masu tasowa da suka hada da Brazil, Rasha, Indiya, Sin da Afirka ta Kudu.
Kafin barkewar cutar ta Covid, SAA tana sarrafa wasu hanyoyin sadarwa guda biyar daga Johannesburg zuwa wuraren da suka hada da New York da Hong Kong.
Wannan hanyar ta ƙunshi martabar da a da ke tare da jirgin. Da zarar mafi girma a Afirka, SAA ta fuskanci ƙalubale masu yawa a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata.
“South African Airways sanannen sanannen tsari ne a Afirka ta Kudu da ake kira ‘jihar kama’, inda aka samu rahotannin almundahana da suka shafi rayuwar kamfanin,” in ji Mista Lamola, ya kara da cewa ana ci gaba da bincike.
Wani bincike da aka gudanar a hukumance kan kama jihar da aka fitar a farkon shekarar 2022 ya nuna cewa kamfanin jirgin ya fuskanci cin hanci da rashawa tsakanin 2012 da 2017.
Sakamakon rashin gudanar da aikin, an tilastawa SAA dogaro gabaɗaya kan tallafin kuɗi na gwamnati na tsawon shekaru 10 don ci gaba da tafiya, lamarin da Covid ya yi muni.
“A wancan lokaci dole ne gwamnati ta sanya wasu rand biliyan 40 ($2.2bn) a cikin SAA,” in ji Ministan Kasuwancin Jama’a Pravin Gordhan.
An gudanar da shi tun 2011.
An sanya jirgin ruwan na kasa karkashin ceton kasuwanci na son rai a shekarar 2019 domn kare shi daga rushewa.
Farashin SAA
Daga nan ne aka tilastawa dakatar da duk wasu ayyuka a watan Satumbar 2020, yayin da take fafutukar neman ceto sama da dala miliyan 540.
A wani bangare na shirin ceton kamfanin jirgin, gwamnati ta sanar da shirin, a watan Yunin 2021, na sayar da hannun jarin 51% na SAA ga wata kungiya da aka fi sani da Takatso Consortium.
A karkashin tsarin, sashen gwamnati na kamfanonin gwamnati na rike da sauran kashi 49% na hannun jari, tare da tabbatar da dogon lokaci kan dabarun kasa a cikin kamfanin jirgin.
A watan Yulin da ya gabata, Kotun Koli ta Afirka ta Kudu ta amince da ita matukar dai an cika wasu sharudda.
Ɗaya daga cikin buƙatun shine dakatar da rage ma’aikata wanda ke ba da tabbacin tsaron aiki ga ma’aikatan SAA a lokacin tsaka-tsakin yanayi.
Sai dai ya fuskanci matsaloli, inda kungiyoyin kwadago ke zargin cewa ba a bi hanyoyin da suka dace ba. Wani kwamitin majalisar ya shirya yin kira ga Mista Gordhan ya binciki lamarin.
Takatso, tare da dumbin allurar da ta ke yi, an yi ta kallonsa a matsayin hanyar rayuwa ga SAA, amma kamfanin jirgin ya ce zai ci gaba da shirin fadada shi a nan gaba.
BBC/Ladan Nasidi.
