Kuthuthukiswa amakhono abesifazane nentsha ngezinhllelo zakwa-RBIDZ
U-Agasti yinyanga lapho eNingizimu Afrika kugujwa kuphinde kuqhakanjiswe amagalelo abesibhuda ekubeni nesandla ekulweni nokungalingani. Ekuhlonipheni iqhaza elibalulekile eladlalwa yimbokodo ekulweni nobandlululo, iRichards Bay Industrial Development Zone (RBIDZ) iyaqhubeka nezinhlelo ezihlose ukuqinisekisa ukuthi amabhizinisi aphethwe abesifazane nawentsha ayahlomula kule nkululeko ekhona ezweni.
Ngokocwaningo olwenziwe, kuvela eKZN abesifazane yibona ababhekene nenhlupheko, abahlala emakhaya nasemadolobheni. Izifunda lapho abesifazane bephila khona ngobubha kubalwa iKing Cetshwayo, okuyilapho iRBIDZ ekhona. Nokuthi kulo nyaka mali, le nkampani isitshale izigidi ekutheni kuhlomule abaningi emnothweni.
Uhlelo lakwa-RBIDZ lokungenelela kwezemfundo nasekuthuthukisweni kwamakhono kwabesifazane ngenhloso yokugqugquzela ukuzimela kwabantu ngokwamabhizinsi. Ngokwenza njalo, le nkampani ihlanganisa osomabhizinisi abancane nezinkampani ezinkulu eziphethwe abesifazane.
Izinkampani ezincane ziyingxenye yohlelo lwentuthuko yeRBIDZ Phase 1A kanjalo nakuMedway Road naku-Phase 1F.
Ngaphezu kwalokho zingaphezu kuka-20 izinkampani ezincane ezigxile ekwakheni eseziqeqeshiwe zathola namakhono okuphatha umsebenzi, ibhizinisi nemali, ezokuphepha emsebenzini nezempilo nezobuchwepheshe.
Okunye wukuthi iRBIDZ izimisele ukubona kwesekwa iningi lamabhizinisi aphethwe abesifazane nentsha nanokuthi acathuliswe asebemnkantshubomvu ukuze bezodluliselwa ngokushesha ulwazi lwebhizinisi.
Babalelwa ku-75% osomabhizinisi abamnyama abayintsha asebeqeqeshiwe njengoba bengu-54% abesifazane abamnyama. Bangaphezu kuka60% osomabhizinisi abaqeqeshiwe asebenze umsebenzi beqashwa yiRBIDZ noma bengaqashwa ngqo kusetshenziswa uhlelo iContract Participation Programme (CPG). I- RBIDZ inomsebenzi ongaphezu kuka-R100 million osunikwe izinkampani ezincane zokwakha zendawo.