ULwandle Olubomvu luyindlela eshesha kakhulu phakathi kwe-Asia neYurophu. Ngenxa yokuphazamiseka, izinkampani zokuthutha ezidumile njenge-Mediterranean Shipping Company kanye ne-Maersk zishintshe indlela eya emikhunjini zaya endleleni ende kakhulu ezungeze i-Cape of Good Hope yase-Afrika, okwaholela ekwandeni kwezindleko, okuhlanganisa umshwalense, kanye nokubambezeleka.
Kusukela ekupheleni kukaFebhuwari, amaHouthi ayesehlasele imikhumbi yezentengiselwano engaba ngu-50 kanye nemikhumbi embalwa yezempi endaweni.
Njengoba iGaza Strip isondela esivumelwaneni sokuqeda imikhumbi, isimo oLwandle Olubomvu siyaqhubeka nokuphazamisa ukuthunyelwa kwemikhumbi emhlabeni jikelele futhi sethula izinselelo ezintsha: izinkinga zenethiwekhi ezingaba khona ngenxa yokulungiswa kwezintambo zasolwandle ezivinjiwe kanye nemiphumela yemvelo evela ekucwileni kwemikhumbi.
I-US yenze ukwehla kwayo kokuqala kosizo eGaza phakathi nenkinga yobuntu, lapho i-Israel ivuma okwesikhashana ukumiswa kwempi kwamasonto ayisithupha, okunemibandela yokuthi i-Hamas ikhulule abathunjwa. Kodwa-ke, ukuhlaselwa kwemikhumbi yezentengiselwano yizihlubuki zase-Yemeni Houthi ezisekela i-Hamas kwalimaza izintambo zangaphansi kwamanzi, kwathinta ukuxhumana kwamanye amazwe, ikakhulukazi ngomhlaka-24 kuNhlolanja eNdiya, ePakistan, nasezingxenyeni zaseMpumalanga Afrika.
I-Rubymar, ethwele amathani angu-22,000 kamanyolo, yacwila olwandle ngemuva kokushaywa yisibhamu ngoMashi 2, lapho umanyolo uchithekela olwandle. Lokhu kusongela ukubangela inkinga yemvelo eningizimu yoLwandle Olubomvu futhi kwandisa futhi izingozi zokuthunyelwa kwezimpahla nge-Bab al-Mandab Strait ebalulekile.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Mashi-05-2024
