I-Centre for Information Resilience igqamise inkambiso ebalulekile ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, lapho izinkundla ezake zaba semqoka ekuthuthukiseni izintshisekelo zezwe laseRussia sezishintshele ukugxila eNingizimu Afrika. Lawa mapulatifomu manje abonakala eqoqa ukwesekwa kwe uMkhonto weSizwe I-Party (MKP), inhlangano evunywe owayenguMengameli waseNingizimu Afrika, u-Jacob Zuma. Lokhu kuthuthukiswa kusikhanyisela ngesu elibanzi le-Moscow lokuthonya imiphumela yokhetho emhlabeni wonke, ukusebenzisa inkundla yezokuxhumana ukuxhasa abaholi abahambisana ne-ajenda yayo.
Ukulandisa kokuzibandakanya kweRussia ekuguquleni umbono womphakathi ngezinkundla zokuxhumana akukusha. Izimo ezingokomlando, ikakhulukazi izinsolo zokugxambukela okhethweni lwase-US lwango-2016, zagcizelela indima yenkundla yezokuxhumana ekukhuthazeni ukungathembani ezinqubweni nasezikhungweni zokhetho. Amaqhinga afanayo abonwe e-Afrika, lapho izinkundla zokuxhumana zisetshenziselwe ukuqinisa imibuso yezempi esekela iRussia, ikakhulukazi eNtshonalanga Afrika.
UJacob Zuma, ongumengameli waseNingizimu Afrika kusukela ngo-2009 kuya ku-2018, owaziwa ngokuqinisa ubudlelwano neMoscow, umemezele ukweseka kwakhe iMKP phezu kweqembu elibusayo i-African National Congress okhethweni oluzayo. Kamuva, ama-akhawunti amaningana ezinkundla zokuxhumana, ikakhulukazi enkundleni X (owayeyi-Twitter), abekhuluma ngokufana phakathi kukaZuma noMongameli waseRussia u-Vladimir Putin, kuyilapho encoma izenzo zezempi zaseRussia e-Ukraine kusukela ngoFebhuwari 2022.
U-Tom Southern, umqondisi wamaphrojekthi akhethekile e-Center for Information Resilience esezinze eLondon, ugqamise ukuba khona okubalulekile ku-inthanethi kwalawa ma-akhawunti. Enye i-akhawunti enjalo inabalandeli ababalelwa ku-170,000 futhi ibilokhu isekela i-MKP noZuma, kwesinye isikhathi ifinyelela imibono engaphezu kwesigidi esisodwa ngokuthunyelwe ngakunye. Lo mkhankaso wedijithali uhlanganisa ukukhuthazwa kwe-MKP nokuncoma iRussia kanye nokugxeka umongameli wamanje waseNingizimu Afrika, uCyril Ramaphosa.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, lawa ma-akhawunti asabalalise amanga ajulile alowo owabe enguMengameli waseMelika uDonald Trump egunyaza uZuma, abanye abathi badabuka eRussia naseBurkina Faso—izwe elingaphansi kombuso wezempi eliya ngokuya lihambisana neMoscow.
Ephendula imibuzo mayelana nobunikazi balawa ma-akhawunti, umkhulumeli we-MKP uNhlamulo Ndlela uzwakalise ukungaqiniseki ngokuba semthethweni kwawo, ephakamisa ukuthi angaba abasakaza inkulumo-ze ngokwemvelo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umkhulumeli we-Kremlin u-Dmitry Peskov ukunqabile noma yikuphi ukubandakanyeka kweRussia kulawa ma-akhawunti.
Ochwepheshe abafana noPriyal Singh, umcwaningi omkhulu e-Institute for Security Studies ePitoli, bathola ukuhlobana phakathi kwamaqhinga aseRussia okubulala izinambuzane kanye nokwesekwa kweqembu likaZuma akumangazi. U-Singh ukhomba ubudlelwano obude phakathi kwe-African National Congress, izinhlangano ezihlangene nayo, kanye nezikhulu zaseRussia, kusukela emashumini eminyaka edlule.
I-Africa Centre for Strategic Studies ibike ukwanda kwemikhankaso yaseRussia yokusabalalisa ulwazi nge-disinformation kulo lonke elase-Afrika, imvamisa iqondise amazwe anentando yeningi entekenteke ukuze afake noma agcine imibuso evumelana neMoscow. INingizimu Afrika, nezikhungo zayo eziqinile, igqame ngenxa yobudlelwano bomlando phakathi kwezikhulu zayo kwezombusazwe neRussia, kusukela ngezikhathi zobandlululo lapho abanye osopolitiki bethola ukuqeqeshwa ezweni elaliyiSoviet Union.
Ngaphansi kobuholi bukaZuma, iNingizimu Afrika yajoyina iBRICS yalandela isivumelwano esinezinxushunxushu samandla enuzi neRussia, sigqamisa ukuxhumana okujulile phakathi kwalawa mazwe womabili. Ubuholi bukaZuma buphele ngo-2018 ngenxa yezinsolo zenkohlakalo, njengoba ucwaningo lwakamuva luveza ukuthi kube noshintsho olukhulu kwezombusazwe, okungase kwehlise ukubusa kwe-ANC okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-1994.
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