AbeZimbabwe abaphila ngokuthengisa, ikakhulu labo abathenga bethengisa kweleSouth Africa baveza ukukhathazeka ngokuvalwa komngcele lweMzansi Africa bethi sekuzaphazamisa ngamandla umsebenzi wabo.
Lokhu kwenzakala ngesikhathi iZimbabwe iphakathi kwesiqondiso seCovid 19 Level 4 Lockdown okwenyanga yonke kaZibandlela osekutshiye inengi likhala lisithi selizabulawa yindlala hatshi iCoronavirus.
Ophila ngokuthenga ethengisa kweleSouth Africa uNkosikazi Senzeni Mguni uthi kasazi ukuthi vele kuzophilwa njani.
“Ilockdown le esibangele lokuvalwa kweborder yeSA kuyasiphazamisa kakhulu ngoba yikho vele esiphila ngakho ukuthi siphile sibhadalele abantwana esikolo kumele ngicross iborder ngiyewoda ngizothengisa ngoba impilo yeZimbabwe angithi liyakwazi ukuthi inzima okunganani. Akula okunye esingakwenza ngaphandle kokuthi njengomama usukume uyethengisa ukuze abantwana badle baye lesikolo. Uma sekuvalwe iborder kunzima kithi ukuthi sithole ukudla, sidla nzima angazi lokuthi ngikuchasise njani.”
Omunye njalo ophila ngokuthengisa uNkosazana Jotina Lusinga uthi lokhu sekuzafaka impilo zabanengi engozini.
“Ukuvalwa komgcele wakweleSouth Africa sekufaka thina omama engozini enkulu ngoba yikho lapho ebesiphila khona ngoba impilo zabantu sezisengozini kakhulu ngoba abantu sebezangena emfuleni legangeni lapho omama ababanjwa khona iganyavu abanye bathathwa ngamanzi izulu liyana konke lokhu yingozi.”
UNkosikazi Madade Ndlovu omunye njalo ophila ngokuthengisa uthi udane kakhulu ngokuvalwa komngcele abawuthembileyo.
“Ngidane kakhulu ngokuvalwa komgcele wakweleSouth Africa ngoba yikho lapho ebesiphila khona besilabantu abasithengela basithwalele impahla zethu thina siseZimbabwe. Lokhu sekuyikuhlala phansi akuselalutho ngoba iBeitbridge yiyo ebesiyithembile siphila ngayo ngabe kuyenza bavule”
Umqondisi wenhlanganiso yabaphila ngokuthengisa, eyeBulawayo Vendors and Traders Association uMnu Michael Ndiweni uthi ngabe uhulumende uvule eminye imikhambo.
“Kuyadanisa kakhulu ukuvalwa kwemingcele ngoba inengi beliphila khona bethenga bethengisa lobanje bekudingakala incwadi ezidulayo. Lathi sesiphakathi kokuhlomisa abathengisayo ngokuthi bathenge bethengisa ezweni kuthi lohulumende avule imikambo evaliweyo ukuze abantu baphile ngoba ukuvalwa komngcele weSA kuyadanisa kakhulu.”
I-Zimbabwe ingene kulanga lesifica minwe mibili lelockdown yamalanga angamatshumi amathathu kulandela ukuqhamuka njalo ngolaka kweCovid-19 okubangele ukuba labaphila ngokuthengisa kuthiwe bahlale emakhaya emizameni yokwenqabela ukumemetheka kwesifo lesi kodwa bona bathi akulula ukuhlala ekhaya ungadingi okokuziphilisa.
Uhulumende nyakenye uthembise ukunika abantu okuyimadlana kokuthenga ukudla kodwa wenze lokhu kanye kuphela ngakhoke abantu lokhu belinde ukuthi mhlawumbe ngale iLockdown uzabaphosela njalo. Ngakwelakhe icele uhulumende uthi akala mali kodwa wenelise ukuqhubeka ngohlelo lokupha amacard alamatshumi ayisikhombisa lanhlanu-$75 kuzisebenzi zezempilakahle.
Kulandela ukumemetheka okwethusayo kobhubhano lweCovid-19, inhlanganiso kahulumende ebona ngokuhlenga abantu ezingozini eye Civil Protection Unit isiqale ukuthumela imibiko yokulimukisa uzulu ngobhubhano lweCovid-19 kuyewonke umuntu eZimbabwe, isebenzisa umakhal’ekhukhwini.
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