Abesifazana bathi bekunzima nyakenye eZimbabwe ngenxa yendlala edalwe yisikhudumezi somkhathi ese-El Nino.
Bathi kusakude phambili ukuba kulingane amathuba abo labesilisa ikakhulu kwezombusazwe.
Kugqitshwe umnyaka ka2024 ngoLwesibili abesifazana bekhala ngababhekane lakho umnyaka wonke, okugoqela indlala enkulu, ukuswela imali lemisebenzi, ukungathuthuki kuhle komnotho welizwe lamabhizimusi.
UNkosikazi Mqhele Sibanda uthi kunengi okubhekane labesifazana lonyaka.
"Lonyaka kunzima kubi umnyaka usuphelile isimo sibi kumnyaka ozayo siyabe aizihlalele emakhaya njalo lemithelo iphezulu."
UNkosazana Thandiwe Dube othenga ethengisa impahla lokunye akuthenga kweleSouth Africa uthi ibhizimusi lakhe beliphansi.
"Lonyaka akulamali kunje sesisiya kuMpalakazi kodwa ibhizimusi lokhe liphansi. Sesikhangelele kumnyaka ozayo ngoba lonyaka bekungasebenzeku."
Abesifazana abakhulume leStudio 7 bakhale ngesomiso esikhulu eZimbabwe, okulabantu abalambayo abedlula izigidi eziyisikhombisa - 7,7 million. Bathe bebesehluleka ukuselela imuli zabo lonyaka. Omunye wabadonse nzima nguNkosikazi Nomvula Mguni, olilunga ledale lephalamende.
Kwezombusazwe lakho abesifazana bayakhala kodwa bathi abalahl’ithemba. Bathi kusakude ukuba kulandelwe okuhlelwe kusiqa samatshumi amahlanu lasithupha, iSection 56 yesisekelo sombuso welizwe, esikubeka sobala ukuba abesilisa labesifazana bayalingana ngakho-ke akulamuntu okumele akhangelelwe phansi eZimbabwe.
Bathi lokhu akuzange kulandelwe ngomnyaka ka2023 kukhetho ngoba kwaba labesifazana abalutshwana kulabesilisa abangena edale lephalamende lakumakhansili. UNkosikazi Luba Masotsha isakhamuzi sakoBulawayo uthi kunengi okwabagwenxayo kwezombusazwe.
"Sikhangela kusukela.kukhetho lomnyaka odlule osekudale ubunzima esilabo manje lokuba lamalunga edale lephalamende eliphansi yikuthi abesifazana abalamali lempahla zokusebenzisa okucina kusiphazamisa njalo lonyaka ukuba sime njengabomama silwele amalungelo ethu ngoba asilamandla ezombusazwe uma siqathanisa llabobaba."
UNkosazana Samkeliso Tshuma umqondisi weThe Girls Table laye uthi abatholi usizo lakunhlanganiso ezizimelyo ezabesifazana.
"Lonyaka sibhekane lodubo lomthetho wePVO lobanje ungakabi semthethweni kodwa ingatsha zikahulumende zeziqalile ukuwusebenzisa njalo asitholi sekelo buye siyalandelelwa nguhulumende kakhulu."
Loba kunjalo, kukhona okunye okuhle okuthakazelelwa ngabesifazana, okugoqela ukukhethwa kuka Nkosazana Stella Nkomo nguMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa ukuba amele eleZimbabwe kweleIndia. UMaNkomo wayesebenza eZimbabwe International Trade Fair. UNkosazana Vivian Marara olwela amalungelo entathelizindaba uyakuncoma lokhu.
"Ungananzelela izikhundla zaphezulu ziphethwe ngabesilisa ngakhoke sikhangelele ukuba labesifazana baphiwe amathuba afanayo njalo sitshayela uVictoria labanye ihlombe."
Kulabesifazana njalo abathole izicoco zokulwela ilungelo loluntu. Omunye wabo ngumuyi uLucy Yasini, owayeyintathelizindabs eStudio 7, owathola isicoco senhlanganiso yeAmnesty International esokuloba indaba ezimayelana lelungelo loluntu. UNkosazana Lulu Brenda Harris osebenza eCenter for Innovation and Technology uyakuthakazelela lokhu.
"Kuyajabulisa ukubona abesifazana abanengi bethola izicoco. Lami lonyaka ngitholile izicoco zokuloba ngabesifana kanye lokubhala indaba ngezophenyo.
Abesifazana bakhala njalo ngokubhubha kuka Gogo Rose Nyathi owayethandwa kakhulu ngabantu ngabanengi, ukutshona kuka Nkosikazi Eunice Sandi owayekwezombusazwe labanye ababesaziwa ngokutshiyeneyo. UNkosikazi Patricia Tshabalala olwela ilungelo oluntu uthi ukubhubha kwabomama kukhathaza umuntu wonke.
"Banengi abesifazana abathe babhubha endaweni ezehlukeneyo kodwa kubebuhlungu kakhulu lapho sesihanjelwa ngamasotsha ethu abasimela besikhulumele kuzwakale. Ukubhubha kukaEunice Sandi Moyo loRose Nyathi kusitshiye egcekeni ngoba bebemela wonke umuntu bengakhethi bala."
Abesifazana bathi bazazilwela lonyaka ukuze bezithuthukise lemndeni yabo.
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