Amakholwa esiKristu aweZimbabwe, lonyaka akhala ezimathonsi ngokwehluleka ukuhlangana bengamabandla apheleleyo, ngePasika, kulandela ukuhlasela kobhubhano lweCovid-19.
I-Phasika iqakathekile kwabokholo lwesiKristu emhlabeni jikelele okugoqela eZimbabwe ngoba kulapho ananza khona ukubethelwa kukaJesu Kristu esiphambanweni efela izono zalabo abakholwa kuye ukuba bathethelelwe.
Lonyaka njenganyakenye ukunanzwa kwePasika bekwehlukile kungenxa yemigoqo eyethulwa nguhulumende elandela iziqondiso zenhlanganiso yomanyano wamazwe womhlaba eye World Health Organization yokumelana leCovid 19, eziyalisa abantu ukubuthana bebanengi.
UMfundisi Useni Sibanda uthi iEaster likhefu eliyinsika yamakholwa amanengi.
“Isikhathi seEaster siqakathekile kithi thina amakholwa yiso isikhathi esikhumbula khona ukufa lokuvuka kukajesu ivangeli lethu limi ngalesi isikhathi singumgogodla wevangeli lesiKristu ukuthi uJesu wafa wavuka kwabafileyo wathatha izono zethu. Ngalesisikhathi kunzima kakhulu ukuthi kubelamaconference kodwa ngenxa yokuthi kunqunyiwe ukuba abantu bahlangane bebalutshwana amabandla ahlangana ebulenjini akusoze kufane lonyaka loba kuzaba labambalwa abahlanganayo.
UNkosikazi Lynette Dube olikholwa lesiKristu uthi zinengi indlela zokunanza iPasika abantu bengabuthananga.
“Kuqakathekile ukuba abantu balandele iziqondiso ezifakiweyo zokuba kuhlangane abantu abangamatshumi amahlanu ukuze kuvikeleke ukumemetheka kweCovd-19. Amabandla lawo angasebenzisa inkundla zebulenjini ekuphatheni inkozo ukuze wonke umuntu abeyingxenye yeEaster.”
UMnu Nqobizitha Donga uvumelane loNkosikazi Dube.
“Sikhuthaza wonke amabandla ukuthi belandele iziqondiso zelockdown ezokugqoka amamask, basanitize, social distancing endaweni abangenela kuzo bazame ngazo zonke indlela ukuthi umkhuhlane ungamemetheki ngalesiskhathi seEaster kucine kudala ithird wave.”
U-Donga uthi amabandla okholo lwesiKristu alakho ukuba lenkonzo zamaservices amanengi ngelanga.
“Esingakutsho ngenani le50 yikuthi amabandla abangakwenza yikuba lenkonzo ekuseni emini lantambama. Uma isikhwama semali sivuma bangene ebulenjini babelenkonzo ukuze khuhlane ungamemetheki.”
Kulandela ukuqhamuka kobhubhano lweCovid-19, nyakenye inhlelo ezinengi emhlabeni jikelele okugoqela laseZimbabwe, ziphazamisekile ngoba kube lemigoqo enqabela abantu ukuba bahlangane bebanengi ukuze igcikwane lingamemetheki lula.
Le yiPhasika yesibili ukuphazamiseka ngenxa yokuqhamuka kweCovid 19, kodwa lonyaka kube ngconywana ngoba uhulumende weZimbabwe eyekethise iziqondiso zokubuthana kwabantu evumele ukuthi abamabandla bangabuthanisa abantu abangamatshumi amahlanu sikhathi sinye.
