Bahlaba omkhulu umkhosi abeZimbabwe abasebenza kwele South Africa ngemva kokuqansa kakhulu kwenani lalabo asebelahlekelwe yimisebenzi.
Inani labantu abalahlekelwe yimisebenzi kweleSouth Africa seliqanse okwamagama okuyinto esitshiye inengi lezizalwane zeZimbabwe seziphila nzima kakhulu.
Okhokhela ihofisi kahulumende ebona ngokubalwa kwabantu umnumnzana Risenga Maluleke uthi inani labensundu abangasebenziyo selifika kusilinganiso esedlula amatshumi amathathu lanhlanu ekhulwini (36.5%).
“Ikhona eminye imisebenzi edalekileyo kodwa mincane kakhulu kulale elahlekileyo.”
Inengi labeZimbabwe bebesebenza endaweni zokudlela okuyizo eziphazanyiswe kakhulu yimigoqo yokwenqabela icoronavirus njengoba abantu bebengavunyelwa ukuyadlela kulezi indawo.
Lobanje lezi indawo sezivuliwe okwakhathesi, ukwethekela okwenziwe yile intatheli kwezinye zalezi indawo kutshengisa ukuthi inengi lazo zichitha isikhathi zingelabantu kwezinye bebalutshwana kakhulu.
Isizalwane seZimbabwe unkosazana Miriam Hlabangana uthi yena ngemva kokulahlekelwa ngumsebenzi impilo ibenzima okumangalisayo.
“Bengisebenza erestaurant but because of corona ngacina ngimiswa umsebenzi. And until now I have been struggling. Life has never been the same again. Angisakhoni ngitsho lokuthumela ingane ukuthi sithole okokudla. Azikhoni lokuya esikolweni.”
Le yinto egcizelelwa ngesinye isizalwane seZimbabwe unkosazana Sinini Dube yena othi abanengi baphelelwe zindawo zokuhlala abanye bacina sebebuyele ekhaya.
“Since amalockdown lecoronavirus angizange ngikhone ukugciga abantwabami. Abantwabami manje lesikolweni abayi. Ukuthi ngithumele ekhaya abazali imali ayikho. Kunzima since icoronavirus leyi ibuyile lamalockdown asazi ukuthi senzeni.”
Unkosazana Farisa Dlamini uthi okubuhlungu yikuthi ukulahlekelwa kwabo yimisebenzi lokhu sekusitsho ukuthi izihlobo zabo ekhaya sezisidla imbuya ngoluthi.
“Ngiphelelwe ngumsebenzi ngomnyaka ophelileyo. Bengisebenza kuprivate school efundisa ama sciences kuphela. Ayizange isaba kula kimi impilo emva kwalokho. Ukuphela komsebenzi kudale umehluko omkhulu kakhulu ngakithi ngoba ngingasenelisi ukubanakakela abazali bami labantwana bomfowethu. Umangoye usezilalela eziko egumeni lakithi. Isinzima impilo kubazali bami ngoba bebethembele kimi. Lakimi ukudla sekutholakala nzima.”
Unkosazana Pauline Nkomo uthi abanengi sekumnyama phambili lasemuva.
“Mina bengisebenza emakhitshini. So, kwenzeka ukuthi last year umlungu wami laye waphelelwa ngumsebenzi. Inkampani yakhe yavala so wasengifonela ngisendlini ethi khona ngeke esakwazi ukuqhueka nami ngoba naye akasasebenzi akasela income. Abantwana bami bayafunda. Kungihlukumeze kakhulu lokhu plus lalapha kimi irent, indlu seyavalwa, ukudla ngidla nzima.”
Loba kunjalo imbiko yamapholisa lamasotsha abalinda umngcele esabelweni seLimpopo ikhombisa ukuthi inani labeZimbabwe abangena kuleli ngokungekho emthethweni liqhubeka lisanda kungakhathalekile ukuthi lalapha imisebenzi isihlupha okwamagama.
Kusiyaphela umnyaka ka2020 inani labangasebenziyo liqanse layafika kusilinganiso esedlula amatshumi amathathu lambili ekhulwini (32.5%). Nxa sekubalwa lalabo asebedinge imisebenzi baze bakhalala inani labangasebenziyo selisedlula amatshumi amane ekhulwini (42.6%). Lokhu kutsho ukuthi kulabantu abedlula izigidi eziyisithupha (7.2 million) abangasebenziyo kwele South Africa.
Inengi lale imisebenzi iqedwe yikuvalwa kwamabhizimusi njengemigoqo yokwenqabela ukumemetheka kwegciwane lecoronavirus.
Isabelo seGauteng okulapho okulabeZimbabwe abanengi, ngesinye sezabelo ezile nani eliphezulu labantu abangasebenziyo.
