Abanye abadabuka eZimbabwe abahlala kweleBotswana bathi bakhangelele umnyaka ka2025 ngethemba elitsha lokuthi mhlawumbe kungaba lenguquko empilweni zabo, ikakhulu kumathuba afana leyemsebenzi kanye lamabhizimusi.
Kubelenguquko kwezombusazwe ebingakhangelelwanga ngabantu abanengi lonyaka abagoqela abadabuka eZimbabwe abahlala kweleBotswana.
Bethukile abanye ngoba bebengelaqiniso ngekusasa yabo kulandela ukungena embusweni kukahulumende omutsha. Kodwa ngemva kokuba uhulumende omutsha okhokhelwa nguMongameli Duma Boko etshengise ukuthi kasoke ahlukuluze abokuza, kulethemba elihle kwabeZimbabwe ngesikhathi bengena kumnyaka ka2025.
UMnunzana Aggrey Moyo okubhizimusi lokulima uthi ukungena kukahulumende omutsha kubafaka isibindi bengabantu beZimbabwe.
“U2025 usipha ithemba ukuthi ukuhlala kweleBotswana kungahluka kuleyinye iminyaka. Khona vele besekuqalalile ukuguquka ngoba singakhangela, umongameli owaphumayo wayelwela ukuthi abeZimbabwe bengene besebenzisa izithupha kukanti umogameli omutsha uyatsho ukuthi abeZimbabwe uyabathakazelela kakhulu.”
UMoyo uthi noma nje bekulesifiso sokuthi abasebenza imsebenzi yezindlini kanye lemapulazini labo benanzwe ngaphansi kweholo le minimum wage elibekwe nguhulumende, kuyathembisa ukuthi ikusasa ingcono kweleBotswana.
“Okusipha ithemba yikuthi umongameli ongenileyo uqhuba phambili ukuthi kuvikilwe ilungelo loluntu okuyinti ezaphathisa kakhulu abakithi ukuthi bephathwe ngemfanelo bathole njalo okubafaneleyo.”
Ibandla lika Boko ele Umbrella for Democratic Change labangelokuqala ukunqoba elalibusa eleBotswana Democratic Party selokhu eleBotswana lathola uzibuse ngomnyaka ka1966.
UNkosazana Sindiso Sibanda laye uthi okwenzakala ngemva kokhetho luka Mfumfu kunika inengi ithemba lokuzithuthukisa.
“Kulokuthula lokhe kwabalokhetho, okutsho ukuthi lathi silokuthula. Sikhangele ukuthi umnyaka omutsha uze lenguquko yokuthi labo abangalamaphepha baphiwe imfanelo yokuhlala elizweni.”
Kulentsha eyaphuma kweleZimbabwe layo isiyadinga ukuziphilisa emazweni afana leBotswana. Omunye wabo nguArtwell Mamvura ohlala eGaborone yena othi ukhangele ukuthi kuvuleke amathuba kwezamabhizimusi kanye lezemsebenzi.
“Noma ngikwelinye ilizwe, engikukhangelelweyo ngingomutsha ophila phandle kwelizwe yikuthi ngithole umsebenzi ubhadala imali engcono, njalo ngibe lokuyibhizimusi eceleni ukuze ngenelise ukungcina abazali ekhaya.”
Umnunzana Fortune Phakathi ongusomabhizimisi eGaborone uthi bakhangele ukuthi kuvuleke kumathuba amabhizimusi, ngemva kokubhekane lobunzima kumabhizimusi lonyaka.
“Sikhangele ukuthi mhlawumbe impilo izabangcono kakhulu ngenxa kahulumende osengenile. Sikhangele ukuthi amathuba amabhizimusi angathuthuka abe manengi.”
UPhakathi uthi ithemba ngo2025 yikuthi uBoko uzagcwalisa izithembiso zakhe zokuthi abeZimbabwe bathole amaphepha okusebenza lokuhlala kweleBotswana.
“Sikhangele ukuthi kube lesiqiniseko sokuthi umongameli abelesiqiniseko sokuthi abeZimbabwe bayathola amaphepha ukuze labo bekhululeke, bayenelise lokuhlawula imthelo enjenge tax, njalo kwenze imali ibhode kuhle kuthuthukise umnotho.”
Noma nje uBoko wathembisa ukunikeza abeZimbabwe amaphepha, kafakanga insuku zokuthi lokhu kuzafezwa nini, kulokukhathazeka kweleBotswana ukuthi leli nyathelo lilakho ukubona sebelwela imsebenzi labokuza.
UBoko yena uthi kuqakathekile ukuze kwaziwe ukuthi abeZimbabwe batholakala kuphi uma bedale amacala, njalo ukuba khona kwabo kuyaphathisa ukuthuthukisa umnotho weBotswana.
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