Izifuyo sezithengiswa ngemali ephansi kakhulu emaphandleni eBeitbridge ngoba sezicakile kanti njalo ezinye sezisifa ngenxa yendlala.
Abafuyi bathi izibaya zilakho ukuvalwa lonyaka ngoba besehluleka ukuthengela izifuyo zabo ukudla.
Ezinye izakhamizi zikaWard 6, eTsharalalani, zithi lanxa zikunanzelela ukuthi ziyaqilwa yilabo abathenga izifuyo ikakhulu inkomo, ziphoqwa yisimo sendlala ukuthi zithengise ukuze zithole okuya ethunjini futhi zithengele ezinye izifuyo zazo ukudla.
Inkomo eyodwa ivame ukubiza inkulungwane zamaRand ezingaphansi kancane kwezilitshumi kusiya phezulu eBeitbridge, kodwa kulezinsuku abafuyi bathengisa ngengcosana nje, kutsho isakhamuzi uMnu. Alifa Mbedzi.
Uthe, “Nyakenye inkomo, cow or heifer or steer ibibiza R4,000 kusiya kuR8,000. Kodwa khathesi seziqala kuboR2,500. Ngikhuluma kanje intengo yenkomo isifanana leyedonki.”
Ukuze kwenqatshelwe uhlupho lokuthengiswa kwezifuyo ngemali ephansi kakhulu, uhulumende usanda ukusungula imikambo lapho athi kuzathengiselwa khona inkomo ezigabeni.
Ukhuthaza abantu ukuba bathengise izifuyo ezindala kuphela lalezo ezingaphilanga kuhle ukuze bathole imali yokuthengela ezinye izifuyo zabo ukudla.
Inkomo sezicuba endaweni ezinengi.
“Izifuyo yilo ibhanga lethu eMatabeleland South, sivame ukuphila ngembuzi lenkomo lezimvu kodwa lonyaka kuzima, ziyafa sibili, kutsho uMbedzi.”
Abalimi bathi ngesikhathi sendlala yanyakenye, bekungcono kakhulu kubo ngoba uhulumende ubebasiza ngokudla kwezifuyo okulentengo ephansi kodwa lonyaka abakakuboni.
Lokho kutsho ukuthi abantu kumele bathenge ukudla okudulayo ezitolo lapho ibhele lotshani elilodwa elithengiswa ngamadola aseMelika asukela kwamabili alengxenye, US$2.50, kusiya kwamahlanu, US$5.
Isaka lokudla okugayiweyo elilesisindo samakilogram angamatshumi amahlanu, 50kg, lona libiza amatshumi phose amabili edola leMelika, US$18, kusiya phezulu.
Esinye njalo isakhamuzi sikaWard 6 uMnu. Ishmael Siziba uthi nxa kungaswelakala ongabaphathisa ngokudla kwezifuyo, izibaya ezinengi zizavalwa lonyaka.
“Siyacela ukuthi kunguba le-donor engasinikeza emgxenye 150 kg for izifuyo per head. Sezicakile intengo zazo isiphansi kakhulu abathengayo singathi badla mahala,” kutsho uSiziba. “Ungabona inkomo edulileyo lapha ingaba yiR5,000.
Amazwi kaSiziba agcizelelwe nguMnu. Rayman Ndou, yena othi isimo sibi kakhulu ngoba amadlelo abo esehlaliswe abantu abakha imizi.
“Ukufuya kuqakathekile njalo kuletha imali ebantwini abanengi kuyafuneka ukuthi amadlelo angehli. Uma ukudla kukulutshwane njengesikhathi lesi izifuyo zivame ukutshontshwa ngoba zihamba umango omude zifuna ukudla,” uNdou utshele iStudio 7.
Loba nje bekhona abanye abenelisa ukuthengela izifuyo zabo ukudla, abanye bathi esikhwameni akuvumi.
Omunye wabo uMnu Elson Moyo uth, “Makufika uuSeptember siyabe sesingasela nkomo ngoba asilandwo yokuthi siyathenga ngaphi ukudla ngoba kuyadula kakhulu.”
Umqondisi wogatsha olubona ngezokulima lenhlelo zokufuya eMatabeleland South uNkosikazi Shupika Sibanda utshele umsakazo weStudio 7 ukuthi uhulumende ulamabhele otshani azinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili, 20 000, azanikwa abafuyi abasebunzimeni ezansi yeMaNdebeleni.
Uthe, “Ziyafa izifuyo eMatabeleland South ikakhulu eGwanda, Insiza, laseMzingwane kodwa sesithole imbiko indawo zonke ukuthi ziyafa.
“Uhulumende usengenele ngokuletha i-Presidential Feed ezakwabiwa lapho inkomo ezicuba khona kakhulu njalo iZinwa isigebhe imigodi yamanzi azanikwa izifuyo lezi.”
Uhulumende uthi sekufe inkomo ezifika inkulungwane eziyisitshiyagalolunye, 9,000, lonyaka ngenxa yendlala ikanti ezingaphezu kwesigidi, 1.4 million, zisengozini yokucuba.