Izakhamizi phose zonke esigabeni eKezi zithi kazivunanga lutho lonyaka ngoba izulu kalinanga ngenxa yesikhudumezi somkhathi ese-El Nino esisemhlabeni wonke jikelele.
Abantu abanengi esigabeni lesi bathi sebethengisa izifuyo ukwenzela ukuziphilisa. Omunye wababhekane lendlala le nguMnu. Jacob Dube ohlala eNathisa.
"Sikhala ngendlala, lamanzi sinatha lenkomo lalawo manzi sinatha lenkomo secitshile. Sidubeka kakhulu amanzi vele asilamanzi, lezibholane asilazo. Asilalutho sihamba sigebha etshebetshebeni lapho okunatha khona inkomo lathi sinatha amanzi akhona aludaka kodwa akula ngeyinye ndlela siyanatha kuphela."
UNkosazana Vaida Dube ngosakhulayo olabantwana abathuthu uhlala eMathanda village. Uthi uphila nzima labantwabakhe.
“Ayi, kithi lapha kunzima impilo yakhona inzima ngoba into ezinengi asilazo ikakhulu thina abatsha imisebenzi akula sicela ukuncediswa ukuthi nxa kungaba labantu ama donor angasinceda ukwenza ama project ukuze senelise ukuziphilisa."
Umfelokazi ugogo uEvelyn Ncube oleminyaka engamatshumi ayisitshiyangalombili lanhlanu 85 ohlala yedwa eTshatshani uthi umangoye ulala eziko, kalimanga lonyaka ngoba amandla engasekho.
"Angizange ngivele ngilime ngahle ngehluleka khona ukulima, akuzange kune izulu njalo ngehluleka ukulim angenxa yokuguga."
EMalindi Village izakhamizi zithi azilimanga ngokuswelakala kwezulu. UNkosazana Hleziphi Moyo uthi bancedwa yizizalwane zakulindawo ezihlala eSouth Africa Le Botswana ezibathumela ukudla.
"Asilimanga kuhle lokhe sikhangele ukuthi lokhe siphoselwa ngabantwana babafowethu abaseGoli yibo abasiphoselayo.”
Umsekeli webandla elibusayo eleZANU-PF, uMnu Amos Dlomo, uthi uhulumende uyazama ukugcina abantu lanxa kungela kudla.
"Besicela engani uNkulunkulu engaletha izulu sithole amanzi ngoba lenkomo zinje so akula lutho ezilutholayo lani liyazibonela ukuthi kunjani noma inkomo ikhothama phansi awuboni ukuthi vele idobhani."
UMnu. Edgar Moyo ongumphathintambo wogatsha lwamandla kagesi njalo engummeli walesisigaba seMatobo North edale lephalamande uthi uhulumende wakhe uyazama ukusiza uzulu ngokudla.
"Indlala ikhona amanzi ayahlupla kodwa ikakhulu emunjini ekuholiseni abantu kukhanya kuhamba kuhle. Uhulumende uzame ukuthenga ukudla ukwenzela ukuthi abantu bethole okungabanceda.”
Inhlanganiso ezizimeleyo zithi kulabantu abedlula izigidi ezingamatshumi ayisithupha – 61 million ababhekane lendlala enkulu kuzwekazi leAfrica.
EZimbabwe kulabantu abafika phose izigidi ezilitshumi – 9.9 million abadinga ukudla ngenxa yendlala ebangelwe yikukhudumala komkhathi emhlabeni wonke jikelele.
UMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa wavuma ukuba kulendlala eyesabekayo elizweni ethi kudingakala imali efika amabhiliyoni amabili – US$2 billion ukuze kuncedwe abantu abalambayo.