EleBotswana seliqinise iziqondiso zeCovid-19 ngokungezelela amahola abantu abangavunyelwa ukuhamba ebusuku, awecurfew.
Lokhu sekuthundubeza amathemba abanye abeZimbabwe abakade bekhangelele ukuya ekhaya ngekhefu lephasika.
Umongameli Mokgweetsi Masisi ubike ngoLwesibili ukuthi eleBotswana seliza phindela njalo kumahola angeziweyo awokuthi abantu bengahambi ebusuku –icurfew.
Ekuqaleni kwayonale inyanga uMasisi ubebike ukuba i-curfew izayekethiswa ngamahola amabili, iqala ngehola letshumi ebusuku kusiya kwelesine ekuseni.
Kodwa ngoLwesibili, uMasisi ubike ukuthi sekubuyelwe kumahola akuqala, isungulwa ngehola lesitshiyagalombili kuyisa kwelesine ekuseni.
Phezu kwalokhu, uMasisi uthi ukubuthana kwabantu akusavunyelwa ngaphandle kwemihlangano eqakathekileyo egoqela iziphathamandla zelizwe.
Ekuqaleni kukaMbimbitho, uMasisi uthe noma nje kuyekethiswa ezinye iziqondiso zeCovid-19 eleBotswana belingakaphumi engozini.
“Lingabe linanzelele ukuthi umkhuhlane lo kwawehlangana kweleBotswana, kodwa uqonge okwamagama, osekufake izibhedlela lezinye indawo ngaphansi kwesisindo esikhulu.”
Amanyathela amatsha kamongameli Masisi atshiye abanye beZimbabwe belokuthandabuza phezu kwenhambo zekhefu lephasika.
Abanye kade bekhangelele ukulubhekisa ekhaya ekuqaleni kwekhefu lephasika, kodwa sekukhanya engathi kuzaba lukhuni.
Umnunzana Stanley Ncube ohlala eGaborone uthi ubona kuzangena iziqondiso ezintsha ngaphambi kwekhefu lephasika.
“Okukhulunywe ngumongameli kulakho ukuthi kuphazamise inhlelo zabantu abakade befisa ukuya ekhaya ngekhefu lephasika. Inombolo zabantu ababanjwa leCovid kazizinhle. Kulakho ukuthi kwengezelelwe ezinye iziqondiso, phezu kwalezi ezivele sezikhona.”
IBotswana izithola isegxakini ngemva kokuvumela ukuthi abantu bayehlaba ikhefu lekhisimusi.
Ngemva komnyaka omutsha inani labatholaka belegciwane lecorona liqongeokumangalisayo.
Ngalesisizatho, omunye oweZimbabwe eGaborone, umnunzana Mthabisi Dube uthi kaboni ikhefu lephasika lizafana leleminyaka yonke.
“Kukhanya kuzaba likhefu lephasika elimnyama uma sikhangela ukuqonga kwenani labantu abatholakala beleCovid. Okukuqala kungezeka ukuthi sivalelwe singavunyelwa ukuhamba. Njalo kulakho okwengezwa eminye imigoqo ukuze kunqabele ukumemetheka komkhuhlane kodwa ikhefu lephasika lizaba ngelinye nje.”
EleBotswana libike ukuthi inyanga kaNhlolanja yiyo ehamba phambili ngenani labantu ababulawa yiCovid, befike phose amakhulu amabili (193).
Lakuyonale inyanga sebephose befike ikhulu lengxenye (139) asebebhubhe ngomkhuhlane lo.
IBotswana ayikaqali uhlelo lokuhlaba ijekiseni yeCovid-19 noma nje yaphiwa amabhodlela ayinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amathathu (30,000) yilizwe leIndia ekuqaleni kwayonale inyanga.