Lanxa inyathelo lokuphindela emsebenzini kwababalisi lithabise abazali abanengi, eZimbabwe, bakhuthaza uhulumende ukuba adinge indlela zokulungisisa izikhalazo zabo ukuze basebenze bethabile.
Abazali bathi njalo ukunganaki lezi zikhalazo kulakho ukudala ingozi enkulu kumfundo yabantwababo bona abavele bebhekane lodubo lokuthi sebelesikhathi eside bengafundi ngenxa yokuqhamuka kweCoronavirus.
Omunye wabazali laba nguNkosikazi Lindile Maphosa yenake othi kumele ababalisi baphiwe ezinye imfanelo ezifana lokudla, indawo zokuhlala lokunye.
“Ukubuyela kwababalisi asikho ukuthi bajabulile ngalokho abakuphiwe nguhulumende. Babiselwe yikuba inhlanganiso yabo enkulu Izimta ikhanya ithengisile, ngoba yibo abakade bemele bebakhulumele kodwa vumbu nanso Izimta isithi kababuyele emsebenzini”
Omunye njalo umzali waseHarare, uNkosazana Sikhangele Tshuma uvumelane lo Maphosa esithi lobanje abantwana bebesezikolo ababalisi bebengabanaki esithi lokhu kuyingozi empilweni zabantwana.
“Ukuvula kwezikolo akujabulisi ngoba ababalisi kababuyelanga ezikolo. Izikhathi ezinengi bayachitha isikhathi bedlala. Ngesikhathi se corona bebehlezi ezindlini, vele umnyaka bazawuqeda bengazange bafunde lutho”
Kodwa omela inhlanganiso yababalisi eye Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) uNkosikazi Mellisa Chingwangwana uthi bona kabavumelani labenye inhlanganiso elaye amalunga ayo ukuthi abuyele emsebenzini eye ZIMTA.
“Thina njenge ARTUZ sisaxoxisana lamalunga enhlanganiso yethu. Esesikutholile yikuthi abablisi abauyeli emsebenzini nxa bengatholanga imali engange 520US, iCovid-19 iyamemetheka ukuze sibuyele emsebenzi kumele kulungiswe lokhu”
Ingcitshi ecubungula ezombusazwe uMnu Tjenesani Ntungakwa uthi kumele uhulumende aqakathekise impilo yabantwana besikolo ngesikhathi umkhuhlane we Covid-19 usuqhamuka okwesibili.
“Aluba bekusenza abantwana bafundiswe ngezinye indlela, kungaba ngama e-learning loba ionline akwaziwa ukuba omunye uyabe evela ngaphi. Sike sezwa udaba lwe John Tallac”
Umphathintambo wezemfundo uMnu Cain Mathema uthe izikolo sezivuliwe njalo ababalisi bonke balalele isixwayiso sikahulumende esokuba babuyele emsebenzini.
“Izikolo zivuliwe. Ungitshela lokhu mina kangikwazi engikwazi yikuba izikolo zivuliwe. Ufuna ngikhulume izinto engingazaziyo”
Inhlanganiso emela ababalisi eye Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) izolo yethule umbiko othi ngemva kokukhulumisana lomqatshi bakubone kuqakathekile ukuthi amalunga abo abuyele emsebenzini.