Sezivamile inhlelo ezokuhlasela amafutha ikakhulu kwabesifazane ngesikhathi abantu belandela iziqondiso zikahulumende zokuthi behlale emakhaya njengendlela eyokwenqabela ukumemetheka lokuthelelanwa umkhuhlane leCoronavirus.
Sekuzinsuku ezilitshumi ele Zimbabwe lithethe isinqumo esokuba abantu behlale ezindlini ukuze kuvikelwe ukumemetheka kwegciwane leCoronavirus lona eselisabalele umhlaba wonke jikelele.
Ukuthathwa kwalesisinqumo kudale ukuba kumiswe ezemidlalo kuvalwe njalo lendawo ezokwakha, ukuqinisa lokwehlisa umzimba, ezama gym.
Lesisimo sesidale ukuba kubekhona abantu asebeqale inhlelo zokwakha lokwehlisa umzimba besezindlini zabo abakubiza besithi yiLockdown Exercise Challenge.
Umhlali wedolobho lako Bulawayo, uNkosikazi Emma Nxumalo, uthi ukutshona ehlezi endlini sekumenze wathola isikhathi esokuba eqale uhlelo olokuba laye azame ukwehlisa umzimba.
“Bengihlala ngilokhu ngibalisa ngisithi ngizaqala uhlelo olokwehlisa umzimba kodwa ngingatholi isikhathi. Nge lockdown leyi besekumele ngiqale ngoba phela bengingacina ngiqhela ngamandla. Ngifake imifanekiso yalokho ebengikwenza ebulenjini njalo sengithole abangane esixoxisana ebulenjini labo abaqhuba uhlelo olufanayo njalo sisebenzisa loba yini nje okukhona endlini ukuzilolonga.”
UNkosazana Nobuhle Ndlovu, oyisizalwane seSouth Africa, uthi ubone imifanekiso efakwe ebulenjini eyabantu bezilolonga laye wahle wangena kuhlelo.
“Ngithole I challenge ku Facebook lami ngahle ngayamukela. Ekuseni siyatshelana ukuba senzeni kodwa okuqakathekileyo yikuba sidle kuhle ngoba nxa ungasadlanga kuhle umzimba awungeke wehle.”
Ohlala esigodlweni iHarare, uMnu. Luxme Peterson, uthi kuqakathekile ukuba abantu baphatheke kunhlelo ezokwakha, ukuqinisa lokwehlisa umzimba ngesikhathi bengavunyelwa ukuphuma ezindlini.
“Ngenxa eyokuthi umhlaba wonke ukhathazekile ngodaba lwempilakahle lokukhuseleka kwabantu mina ngikhuthaza abantu ukuba bephatheke kunhlelo ezokwakha lokwehlisa imizimba njalo lokhu abantu bengakwenza loba okwemizuzu emihlanu nje kuphela ngesikhathi besaqala ukuze imizimba ingedelelwa yimikhuhlane.”
Izizalwane zeZimbabwe zilaywe ukuba zihlale ezindlini zingaphumi kusukela mhla zingamatshumi amathathu ngenyanga edluleyo kaMbimbitho, kusiyafika mhla zilitshumi lathoba munwe munye ngalinyanga kaMabasa.