Abathenga bethengisa impahla koBulawayo bathi kumnyama phambili ngoba sebebanengi kakhulu emigwagweni okwenza bethole inzuzo ephansi ngelanga kulokho abakuthengisayo. Bathi akulanto eguqukileyo ngomnyaka omutsha ngoba badonsa nzima.
Bathengisa okutshiyeneyo emigwaqweni koBulawayo okugoqela imibhida, inhlanzi, inhlanyelo, amatamatisi, amakhabe, ulude, ikhabitshi, amabhawudo, izigqoko, izipenede, izipendamlomo lakho konke okufunwa nguzulu. Kulabanye njalo abathengisa ezifela emlonyeni, inyama, isitshwala lokunye. UGogo Rachel Tshabangu ngomunye wabathengisa okutshiyeneyo emigwaqweni edolobheni leli.
"Ngithengisa amazambane amanzi awomileyo indlubu ezomileyo umfushwa umkhomo konke khonokhu indumba le sugar beans ungiqalise kuhle ukuthi ngingathola stock sokuwoda ngingaba ngcono."
Inengi liyakhala lisithi akulamali kulez’insuku. UNkosikazi Georgina Ncube ngomunye wabo.
"Ayi kunzima kabi loDecember lowu ebesimkhangelele haya asiphumanga lalutho ngapha lama farmers lawo yibo abanye abasincindezelayo ngoba bayasithengisela izinto labo bephinde bebuye lama roli abo bezothengisa eceleni kwethu bethengise bona nge-wholesale price thina ukuthi sesiyathengisela bani asisakwanisi ukuthi sikuthengise sokubola sesilahla imali iyabe isifile."
Uyakhala loNkosazana Velile Khabo. "Akula nto eright akutshintshanga kutshintshe u5 ku4 lapha izinto zinzima izulu liyana kuhle number 1 siyakubongela sesizathola amanzi kodwa ama mina ngithengisa amagwili asiwatholi kunzima ukuthi siwathole ngoba izulu liyana I think ayabola phansi izulu seline kakhulu njalo lentengo yakhona isikhwelile isiphezulu so ubunzima esihlangana lazo yibo bonalabu lezikolo ziyavulwa kufanele ukuthi sithengise manje istuff asisitholi."
Kuminyene emigwaqweni okulabathenga bethengisa impahla abadlephana bebanga abazothenga. UNkosikazi Sphiwe Moyo uthi akulandlela ekhanyayo yokuthengisa impahla emigwaqweni koBulawayo.
"Order yiyo esitshaya kakhulu ukuthi ngabe council iyasinanzelela ikwanise ukuthi isenzele okuzindawonyana okuncani ithi lapha umuntu ayabehleli khona kumbe abhadale ngelanga ukuze sibe le order ngoba into evelingela order ayenzi, kayenzi ngoba any muntu uyamthola ehlezi lapha afuna ukuthengisela khona umthole ehlezi ethi akula ndawo yomuntu la, lami ngifuna ukuthengisa. Siyabe sifuna ukuphila and njengama ages ethu esilabantwana abasese bancane so, yeyi, kuyinto enzima kakhulu uyabukhumbula kuyakuthuma ukuthi ubuye back khonapha."
UMnu. Kenny Dube laye othengisa emigwaqweni koBulawayo uthi ukugcwala kwabantu ezitaladeni bethenigisa kuveza ukuhlupheka kwabo.
"Kuslow because yiviki yokuvulwa kwezikolo kodwa sikhangelele ukuthi kuza picker ukuba banengi emgwaqweni ye sibanengi because abantu bahluphekile badinga ukuphila kodwa awusweli."
Abanye abathenga bethengisa bakhala ngokubhubha kukagogo owayedume kakhulu uRose Nyathi, owayelwela amalungelo abo. Umngane wakhe uNaka Farai uthi akusebenzeki uGogo uRose engasekho.
"Siyabonga kuphela ukuthi izulu libuyile kodwa njengami ngaba lobuhlungu ngamuqalisa kabuhlungu waphela kabuhlungu ngamqalisa kabuhlungu ngoba nxa uRose engekho uzwa ngathi ngesinye isikhathi uyambona ekukhulumisa kumbe uza muzwa esithi naFarai nzakuthela ngamanzi but konke siyakubeka kuNkulunkulu ukuthi UNkulunkulu ulesizatho ngakho kumele sikuvume but okwakhathesi ngisezwa ubuhlungu."
Owayefundele ukuba ngumanjinela wendizamtshina ekolitshini leMidlands State University, uNkosazana Tsitsi Siwela, wake wathenga ethengisa impahla okweminyaka emihlanu engakatholi umsebenzi.
"Ngangithengisa emarket ngasebenza okwesikhathi eside ngithengisa amagroceries emarket okwesikhathi eside silabo Gogo Rose sisemarket kodwa ngiyabonga ngoba ngacina lami ukususwa esasikwenzwa emgwaqweni ngacina lami sengilenhlanhla
ngathola umsebenzi njengomuntu owaye lesikolo sakhe ethengisa kodwa elesikolo. Umnyaka omutsha ngawungena kuhle sengisebenza eAirport."
Umsekeli kaMayor wedolobho lako Bulawayo uKhansila Edwin Ndlovu uthi inani labathenga bethengisa likhuphuka nsukuzonke koBulawayo okwenza kuminyane okwesabekayo
"Ama vendors koBulawayo semanengi kakhulu abanye kasibazi ukuthi bavelela ngaphi abantu sebesuka kwamanye amadolobho babuye bezohlala be camp khonaphana ku 5th avenue laku 6th avenue bathengise osokubangela ukuthi kubele ncekeza enengi kakhulu ngoba akula zambuzi akula lapha abagezela khona sokuncolisa idolobho ngikhangele ezomthetho elizweni amapholisa kubonakale ukuthi abantu laba bengakhitshwa njani."
Inhlanganiso yeSolidarity Center ibika ukuba kulabantu abathenga bethengisa impahla emigwaqweni eZimbabwe abedlula izigidi ezimbili – 2.2 million. Ithi abantu laba bathengisa impahla ebiza phose amabhiliyoni amane – US$3.96 billion ngomnyaka.
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