Zikhanya zikhathazekile izizalane zeZimbabwe kweleSouth Africa ngemva kokuqonga futhi kwenani labahlaselwa ligciwane lecoronavirus lenkulumo kahulumende yokuthi abantu bengaqhubeka bengaziphathi uzabuyisela imigoqo ebenqabela ukwenza santando.
Umphathintambo wendaba zehofisi kamongameli weleSouth Africa umnumnzana Jackson Mathembu utshele abezindaba ngoLwesine ukuthi uhulumende ukhathazeke kakhulu ngokukwela njalo kwenani labahlaselwa yicoronavirus. Ethi uhulumende uphakathi kukuhlolisisa ukuthi angenzani ngemigoqo eyathukululwayo esithi yikho osekwenze abanye bephile sengathi icorona virus seyaphela.
“Sikhuthaza abantu ukuthi baqhubeke begqoka ama masks, begeza izandla ngama sanitizer lokuthi baxwaye ukuya endaweni ezilabantu abanengi.”
Umnumnzana Mthembu uthi ikomiti ebona ngokwenqatshelwa kwalo umkhuhlane izaqhuba umhlangano ngemva kwalokho umongamerli Cyril Ramaphosa abesesethula inkulumo yakhe kusizwe sonke ngokuthi kuzakwenzekani.
Le yinto esitshiye inengi lezizalwane zeZimbabwe zikhathazekile njengoba sekubhekwe kukhefu lekhisimusi. Ngeleli khefu inengi balubhekisa ekhaya ukuyabona izihlobo labangane.
Isizalwane seZimbabwe njalo oyisikhulumeli sebandla le The Patriotic Front umnumnzana Mxolisi Ncube. Uthi ukuvala izinto kugoqela lemingcele ebisivuliwe kungenza inengi labeZimbabwe bazithole sebephakathi kwetshe lembokodo.
“Thina njengabantu baseZimbabwe abebekhangelele ukuthi bahambe baye ekhaya ngeKhisimusi ngoba yiso isikhathi lapho esanelisa khona ukuthi sihambe siye emakhaya isikhathi eside siyejabula lezihlobo, kuzoba yinto ebuhlungu kakhulu kodwake kufanele sikuvume ukuthi ukuze zijabule kufanele siqale siphile njalo umkhuhlane lo uyabulala akusomkhuhlane esingadlala ngawo.”
Leyinto egcizelelwa yisifundiswa seZimbabwe umnumnzana Bongani Nyathi yena othi ngahle kubulalise labasekhaya ngendlala.
“ Kungaba yinto ebuhlungu kakhulu lokho ngoba abantu abanengi umnyaka usuze waphela bengayi ekhaya ngenxa yelockdown. Ma kungaba le ,lockdown ngoDecember kungahle kube kubi kakhulu ngoba abanengi baphila ngokudla okuthunyelwayo, impahla ezithunyelwayo zisuka eGoli. Kutsho ukuthi kungaba nguDecember omubi kakhulu.”
Ingcitshi kwezemikhuhlane umnumnzana Shabir Madhi uthi imbangela enkulu ebangela ukuqansa kwenani lababanjwa yilo umkhuhlane yikuthi abantu sebephila sengathi kawusekho.
“Okubangela ukukhwela kwenani leCovid-19 yikuthi abantu abasalandeli lokhu okufuze bakwenze ukuze bavikeleke.”
Sekulabantu abedlula izinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ayisikhombisa (over 700,000) asebehlaselwe ligciwane lecorona virus kweleSouth Africa. ISouth Africa seyavulela izizalwane zeZimbabwe ukuthi zingene lokuphuma elizweni kodwa uhulumende weZimbabwe wathi okwakhathesi kungena kuphela abalamapermit okusebenza lokufunda kweleSouth Africa.
Abafisa ukubuyela ekhaya labo bayavunyelwa ndawonye labamela ohulumende emazweni kanye labatshayeli bamaroli athwala impahla eziqakathekileyo. Uhulumende weZimbabwe usanda kumemezela ukuthi kusukela mhlaka 1 Mpalakazi uzabe esevumela ukungena lokuphuma kwalabo abahamba ngenyawo laba hamba ngezimota zabo andubana avulele abahamba ngamabhasi lamakombi.
Nxa iSouth Africa ingavala kutsho ukuthi abeZimbabqwe abasebenza kweleSouth Africa ngeke baye ekhaya. Nxa kungavalwa sebehambile kutsho ukuthi ngeke baphenduke sebesiza emsebenzini.
