Abazali abalabantwana abasezikolo zemaBoarding Schools bathi sebehlalele evalweni olukhulu ngokuqansa kwenani labafundi asebehlaselwa yiCovid 19. Uhulumende ngakwelakhe icele uthi akukho okwethusayo ngoba ethethe wonke amanyathelo okuvimba ukumemetheka komkhuhlane lo, ezikolo njalo lumsebenzi uyaphumelela okwamagama.
Ukuqonga kwenani labafundi ababanjwe beleCOVID-19, ezikolweni zamaBoarding Schools ezinjenge Sacred Heart, Embakwe High School lezinye yikho osekwenze isabelo seMatebeland South sikhokhele ngabantu, asebefunyenwe belegcikwane leli kumaviki amabili edluleyo.
Unkosikazi Brenda Madlela umzali olomntwana ofunda ehlala khona uchasisa ngokukhathazeka kwakhe.
“Lokhe kuqhubeka kusiya phambili kubanjwe ama cases, sibona inumber ilokhe isanda. Sesithwele nzima lokulala ezindlini asisalali ngenxa yokuti ama cases ayanda le solution yakhona asiyiboni, angazi ukuthi singaphathiswa njani. Kunje abantwana basesikolo thina abazali asibaboni, bekulekhefu besingavunyelwa lokufika kibo sidinga usizo sure. Ukuthi ulale akuvumi ngoba ungakwazi kumbe owakho u safe loba hatshi.”
Umnumzana Thembakuye Moyo ugcinisihlalo weLupane enhlanganisweni yababalisi, eye Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) uthi ukuqansa kwenani leli akubamangalisi ngoba izikolo zavele zavulwa kungela manyathela aqinileyo okwenqabela ukumemetheka kwe Covid-19.
“Nxa sikhangela izinga lenani labantwana ababanjwa yi Covid-19 ezikolo akusethusi, akusimangalisi sasivele sibuzile ukuthi uhulumende selungele yini ukuthi kuvulwe izikolo abantu bakhanya besithi ababalisi abasafuni kubuyela ezikolo. Okwenzakalayo kutshengisela ukuthi kwakungela malungiselelo akhona. Uhulumende aluba uyakubeka kube sebola ukuthi eyehlulekile avumele abanye abantu bamncedise lapha ezikolo.”
Isikhulumeli sogatsha lwezemfundo yePrimary le Secondary Education, umnumzana Taungana Ndoro uthi abazali kabangethuki, uhulumende uthethe amanyathelo eneleyo okumelana le Covid-19 ezikolo.
“Abazali mabangethuki. Ugatsha lwezemfundo lusebenza ndawonye lolwezempilakahle lokondliwa kwabantwana ekufakeni indlela ezokukhangela umkhuhlane we Covid-19 ngokuthi abafundi ndawonye labo bonke abasebenza esikolo bahlolwe nsuku zonke. Ngokunjalo indlela lezi ezifakiweyo ziqhuba kuhle ngoba sezenelise ukubamba labo abalegcikwane leli abakade njalo labo abalomkhuhlane lowu bayahlolwa bekhonale ezikolo”
Usikhwicamfundo Solwayo Ngwenya ongumqondisi wesibhedlela seMpilo uthi lanxa uhlelo lokuhlaba ijekiseni yokuzivikela kuCovid 19, umkhuhlane uyaqhubeka umemetheka.
“Umkhuhlane uyamemetheka kakhulu. Siyaxwayisa njalo lokhu okuhlala kukhulinywa ukuthi kasingahambi kundawo eziminyeneyo, abantu bagqoke ama face mask, bageze izandla. Lokhu yikho kodwa okungasinceda kakhulu. Labasezikolo kabalandele izixwayiso ezifakwe nguhulumende ukwenzela ukuthi umkhuhlane ungamemetheki.”
Uhulumende useqinise abazali ngokuba kulendlela ezifakiweyo ezikolo ezikhangela ngomkhuhlane we Covid-19.
Isikhulumeli sogatsha lwezemfundo umnumnzana Taungana Ndoro uchaze ukuba isikolo ngasinye ngasinye siyakhangelwa ngabezempilakahle abaseduzane lesikolo, lokhu kwenzelwa ukuba uma kungaba lomuntu olezibonakaliso zomkhuhlane lo ahle akhangelwe ngokuphangisa. Ubuye wakhuthaza uzulu ukuba asebenze ndawonye ekumeleni lesi sifo ukuze ababalisi labafundi baphephe kubhubhane lwe COVID-19.
Kusenjalo ababalisi baqhubekela phambili besithi iholo labo alibavumeli ukuhamba nsuku zonke esikolo, ngalokhu bazaqhubekela phambili besebenza amalanga amabili ngeviki ngaphandle kokuba uhulumende akhuphule iholo labo.
Umphathintambo wezemfundo umnumzana Cain Mathema ekhuluma lentathelizindaba izolo ubike ukuba uhulumende uzahlawula laba abasebenzayo kuphela kuthi laba abangasebenziyo abayikuthola iholo.
Kugqitshwa ilanga layizolo isigaba seMatabeleland South besikhokhela ngokuba labantu abalikhulu lanye (101) ababanjwe beleCoronavirus, okwenza kube labantu abangamakhulu amahlanu lasitshiyagalombili (508) abalaliswe phansi sikhulumanje yiCovid-19 njalo siyakhokhela elizweni lokhe ngokuba lenani eliphezulu labantu abagulayo ngalumkhuhlane.
