Coronavirus
Kambe iZimbabwe Izakwenelisa iHerd Immunity Ekupheleni Komnyaka?
Lanxa sokuhlatshwe abantu abedlula izigidi ezintathu lengxenye-3,7 million, ijekiseni lokuzivikela kuCovid 19, uhulumende uthi uzakwanelisa ukufikisa inani elidingakalayo lezigidi ezilitshumi – 10 million kusiyaphela lumnyaka ka 2021 ukuze ilizwe libe ngelivikelekileyo - i-Herd Immunity, njengokuthembisa kwakhe ekuqaleni kohlelo lolu lonyaka.
Okukhulunywa nguhulumende kuza kusaselokuthikaza kwabantu ukuyahlatshwa le ijekiseni njalo sekusele inyanga eyodwa nje ukuthi umnyaka uphele.
Umsekeli kamphathintambo wezempilakahle uDokotela John Mangwiro utshele intathelizindaba ukuthi zinengi indlela uhulumende azazisebenzisa ukukufeza lokho. Lokhu kugoqela ukuyahlaba ontanga ezikolo abaleminyaka esukela kwelitshumi lasithupha kusiya kwelitshumi lasikhombisa-16-17years.
"Ungakhangela abantu bakithi, inengi ngabasakhulayo, kungakho sizakuya kibo. Sizakuya ezikolweni, emabandleni ezokholo, ukuya ebantwini abadinga ukuhlatshwa leli jekiseni. Sizakube sikhona ezikolweni, zingakavalwa, ukuba leqiniso lokuthi sibahlabile. Imikhankaso njengalokho engikwenzayo, ukubayethekelela njalo sesihambise abantu bethu ngemota ama-mobile trucks ukuthi bangene emphakathini ukuze sihlabe labo abangakahlatshwa."
Esinye isakhamuzi sakoBulawayo, umnumzana Dumisani Moyo ukhuthaza uzulu ukuba asekela inhlelo zikahulumende ezinje.
"Ngoba lapha eZimbabwe i-Health situation yethu, lapha amekilinika langaphingaphi, asilungelanga ukuthi singalwisana layo leyo virus, ingasiqeda kakhulu okunye okwamagama. Sicela uhulumende enze lokho okumele kwenziwe ukuze lingamemetheki leligciwane njalo labantu benze lokho okumele bakwenze ukuze njalo bangalitholi. Okunje ngokuthi bangahlangani labantu, lapho okulabantu abanengi khona njalo bafake lawo ma-mask esisibona angani akusenziwa kakhulu ma sibona abantu e-town lapha, emabhasini."
Kodwa unkosikazi Patience Ngwenya waseHarare yena uthi lokhe engakalihlatshwa ngoba lokhu esesaba.
"Lento esizibonayo kuma WhatsApp lesizizwayo ukuthi, after kuma 3years, uyabe usutshwabhene iface, awusazali and nxa usahlatshwa laphana, ngizwa kuthiwa bathi ma ugula awuhlatshwa. Abakuhloli ukuthi ungaba ulomkhuhlane, abakubuzi ukuthi uyagula, bayakuhlaba kuphela."
Umfundisi Wyson Dutch webandla le United Evangelical Church uthi okwenza uzulu athikaze yikusilela kolwazi langendlela imikhankaso yeCOVID-19 ephathwa ngayo elizweni.
"Endaweni yokuthi lapho okwalomsotsha khona kwakumele kume udokotela, egqoke amagilovusi akhe, ele sepa, efundisa abantu ukuthi bageze njani izandla zabo kanye lokusetshenziswa kwe sanitiser, kalikwenzanga lokho. Abantu basala bengelalo ulwazi, asebekwazi yikuba ngingahlangana lepholisa, ngiyayigqoka kuhle leyo mask, engedlula, ngiyayehlisa. Kwakumele lolu lolwazi lutholakale yonke indawo. "
Liyasebenza iJekiseni Lokuzivikela kuCovid-19: Kutsho Ingcwethi Zezempilakahle
Ingcwethi zezempilakahle zikhuthaza uzulu ukuba ayehlatshwa ijekiseni lokuzivikela kuCovid-19, beqinisekisa abantu ukuba lilungile kungakho bengaze balalela imibiko ekhitshwa ngabanye enkundleni zokukhulumisana ebulenjini, eze-Social Media.
Linkuthazo iza ngesikhathi lilokhe lingathakazelelwa lelijekiseni abanengi beqhubeka bethikaza ukuyalihlatshwa ngezizatho ezitshiyeneyo.
Kunje lisesephansi inani lasebelihlatshwe kabili ijekiseni yokuzivikela kuCOVID-19 ukuze kuthiwe umuntu uvikelekile. Kungalesi sizatho ke ingcwethi kwezempilakahle bekhuthaza uzulu ukuba ayehlatshwa ukuzivikela.
Omunye walezi ngcwethi nguDokotela Trevor Chivandire yena osebenzela ehlangothini lwababulawa yilumkhuhlane, i-Covid Unity esibhedlela seParirenyatwa Group of Hospitals.
UDr Chvandire utshele umhlangano wokufundisa abezinkonzweni ngezempilakahle kunsukwana ezisanda kwedlula ukuba babili kuphela abalahlekelwa ngumphefumulo, bengababehlatshiwe ijekiseni le, ngesikhathi kuqhamuke uhlobo lwe Delta Variant.
“Ngitshilo ngathi ngisebenza kuCovid Unit. Ngingafakaza lokuthi kulokho esengithe ngahlangana lakho, ngisebenza kuCovid Unit, lapho engisebenzela khona sandise ukwemukela abantu abangu 30, nxa kuthiwa igcwele, abantu ababili kuphela ababelihlatshiwe lelijekiseni, yibo ababulawa yiCOVID-19 esibhedlela seParirenyatwa.
Nxa ngikhuluma ngabantu ababili laba, ngoba esibhedlela seParirenyatwa samukela izigulane ezigula kakhulu, kodwa silahlekelwe yizigulane ezinengi, kodwa ababili babo kuphela yibo ababelihlatshiwe lelijekiseni.”
U-Dokotela Chivandire uthi uzulu angaze alalela okuphuma enkundleni zebulenjini esithi ngoba okunengi kwakhona kungasi qiniso.
“Ayasebenza lamajekiseni, ayalwehlisa ulaka lomkhuhlane okokuthii kawusoze wadinga ukulaliswa esibhedlela lapho uthe wahlaselwa yiwo. Lalapho uthe walaliswa esibhedlela, amathuba akho wokuthi uphume uphila manengi. Labo abacina belahlekelwa ngumphefumulo ngenxa yomkhuhlane weCOVID, inengi labo kungabantu abangahlatshwanga.”
Umnumzana Jonathan Mzila wakoBulawayo uthi okwenza abantu besabele khatshana, yikusilela kwemfundiso lolwazi olwanelayo.
“Uhulumende bekumele yena afundise abantu ubuhle bokuthatha le Vaccine okunje ngokuthi if ungabanjwa yiCorona, uyakwazi ukusila, ama-chances akho a-high awokuthi usile, ama symptoms akhona aba less, awabonakali kangako.”
Ukubamba abantu ngamandla ukuthi bayehlatshwa njengalokho okwenziwa izisebenzi zikahulumende kungokunye, uMzila athi kwenza abantu bangalikhwabithi lelojekiseni.
“Ngoba ukuthi bafoselwe ukuthatha i-Vaccine, bona bengafuni, akusiyo nto enhle. Ngoba ekuqaleni uhulumende wayethe i-Vaccine le ithathwa ngumuntu uma ethandile. So, abamelanga bafose, kumele nje bafundise abantu ukuthi i-Vaccine le inhle lapha lalaphaya.”
Kodwa uhulumende uthi kuqakathekile ukuba abantu belihlatshwe lelijekiseni ukwenzela ukuthi ungaze wasabalala kangako lumkhuhlane kusize ekwenqabeleni ukuqhamuka kwelinye igagasi leSine ( 4th Wave ) elizweni.
Lokhu kuvezwe ngumphathintambo wezokukhitshwa kwemibiko unkosikazi Monica Mutsvangwa emhlanganweni lentathelizindaba ngemva kokuhlala kwedale labampathintambo eleCabinet liviki.
Uhulumende waveza ukuba ufisa ukuthi kusiyaphela umnyaka kube sekuhlatshwe abafika phose izigidi ezilitshumi-10million kumbe isilinganiso sokungamatshumi ayisithupha ekhulwini - 60% ukuze kuthiwe abantu sebevikelekile - i-Head Immunity.
Kodwa isilinganiso sabantu asebehlatshiwe okwamanje lokhe singakafiki lakungxenye kwaleso esifiswa nguhulumende.
Kawuhlonitshwa Umsebenzi Wethu eZimbabwe: Kutsho Abalisi
Ababalisi beZimbabwe bamanyana labamanye amazwe womhlaba ukunanza usuku oluqakathekisa umsebenzi wabo, olweWorld Teachers Day ngesikhathi bekhala ngokungazihluphi kukahulumende ukulungisisa inhlupho ababhekane lazo.
Lokhu kuphume embikweni abenhlanganiso yababalisi abafundisa emaphandleni eye Amalagamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe - ARTUZ abawethule ukunanza ilanga lanamuhla eleWorld Teachers Day.
Isikhulumeli seARTUZ, umnumzana Thembakhuye Moyo ulandisa kabanzi ngenhlupho ababhekane lazo.
"Izikhalazo zethu esikhala ngazo, liholo. Singalikhangela iholo
lethu, seligugudeke kakhulu, nxa ukhangela izidingo ezifunakalayo. Umuntu ulemuli, iholo lethu lingenelisa ukuthenga ingxenye yalezo zidingo. NgeSilungu sithi thina i-Salary isiyi 50% ye, kuthiwa yi-Total Consumption Poverty Line, eyiyo evezayo ukuthi umuntu uyahola, uyenelisa yini ukuthenga izidingo zakhe."
U-Moyo uthi ababalisi abafundisa emaphandleni babhekane lenhlupho eziphindiweyo nxa kuqathaniswa labasebenzela emadolobheni.
"Pho thina njenge ARTUZ, inhlanganiso evele iyeyame kakhulu kubabalisi basemaphandleni,
sikubona kuyikudlalela phezu kwesithunzi sombalisi, ukuthi umbalisi ahlale endlini yotshani, evuzayo, etshekileyo. Ukuthi nxa izulu lisina, kuyafana lomuntu ophandle. Umbalisi ehle, ahambe umango ongange 10km, 15km elanda isikolo."
Okugcizelelwe ngumnumzana Effie Dlela-Ncube owenhlanganiso ebona ngamalungelo abathengi eye National Consumer Rights Association – NACORA.
"Liqiniso elikhulu elikhulunywa yizisebenzi ukuthi kabaholi, abathwele nzima nxa uqathanisa lalokho abakwenzayo, njengamatitshala nje basebenza nzima okunye okumangalisayo. Kanti ke wonke umuntu alayo, ukufunda ayabe elakho noma kungaphi emhlabeni, yizandla lomcabango katitshala "
U-Ncube uthi balomsebenzi omkhulu ababalisi kuntuthuko yabantu hatshi e Zimbabwe kuphela kodwa lasemhlabeni jikelele.
"Kodwa nxa kuseZimbabwe utitshala uhlupheka kakhulu okwedlula bonke abantu, umsebenzi wakhe kawuhambisani lalokho akuholayo, ngakho kuqakathekile ukuthi uhulumende akulungise khonalokho, amatitshala ahole ngendlela efaneleyo, hayi lokho esikubonayo. Kwamanye amazwe baholiswa ngendlela enhle kakhulu, kodwa lapha bayizichaka, akulungiswe khonalokho"
Isikhulumeli sogatsha lwezemfundo ye Primary le Secondary umnumzana Taungana Blessing Ndoro utshele lumsakazo ecingweni ukuthi bayabanakekela kakhulu ababalisi njalo beqakathekisa umsebenzi abawenzayo wokuthuthukisa isizwe. U-Ndoro kodwa uthe akenelisi ukuthatshwa amazwi ngaloludaba ngoba ubekuhambo etshayela imotha.
Usuku olwe World Teachers’ Day lunanzwa emhlabeni jikelele mhlaka 5 Mfumfu minyaka yonke njalo lwaqala ukunanzwa ngomnyaka ka1994, ngemva kokulotshwa kwesivumelwano eseRecommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers, luhlangothi lwenhlanganiso yomanyano wamazwe womhlaba, olubona ngezemfundo olweUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, kanye lolubona ngezezisebenzi olwe International Labour Organisation, ngomnyaka 1966.
- Joseph Njanji
Usudluliselwe Phambili Umncintiswano WabeMarvelous Nakamba Foundation Under 17 Tournament
Umncintiswano wenguqu owabafana abaleminyaka engaphansi kwelitshumi lesikhombisa, ama Under 17, oqoqwa ngabenhlanganiso yeMarvelous Nakamba Foundation awuseyikuba khona lonyaka njalo abaqoqi bawo bathi usuzaqutshwa ngomnyaka ozayo.
I Marvelous Nakamba Foundation yinhlanganiso ebunjwe ngumdlali wenguqu oyisizalwane selizwe le Zimbabwe odlalela iqembu le Aston Villa kwele Ngilandi uMarvelous Nakamba.
Linhlanganiso iphathisa abasakhulayo kwele Zimbabwe ngokubabhadalela imali yesikolo kanye lokuthuthukiswa komdlalo wenguqu eZimbabwe.
Umncintiswano lo obekumele uqale lonyaka uhlose ukupha abasakhulayo ithuba elokuba babonwe ngamaqembu aphetsheya.
Umgcinisihlalo wenhlanganiso yeMarvelous Nakamba Foundation njalo enguyise ka Marvelous uAnthony uthi isikhathi kasisavumi ukuba umncintiswano lo ozangenwa ngamaqembu asuka endaweni ezitshiyeneyo zakwele Zimbabwe uqhutshwe lonyaka.
“Umncintiswano usazakuba khona ngomnyaka ozayo ngoba lonyaka sibone ukuthi isikhathi sesisitshiyile.
Asikabi losuku lwakhona njengoba sikhona sizahlala phansi njengenkokheli sibone ukuthi yiluphi usuku okuzaqhutshwa ngalo lumncintiswano kodwa wona usuzakuba khona ngomnyaka ozayo noma sekutheni,” kutsho uNakamba.
Umncintiswano lo ubuhlelwe ukuba ube khona ngenyanga kaNhlangula lonyaka kodwa wasudluliselwa phambili ngemva kokuba ezemidlalo zimisiwe elizweni ngemva kokuba kusuke kwakhuphuka inani lalabo abatholakale belomkhuhlane we Covid – 19.
Kungaphumelela ukuba lumncintiswano udlalwe ngomnyaka ozayo kuyabe kungokwakuqala ukuba ubekhona njalo abaqoqi bawo bathembisa ukuba bazaletha abasebenzisana labo abahlala phetsheya kolwandle ukuba bezodinga abadlali abangabadingela amaqembu okudlalela khonale.
Sikhangele umdlalo kakhilikithi;
Umqeqetshi weqembu labesifazane elimela ilizwe emdlalweni kakhilikithi uAdam Chifo uthi bazakwenza konke okusemandleni abo ukuba baqhube kuhle kumncintiswano wokudinga amaqembu azakuyadlala kumncintiswano wezizwe zomhlaba owohlobo lwe One Day International.
“Kusobala ukuba limidlalo esiyakuyo eye ODI ikuzinga eliphezulu kulale esisuka kuyo ngoba kulamaqembu alohlonzi kulathi.
Sizazama konke okusemandleni ethu kodwa ukuba lumncintiswano usithole silungiselele ngemfanelo.
Asijwayelanga ukudlala kuzinga eliphezulu kumidlalo ye ODI kodwa njengokutsho kwami sizazama ngamandla ethu wonke njalo lemidlalo yobungane esihlele ukuyidlala phambilini komncintiswano izasiphathisa kakhulu,” kutsho uChifo.
Lumncintiswano obizwa ngokuthi Women’s ODI World Cup qualifier 2021 uzaqhutshelwa kwele Zimbabwe kusukela mhla zingamatshumi amabili lanye kunyanga ka Mpandula usiyafika mhla zinhlanu kuMpalakazi.
Amazwe azancintisa ngabalisa ele Pakistan, ele West Indies, ele Sri Lanka, ele Bangladesh, ele Ireland, ele Thailand, ele Papua New Guinea, ele Netherlands kanye lele United States of America.
Amaqembu amathathu azaphutsha esendaweni eziphezulu yiwo azathola ilungelo lokuyadlala kumncintiswano wezizwe zomhlaba ozaqhutshelwa kwele New Zealand.
Zimbabwe Democracy Institute: Uhlangothi Lwezempilakahle Soluphanjaniswa Ngamandla Ngezombusazwe
Umsebenzi wezempilakahle phansi kukahulumende weZimbabwe ubikwa ungaqhubi kuhle ngenxa yikuphazanyiswa ngezombusazwe ikakhulu ngalesi sikhathi ilizwe lizama ukumelana lobhubhane lwe COVID-19.
Lokhu ngokunye kokuvezwe luphenyo olwenziwe ngabenhlanganiso ezimeleyo ecubungula ngezombusazwe eye Zimbabwe Democracy Institute - ZDI abalwenze phansi kwesihloko esithi “ LOCKING DOWN DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE’S COVID 19 ERA.”
Umqondisi we ZDI, uDr Pedzisai Ruhanya uthi loluphenyo belukhangela njalo indima edlalwa ngabakubutho emsebenzini wezempilakahle ngalesi sikhathi sokumelana le COVID-19.
“ Liyazi ukuba ngubani ongumphathintambo wezempilakahle, liyazi njalo ukuthi ngubani ongunobhala wogatsha lwezempilakahle, lizabona ukuthi sebesanda abakubutho kumisebenzi okumele yenziwe nguzulu.”
Okusekelwe ngesinye isiphathamandla seZDI, umnumzana Bekezela Gumbo.
“Uphenyo lolu luyaveza ukuthi abezamabutho laba bangena ngendlela ezintathu, kulo kuthiwa yiku aphoyintwa ngumongameli, ukuthi bathathe imisebenzi emikhulu kakhulu kwabezempilakahle njalo okwesibili sibone ukuthi baphiwe abantwana abangena bengaso mabautho, baya joyiniswa ukuthi bejoyine i-Army and abantu abasebenza ngaphakathi, abathokozi ngakho khonokho.”
U-Gumbo uthi sekulendlela esisetshenziswa yokubandlulula abantu ngemihlobo kuqhatshwa izisebenzi zezempilakahle ezivela kwezinye indawo zisiwa lapho okukhulunywa khona indimi ezingazaziyo.
“ Kukanti impilakahle ukuze ibe khona kumele umuntu ezwisise lokho omtshela khona, imithi yona leyi esiyithathayo ingasibulala ma umuntu ositshela ngayo ukuthi siyisebenzise njani engasitsheli ngolimi esiluzwayo. So sikunanzelele ukuthi khonokhuyana lakho kukhona, abantu babuhlungu ngakho okufanele ukuthi i-NPRC kumele ikukhangele ngoba iyindaba eye Peace and Reconsiliation elizweni.”
Umnumzana Ostallos Siziba uthi ukwanda kwabakubutho emsebenzini wezempilakahle akumangalisi.
“So khonokho kube yinkinga ngoba ekuqaliseni bayesenza becatshile ukuthi kufakwe uPermanent Secretary, kufakwe omunye. Khathesi manje sebengena, yikho ubona nje kuloVice President olisotsha, uyabe elokhe ephiwa i-identity yokuthi General, kuhamba kunjalo. Kula ma-Minister, kunjalo, kuyatholakala ukuthi khathesi bengene kuCOVID njengoba sebekwazi ukuthi indaba yeCOVID, bayithatha imali yonke bathi thina yithi esizadistribyuta, yithi esizathenga, yithi esiza admnistrator, imali zakhona.”
Lumsakazo kawusanelisanga ukuzwa okuvelela kuhulumende njengoba esinye seziphathamandla kugatsha lwezempilakahle umnumzana Donald Mujiri ethe angake apha umbono wakhe njengoba engakaluboni lologwalo olumumethe impumela yophenyo olwenziwe ngabe ZDI.
Ugwalo lwempumela yophenyo lwabe ZDI luphethe ngokuxwayisa abenhlangothi ezitshiyeneyo zempilo ukuba zihlolisise indaba zokwephulwa kwelungelo loluntu emsebenzini wezempilakahle ngalesi sikhathi sobhubhane lwe COVID - 19.
Bakhuthaza ukuba kuqakathekiswe ukulondolozwa kwelungelo lomuntu wonke elizweni lokuthola lula usizo lokwelatshwa ezibhedlela zikahulumende lokuthi zibhalwe phansi izehlakalo zenkohlakalo ngalesi sikhathi sobhubhane lwe COVID-19.