Coronavirus
Babhekane leKhefu lePhasika Elimunyu kweleBotswana Ngokuqiniswa Kweziqondiso zeCOVID-19
EleBotswana seliqinise iziqondiso zeCovid-19 ngokungezelela amahola abantu abangavunyelwa ukuhamba ebusuku, awecurfew.
Lokhu sekuthundubeza amathemba abanye abeZimbabwe abakade bekhangelele ukuya ekhaya ngekhefu lephasika.
Umongameli Mokgweetsi Masisi ubike ngoLwesibili ukuthi eleBotswana seliza phindela njalo kumahola angeziweyo awokuthi abantu bengahambi ebusuku –icurfew.
Ekuqaleni kwayonale inyanga uMasisi ubebike ukuba i-curfew izayekethiswa ngamahola amabili, iqala ngehola letshumi ebusuku kusiya kwelesine ekuseni.
Kodwa ngoLwesibili, uMasisi ubike ukuthi sekubuyelwe kumahola akuqala, isungulwa ngehola lesitshiyagalombili kuyisa kwelesine ekuseni.
Phezu kwalokhu, uMasisi uthi ukubuthana kwabantu akusavunyelwa ngaphandle kwemihlangano eqakathekileyo egoqela iziphathamandla zelizwe.
Ekuqaleni kukaMbimbitho, uMasisi uthe noma nje kuyekethiswa ezinye iziqondiso zeCovid-19 eleBotswana belingakaphumi engozini.
“Lingabe linanzelele ukuthi umkhuhlane lo kwawehlangana kweleBotswana, kodwa uqonge okwamagama, osekufake izibhedlela lezinye indawo ngaphansi kwesisindo esikhulu.”
Amanyathela amatsha kamongameli Masisi atshiye abanye beZimbabwe belokuthandabuza phezu kwenhambo zekhefu lephasika.
Abanye kade bekhangelele ukulubhekisa ekhaya ekuqaleni kwekhefu lephasika, kodwa sekukhanya engathi kuzaba lukhuni.
Umnunzana Stanley Ncube ohlala eGaborone uthi ubona kuzangena iziqondiso ezintsha ngaphambi kwekhefu lephasika.
“Okukhulunywe ngumongameli kulakho ukuthi kuphazamise inhlelo zabantu abakade befisa ukuya ekhaya ngekhefu lephasika. Inombolo zabantu ababanjwa leCovid kazizinhle. Kulakho ukuthi kwengezelelwe ezinye iziqondiso, phezu kwalezi ezivele sezikhona.”
IBotswana izithola isegxakini ngemva kokuvumela ukuthi abantu bayehlaba ikhefu lekhisimusi.
Ngemva komnyaka omutsha inani labatholaka belegciwane lecorona liqongeokumangalisayo.
Ngalesisizatho, omunye oweZimbabwe eGaborone, umnunzana Mthabisi Dube uthi kaboni ikhefu lephasika lizafana leleminyaka yonke.
“Kukhanya kuzaba likhefu lephasika elimnyama uma sikhangela ukuqonga kwenani labantu abatholakala beleCovid. Okukuqala kungezeka ukuthi sivalelwe singavunyelwa ukuhamba. Njalo kulakho okwengezwa eminye imigoqo ukuze kunqabele ukumemetheka komkhuhlane kodwa ikhefu lephasika lizaba ngelinye nje.”
EleBotswana libike ukuthi inyanga kaNhlolanja yiyo ehamba phambili ngenani labantu ababulawa yiCovid, befike phose amakhulu amabili (193).
Lakuyonale inyanga sebephose befike ikhulu lengxenye (139) asebebhubhe ngomkhuhlane lo.
IBotswana ayikaqali uhlelo lokuhlaba ijekiseni yeCovid-19 noma nje yaphiwa amabhodlela ayinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amathathu (30,000) yilizwe leIndia ekuqaleni kwayonale inyanga.
Kusungulwa Inhlelo Zokuphungula Abafundi Emaklasini Ezikolo.
Ezinye izikolo koBulawayo seziqale ukuphungula abantwana emaklasini ukuze inani labafundi eklasini eyodwa libengamatshumi amathathu.
Ekuqaleni abafundi bebesiba ngamatshumi amane lanhlanu kusiya kwabangamatshumi ayisithupha eklasini. Lokhu kwenziwa phansi kwemizamo yokwehlisa ukumemetheka komkhuhlane weCOVID ezikolo.
Inengi labazali liveze imizwa etshiyeneyo ngemizamo eyenziwa ezikolo lapho ezinye zazo esezisengeza inani lababalisi emizameni yoku kungabi lokuminyana emakilasini.
Unkosikazi Debra Tshuma umzali olomtwana ofunda ibanga lesihlanu eNkulumane uthi kulinyathelo elihle elithathwa yizikolo.
“lmizamo eyenziwe yisikolo siyabonga ngoba besingakhangelelanga ukuthi abantwana kubanga eliphansi bazahamba esikolo malanga onke kodwa ukuthi badinge extra teachers kuyabongeka ngoba abantwana singathi baqala phansi abafudanga lutho and nxa bebalutshwane eclassin kulula ukuthi umbalisi abalandelele ebona lapha ahluleka khona.”
Unkosikazi Sithandazile Moyo omunye njalo umzali uthi bayemukela ukwehlukaniswa kwensuku zokuya esikolo.
“Sibona kungcono ukuthi bebe behamba amalanga ngesimo seCorona lesi esikhona noma behamba okwamalanga bebe befunda okuncane kulokuthi babebehlezi ngoba sebehlale isikhathi eside siyakwamukela ukuthi befunda amalanga wonalawo
Unkosikazi Patricia Tshabalala olilunga le Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association uthi kulobunzima ebazalini ngokuvulwa kwezikolo.
“lzikolo zivuliwe njalo zingcole kakhulu azigeziswanga, njalo kuthiwa abazali abazigezisele izikolo okuyibunzima obukhulu ukuthi umzali athenge amabhuku abhadale le School fees lesi esingajwayelekanga kubuhlungu kakhulu lokhu okwenziwa nguhulumende ngokubana angeke athwalise nzima abantu abazihluphekelayo. Abantwana labo ababalisi sizabaswela bazakufa ngoba I Covid nxa ikhona ngempela mpela bazakufa ngoba bazangena ezikolweni ezingcolileyo ngoba abazali abala mali yokuthenga isanitizer, abala mali yokuthenga umuthi ongagezisa isikolo, isikolo yindawo enkulu efuna ukugeziswa ngonanzelelo akulula sizabona ama casualties amanengi kakhulu lama deaths.”
Umnunzana Taungana Ndoro isikhulumeli sogatsha lwezemfundo uchasisa ngenyathelo likahulumende leli.
"Ukusebenza kwethu kusegcekeni ukuthi akumelanga iklilasi ibelabantwana abedlula amatshumi amathathu lanhlanu (35) sizama ukutshiyelana imikhandlu. Uhulumende uzancedisa ngokuthi alethe abanye ababalisi nxa bedingakala ukuthi kuqhubeke kule mfundo eqinileyo."
Izikolo zivulwe ngoMvulo weviki edluleyo, lapho okuqale abafundi ababhala imihloliso lonyaka, kuthi abanye bonke abafundi bavule izolo.
Inengi labazali liyemukela imizamo eyenziwayo yokwehlisa amathuba okumemetheka kwegcikwane leCovid. Lokhu kubuya ngendlela ezitshiyeneyo abanye bengena esikolo emini bezama ukuthi bengabi banengi esikolo ikakhulu ezikolo ezisemalokitshini.
Ingcitshi Zezempilakahle: Liyeza Igagasi Lesithathu, leCoronavirus Eliyingozi Ukwedlula Elakuqala.
Ingcwethi kwezempilakahle zikhuthaza uzulu ukuba emukele uhlelo lokuhlatshwa ijekiseni yokuzivikela kumkhuhlane weCOVID - 19 kanye lokulandela iziqondiso ezabekwa ngabenhlanganiso yezempilakahle emhlabeni jikelele, eye World Health Organisation lohulumende. Lesi sixwayiso siza ngesikhathi kusobala elizweni ukuba abantu abanengi kabala themba lejekiseni leCOVID-19 Vaccine, ngoba beqhubeka bebalutshwana abalihlatshwayo.
Lezi ngcwethi zithi kulokwesabela ukuba lingabe lisiza elinye igagasi lesithathu lolaka lomkhuhlane lo, elingaba yingozi ephindiweyo.
UProfessor Elopy Nimele Sibanda osewahlatshwayo ijekiseni leSinopharm Vaccine, uthi kunengi okukhulunywa ngabantu ngale ijekiseni osokusenza inengi lithandabuze.
“I Wave inye layinye, itshiya umkhukhuzela wayo phansi njalo iWave ingaba nkulu eyesibili, umkhukhuzela lowana lawo uba mkhulu njalo siyesaba ukuthi iThird Wave le ezabuya, asifaniseli, ezabuya, iyabe iworse kulalokho esiphuma kikho ngoDecember. Njalo ithuba esilalo loneli ukuthi khathesi kulethuba lokuthi umuntu angacatshwa iVaccine, asilisebenzise kuhle ukwenzela ukuthi singabi lohlupho lokuthi siyabuye sigijime futhi sidinga amaoxygene, sigcwalisa izibhedlela, silahlekelwa yizihlobo.”
Uxwayisa uzulu uSibanda ukuba engathikazi ukuyalihlatshwa lelijekiseni lapho ixetsha selifikile.
“Okwakuqala kuthiwa yi Risk Perception, ukuthi umuntu uyakwazi yini ukuthi yena uvele evikelwe yini, uledlozi yini elimvikelayo kuCOVID?. Nxa ulalo, hayi yekela, nxa ungeladlozi elikuvikela kuCOVID, hlatshwa. Ngoba khathesi nje simelele ukuthi ithird Wave isizaqalisa nje, iyakhwela futhi, amanumber ayakhwela, abantu bazaqalisa futhi ukugula. Nxa sekugulwa abantu kulapho abagijimela khona ukuyahlatshwa endaweni yokuthi bahle bahlatshwe isikhathi sakhona singakafiki, benqabele umkhuhlane lo kulokuthi beyedinga ukuthi belatshwe.”
Kwasekelwa njalo ngenye ingcwethi, uDokotela Henry Madzorera owake waba ngumphathintambo wezempilakahle kuhulumende womanyano.
“Ingozi ezakuba khona nxa abantu bengasahlatshwana lelijekiseni, yikuba uzulu uzokwala engengavikelekanga. Kungangcono ngihlatshwe mina, kulokuhlala nje ngingavikelekanga. ”
Kodwa esinye isakhamuzi seHarare, umnumzana Tinaye Chuma uthi yena uzahlatshwa kuphela nxa abe World Health Organisation - WHO sebethe iyasebenza limithi.
“Angilayo inkinga mina, yokuthi ngihlatshwe leyo mithi nxa kungevunyelwe ngokusemthethweni ngabe WHO. Lizananzelela ukuba ingcitshi umhlaba wonke zibhekane lobunzima ngenxa yalolubhubhane lweCOVID - 19. Nxa uzakuba khona umuthi olungileyo, kuleyo elungiswayo khathesi, angilankinga layo mina.”
Ingcwethi esebenza labenhlanganiso ye WHO eZimbabwe ngokuphathelane lenhlelo zeCOVID-19, uDr Lincoln Charimari uthi akumangalisi ukubona umuthi usetshenziswa lalapho ungakadluli kuhlandla lokuhlolwa njengalokho okwenzakale koweCOVID-19.
Utshele intathelizindaba kunsukwana ezisanda kwedlula emhlanganweni owenzelwe eGweru, uDr Charimari, ukuba lanxa bekumele iqale ihlolwe limithi ngelihlo lokhozi, ngabequla lengcwethi le WHO le Stratergic Advisory Group of Experts - SAGE anduba ivunyelwe ukusetshenziswa, oweCOVID-19 ulungiswe ngesiphangiphangi wavunyelwa ukusetshenziswa ngohulumende balawo mazwe phansi kweziqondiso ze Emergency Use Approved lapho ulungiswe khona emveni kokunanzelela indlela obubulala ngayo abantu umhlaba wonke jikelele.
“Abe WHO sebelazo ingcwadi zomuthi weSinopharm eziphakathi kokuhlolwa yileliqula leStratergic Advisory Group of Experts ukuze uvunyelwe. OweSinopharm owalungiswa ngabe Beijin Institute of Biological Products - BIBP ukhangelelwe ukuba, kusiyaphela inyanga yonale kaMbimbitho kumbe ekuqaleni kwekaMabasa, abeStratergic Advisory Group of Experts bazakube sebeqedile ukuwuhlola baphe imibono yabo kanye lalo owe Sinovac lawo olungiswa kweleChina.”
Ekutshoneni kwelanga langeSonto abezempilakahle baveze ukuba besebesedlula inkulungwane ezingamatshumi amane - 42 729 asebethe bayahlatshwa lelijekiseni le Sinopharm ukuzivikela kubhubhane lweCOVID-19 selokhu loluhlelo lusungulweyo ngenyanga edluleyo.
Zivuliwe Izikolo Kodwa Abanye Abafundi Babuyiselwe Emakhaya Ngoba Bengahlawulanga amaSchool Fees
Ngemva kokuhlala emakhaya phose umnyaka wonke abafundi bengayi esikolo inengi labo livuke ngovivi belubhekise ezikolo ngoMvulo.
Kodwa abazali bakhala ngokuthi izikolo azihlanzekanga lanxa uhulumende yena ubebika ukuba wenze wonke amalungiselelo okuthi zilungele ukuthi abantwana baqalise izifundo.
Abafundi abanengi bebebonakala belenjabulo ngokubuyela esikolo lobanje abanye bebebuyiselwa emakhaya ngoba bengahlawulanga imfanelo zesikolo njalo kubhadalwa ngemali yebulenjini yemabhanga hatshi iEcocash lemali mathupha.
UMnu. Thomas Nyamuda ongumzali ohlala koBulawayo upha umbono wakhe ngokuvulwa kwezikolo.
“Siyajabula ukuba izikolo zivuliwe abantwana bebesebehleli emakhaya isikhathi eside. Sikhangelele ukuthi lonyka uNkulunkulu asikhokhelele abantwana abafunde, kumnyaka odlule bekunzima abafundanga babhla lemihloliso njalo bayadlulela kuzifundo bengafundanga.”
UNkosikazi Nomalanga Dube ongumzali njalo wakoBulawayo uchasisa ngobunzima abhekane labo.
“Sibuyile lamhlanje esikolo Labantwana kodwa bathi abathathi icash le ecocash bafuna iswipe manje thina abanye asila bathi senzenjani.”
UNkosikazi Lilian Rwafa wasemzini weNkulumane ngomunye wabazali abehluleke ukubhadalela indingeko zesikolo.
“Kuthiwa sibuyele Labantwana ezindlini kodwa umthetho awutsho njalo nguECD B kuthiwa $2,5 uma ungabhadalanga yi$3,000. Akukho right abantwana bafunda lapha sebesibiselisa abantwana ezindlini. Khathesi bathi sizosika utshani thina abazali imali zakhona zisebenzani.”
UMngcinisihlalo wekhomidi yedale lephalamende ebona ngezemfundo, uNkosikazi Priscilla Misihairambwi Mushonga uthi yikwephula umthetho okwenziwe yizikolo ezibuyisele abantwana ngekhaya namuhla.
“Abakwenzayo akukho emthethweni angizwisisi ukuthi kungabalesikolo esithi abafunu ecocash bafuna iswipe kutsho ukuthi abafuni abantwana babuye esikolo izinto engizizwayo ukuthi umntwana ongagqokanga iuniform obhadala njani angikuzwisisi. Abaphathi abakwenzayo akukho emthethweni. Uma abazali bebhekana lobunzima obunje abaye kumaDistrict ezemfundo bayemangala njalo abantu bengavumi ukubanjwa njalo.”
Inengi labafundi abakhulum leStudio 7 bachaze ukuba bafundile njalo bayathokoza kakhulu ngokuvulwa kwezikolo. Abazali abanengi bathi bakhathazekile ngokuvulwa kwezikolo uhulumende engalungiselelanga okweneleyo.
Esikolo seMasuku Primary School koBulawayo lamhlanje iStudio 7 ifice abafundi balayinile phandle bethelwa umuthi wokuhlanza izandla, isanitizing, behlolwa lokutshisa komzimba lobanje abanye abafundi bebengela mamask njalo abazali, abafundi lababalisi bebesondelelene duzane laduzane bengananzi ukuvulelana izikhala, osocial distancing njalo isikhathi sokuqala izifundo abasibambanga ngelanga lakuqala.
UBulawayo Unanza Ilanga Labesifazana- eleInternational Women's Day
U-Bulawayo unanze ilanga lokuqakathekiswa kwabesifazana ele International Women’s Day lapho inhlanganiso ezibalisa iInternews, Cites, Amakhosikazi Media le Girls Table abaqoqe umbuthano wokuxoxisana labesifazana abakumsebenzi eqakathekileyo, ngesikhathi seCovid-19 bebonisana ngabahlangane lakho lokuba nyathela bani abangalithatha ekuzivikeleni ukubanjwa yilumkhuhlane.
Abesifazana abakumsebenzi oqakathekileyo abangamafrontline workers bathi bekungelula njalo lokhe kungelula ukusebenza ngapha betshayisa besiya emakhaya ngoba becatshangelwa ukuba bamemethekisa igcikwane leCovid-19.
UNkosikazi Nomathemba Mhlanga ongumongikazi ngomunye obhekane lobandlululo esibholaneni.
“Ngahlangana lobandlululo esibholaneni ngisiyakukha amanzi lemuli yami abantu bengibalekela ngibona njalo kodwa ngababonisa ukuthi iCovid ayikhethi kodwa kwabangumsindo esibholaneni ngoba abantu babesesabela ukuba ngizabathelela bathatha amabhakede behamba bethi kungangcono ngiphiwe amanzi ngisendlini ngoba ngingumongikazi.
Intathelizinda yeCites engene umhlangano walamuhla owasila kulolubhubhano, uNkosikazi Abigirl Khuphe uthi kuqakathekile ukuba amafontline workers bathole usizo.
“Amafront line workers kumele athole icouncelling ngoba indaba yeCovid iyakhathaza sihlangana Labantu abahlukile njalo isimo sabo asisaz. Uhulumende kumne inhlanganiso esizisebenzelayo kumele zisidingele abantu abazabe bekhulumisana lathi ngesikhathi sivela kumbe sisiya emsebenzini ngoba sihlanga lezimo ezisihlukumezayo ngendlela ezitshiyeneyo.”
UNkosikazi Sitshengisiwe Siziba uSenior Health Promotion officer kukhansili yakoBulawayo upha umbono wakhe ngejekiseni levaccine.
“Ngikhuthaza abantu ukuba bahlabe ijekiseni elivikela iCovid-19, mina sengahlaba njalo ngemva kokuhlaba kuqakathekile njalo ukuba abantu baqhubeke bezivikela ukubamba leligcikwane ngokugeza izandla, ukugqoka imusk ngendlela Kanye lokungasondelelani.”
UNkosikazi Sibusisiwe Bhebhe, obona ngokuqhutshwa kwenhlelo eMakhosikazi Media ukhuthaza ukuqiniswa kwemfundiso kwabesilisa ngokuphathelane leIWD.
“Ngikhangelele ukuba obaba baphatheke kulanga leIWD ngoba belesandla kubandlululo olubhekane labesifazana lamantombazana ngesikhathi ilizwe libhekane leCovid-19. Ubandlululo olunengi obaba balamandla okuluqeda ngoba bephethe izintambo lapho okuyabe sekumele kulungisiswe.”
Lonyaka leli langa linanzwa phansi kwendikimba yomhlaba ethi “ Women in Leadership: Archieving an equal future in a Covid-19 World”, kuthi eyelizweni isithi “Women’s rights to decision making vital in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic”.
Emizameni yokugcwalisa lezi ndikimba inhlanganso yeEuropean Union isifake inkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili lanye amadola eMelika, US$21m ezasebenza kunhlelo zakuqala zokuzama ukumelana lokuhlukuluzwa kwabesifazana lamantombazana eZimbabwe.
Uhlelo lwabe EU olweThe Spotlight Initiative luqhutshwa phansi kolokulwisana lodlame oluqondiswe kwabesifazana lamantombazana kunhlelo zeSustainable Development Goals-5 eZimbabwe.
