Inkohlakalo ebhebhethekisa iNingizimu Afrika muva nje isingenele impi yokulwa ne-coronavirus, futhi abaholi bamabandla bathukuthele ngayo.
Umbhishobhi omkhulu waseSheshi eKapa, uThabo Makgoba, unxuse uMengameli wakhe uCyril Ramaphosa ukuthi aqinisekise ukuthi “abazenzisi” “namasela” eqenjini elibusayo i-African National Congress babuyisela lokho abakwebile emphakathini futhi bagqunywe ejele.
“Encwadini yamaKhosi, eTestamenteni Elidala, uNkulunkulu utshela u-Eliya ukuthi ashiye umhume ahlehlele kuwo, azihlanganise nomhlaba,” kusho uMakgoba ngo-Agasti 26.
“Ngokunjalo nanamuhla, uNkulunkulu uyasiphoqa njengeBandla ukuthi siphume ezindaweni zethu ezingcwele futhi sikhulume ngezimo ezihlupha abantu bakithi. Uma singakwenzi lokho, njengoba uJesu esho eVangelini likaLuka, wona kanye amatshe azokhala.
“Namuhla, Mnu. Mengameli, izinhliziyo zethu, imiphefumulo yethu, imizimba yethu kanye nezingqondo zethu zikhungathekile ngenxa yenkinga kazwelonke ebhekene neNingizimu Afrika,” kusho uMakgoa.
” Imali yomphakathi, imali esindisa impilo ehloselwe ukunikeza umoya-mpilo kwabampofu abaphefumulayo phakathi nobhubhane, isetshenziswe kabi, yebiwa ngokwedelela umyalo oseNcwadini ka-Eksodusi oyala ngamunye wethu: ungebi.”
Ngesonto eledlule iWorld Health Organisation uTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus uthe inkohlakalo ezungeze amagiya okuphepha ezempilo kubasebenzi bezempilo beCovid19 ifana “nokubulala”.
"Noma yiluphi uhlobo lwenkohlakalo ayamukelekile," kusho uTedros ku-webinar yomhlaba wonke yi-WHO.
“Kodwa-ke, inkohlakalo ehlobene ne-PPE (impahla yokuzivikela)… kimina iwukubulala. Ngoba uma abasebenzi bezempilo besebenza ngaphandle kwe-PPE, sibeka izimpilo zabo engcupheni. Futhi lokho kubeka engozini izimpilo zabantu ababasebenzelayo.
'UKUBULALA FUTHI KUMELE KUYEKE'
"Ngakho kuwubugebengu futhi kuwukubulala futhi kufanele kuphele."
I-Brazil nayo ibike inkohlakalo ye-PPE.
ENingizimu Afrika ibika ukuthi izikhulu zikahulumeni wasekhaya beziqongelela futhi zidayisa iminikelo yokudla eyenzelwe imindeni engenayo imali ngesikhathi sokuvalwa kwezwe kwavusa inkulumo-mpikiswano kazwelonke.
Khonamanjalo eGeneva, uTedros uthe inkohlakalo encisha abasebenzi bezempilo imishini yokuzivikela efanele (i-PPE) ayisongeli izimpilo zabo kuphela kodwa nempilo yeziguli zabo ezihlushwa yi-coronavirus yenoveli.
ENingizimu Afrika, bangu-115 abantu abasha abashonile ngenxa ye-COVID-19 ngo-Agasti 28 kwenze isibalo sabashonile safinyelela ku-13,743, kwathi abangu-620 132 asebegula bangu-533,935. Izindaba 24 kubikiwe.
UMakgoba uthe, “Izikhulu zenkohlakalo ezijoyine iqembu lenu, hhayi ngenjongo yokusebenzela abantu bonke kodwa ukuze zizicebise, zenze izinto ngendlela engajeziswanga - indlela abaziphatha ngayo iyabathena amandla, ichitha impilo yabo.
“Kulesi sikhathi emlandweni wezwe lethu, kumele sidwebe umugqa esihlabathini. Kanjalo, isho iNkosi, esithembele kuyo, abazenzisi namasela kumelwe babuyisele ingcebo eyebiwe yabampofu, futhi kumelwe bagqunywe ejele, lapho kumelwe bagqoke ama-jumpsuit awolintshi.”
Ngosuku olwandulela isitatimende sikaMakgoba ithimba eliholwa nguMkhandlu Wamabandla waseNingizimu Afrika lahlangana nezikhulu ze-African National Congress ukuze linxuse umphakathi ukuba ubhekane nenkohlakalo ye-COVID-19, UMkhandlu WamaSonto Wezwe kubikiwe.
INKOHLAKALO KANYE NOKUZIPHATHA OKUNGEKHO OKUHLE
Leli thimba linxuse bonke abantu abahlala eNingizimu Afrika ukuthi benqabe inkohlakalo nokuziphatha okungafanele.
Kanye neSouth African Council of Churches, ithimba lihlanganisa i-Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, iDesmond kanye neLeah Tutu Legacy Foundation, iNelson Mandela Foundation, iFoundation for Human Rights kanye NoMkhandlu Wokuthuthukiswa koMthethosisekelo waseNingizimu Afrika.
“Kuza isikhathi lapho ukuwohloka kokuziphatha kwabanye abasezikhundleni, nasezinkampanini ezizimele, kubukela phansi wona kanye umbono wobuzwe kanye nenani eliyisisekelo lenkonzo yomphakathi,” kusho isitatimende.
"Siphoqelekile ukuthi sigomele: Lena akuyona indlela esizokwaziwa ngayo njengesizwe."
Leli qembu linxuse ukuthi kube nokubekwa obala, ukuziphendulela kanye nokuphatha ngendlela efanele.
“Ubuholi beqembu elibusayo bubonakala buyekethisa ngaphakathi kubo,” kusho abaholi bebandla.
Ukuwohloka okunjalo kuleli zinga “kulungiselela ukuwohloka kokuziphatha kwawo wonke umphakathi, okuphumela ekubeni ukubusa komthetho kubukeke phansi.”
Banxuse i-ANC, esibuse kusukela ngo-1994, nawo wonke amaqembu ezepolitiki eNingizimu Afrika ukuthi angene esivumelwaneni esisekelwe ekuzibophezeleni komphakathi ekuphenduleni, ekuphenduleni nasekuvulelekeni.
Abaholi abaningi bamabandla babeseka i-ANC ngesikhathi ihola umzabalazo wokulwa nobandlululo, kodwa manje bathi, “ukulwa nenkohlakalo ngesikhathi kunyuselwa umholi obhekene namacala enkohlakalo esiShayamthetho sesifundazwe.”
