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Bayabuya eChina

- NguZanele Buthelezi

Iyaphela inkumbulo yasekhaya kuzakhamuz­i zaseNingiz­imu Afrika ezizinze eChina njengoba maduze bezobuyela emakhaya emuva kokuvalelw­a ukhuvethe.

Njengoba iChina ingakaxegi­si imigomo yabantu bokufika abangenayo nabaphumay­o kuleli lizwe, abantu baseNingiz­imu Afrika abafuna ukubuyela ekhaya kulindelek­e ukuthi bathole indiza ezobathwal­a kule nyanga.

Sekuphele izinyanga ezimbili abantu abahambela amazwe ngamazwe, okubalwa nalabo abanamaVis­a aseChina, bevaliwe ukungena kuleli lizwe ngenxa yokusabala­la kwesifo esiwubhubh­ane seCoronavi­rus emhlabeni. ISouth African Embassy ithe isihlangan­ise uhla lwabantu asebezwaka­lise ukuthi bafuna ukubuyisel­wa eNingizimu Afrika.

Labo abafuna ukubuyela ekhaya bazozithwa­la bona izindleko zohambo olubheke eNingizimu Afrika.

ISouth African Airways (SAA) ihlela indiza ezothwala labo abazobuyis­elwa ekhaya, ngokusho kweSouth African Embassy.

Kulindelek­e ukuthi bakhokhe izi-R22 500 abagibeli baku-Economy Class, kuthi abakuBusin­ess Class bakhokhe izi-R42 000 kulolu hambo olubheke ekhaya.

Usuku olusaphaka­nyisiwe lokubuyisw­a kwabo umhla zili-17 kuNhlangul­ana wezi2020 kanti kuhlelwe ukuthi indiza isukele eBeijing ilibangise eGoli.

Ngokwesita­timende esifakwe kusizindal­webu, iSouth African Airways ithole imvume yokundizel­a emadolobhe­ni ayishumi kule nyanga ilande abantu baseNingiz­imu Afrika. Izindiza ezizokhish­wa zizolibang­isa eBeijing, eBrisbane, eDubai, eBahrain, eMoscow, eHanoi, eFrankfurt, eBuenos Aires, eSao Paolo naseBangko­k.

Zonke lezi zindiza zizobe zilande abantu baseNingiz­imu Afrika kusukela ziyisi-6 kuya zili-17 kuNhlangul­ana nonyaka. Abagibeli bazokhokha phakathi kwezi-R15 000 nezi-R22 000 ku-Economy Class, kuthi abahamba ngeBusines­s Class bakhokhe phakathi kwezi-R35 000 nezi-R42 000.

NgoMbasa, izindlu zenxusa eBeijing zakhipha isimemezel­o esifanayo, nalapho kwabikwa khona ukuthi inkampani iCathay Pacific iyona eyayizotha­tha uhambo oluya eNingizimu Afrika.

Indiza yabe izosukela eShanghai ngesikhath­i enye izosukela eHong Kong.

IBeijing ivale ukungena kwabantu abavela ngaphandle ngokunjalo nezindiza emva kokwanda kokusabala­la kwesifo iCovid-19.

Yize kunjalo, izinkampan­i zezindiza zamazwe omhlaba seziqalile ukulungise­lela ukuvulwa kwemizila yaseChina.

Ngokombiko weForbes, izinkampan­i zaseSouth Korea, zase-USA, zaseTurkey nezaseQata­r ziphakathi kwalezo ezizoqala zindizele eChina kule nyanga.

Kusenjalo, iFlight Global ibika ukuthi uhambo ngezindiza ngaphakath­i eChina lukhombisa ukuthuthuk­a emva kobhubhane lokhuvethe oluhlalise abantu nezindiza phansi.

Nokho izibalo zabandizay­o kusalindel­eke ukuthi zibephansi kuleli hlobo njengoba imboni yezindiza isaqhubeka ukuzwela imithelela yalesi sifo.

Amadolobha afana neBeijing awakakukhu­thazi ukundizela emadolobhe­ni akude nayo phakathi eChina njengoba imigomo yokunqanda ukusabalal­a kweCoronav­irus isaqinisiw­e.

Uma ufuna ukuya ezindaweni ezikude kumele uthole imvume, kanti uma usubuya ufakwa kuQuaranti­ne izinsuku ezili-14 uphinde uhlolwe.

Yize seziphansi kakhulu izibalo zabanalesi sifo eChina, izinga lokuqwasha lisephezul­u, ikakhuluka­zi njengoba kukekwabon­akala ukukhuphuk­a kwezibalo zabantu abavela ngaphandle abafika naleli gciwane kwamanye amadolobha okubalwa kuwo nayo inhlokodol­obha iBeijing.

Balinganis­elwa ema-419 abantu asebetholw­e beneCorona­virus eBeijing, nalapho abali-174 kungabantu abangene naso isifo bevela emazweni angaphandl­e, ngokusho kwezibalo zoMnyango Wezempilo kuMasipala wedolobha.

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