Udlame nokuzitapela ezitolo kuzowuguqisa umnotho
Uhulumeni usenkingeni yokuheha abatshalimali nokwenelisa izakhamizi
UKUSHSIWA kwezizinda zomnotho wezwe KwaZulu-Natal naseGauteng, nokuzitapela empahleni, kubeka isimo somnotho walezi zifundazwe engcupheni.
Kuzobambezela ukuhluma komnotho njengoba besekunezinkomba zokuthi uyahlumela emuva kokukhahlamezeka kwawo nyakenye.
Kuzokhumbuleka ukuthi umnotho wezwe wancipha nyakenye emuva kokuvalwa kwengxenye enkulu yawo ukuze kuncishiswe ingozi yokwanda kweCoronavirus, edala iCovid-19, kusuka mhla ka-26 kuNdasa (March).
Lokhu kwahambisana nokulahleka kwamathuba emisebenzi abalelwa ku-2 million. Kwathi kuphela unyaka kwabe sekunezinkomba zokuthi umnotho uyavuseleleka, kanti namathuba emisebenzi ayavuleka.
Udlame oluqale KwaZulu-Natal emasontweni amabili adlule, lwenabela eGauteng, luzophazamisa lokhu kuvuselelwa komnotho.
Kulolu dlame, abantu bangene ezitolo ngendlovuyangena, bazitapela izimpahla.
Kuqalwe ngezitolo ezithengisa ukudla nezingubo, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kwahlaselwa izindawo zokugcina izimpahla zasendlini, njengamafriji namafenisha.
Kwahambisana nokushiswa kwezitolo namafemu, okuvuse izinsolo zokuthi akusebona nje abantu abaphethwe yindlala, kodwa abantu abanozungu lokudala umonakalo emnothweni wezwe.
Abezomthetho bathi bayaphenya ngalokhu. Umthelela wakho konke lokhu wukuhlukumezeka komnotho, okuzokwandisa isibalo sabantu abantula imisebenzi.
Isizathu salokhu wukuthi osomabhizinisi abaningi - ikakhulukazi labo amabhizinisi abo abesevele entenga ngenxa yesimo seCoronavirus - ngeke babenawo amandla okuvuselela amabhizinisi abo masinyane.
Okwesibili, nosomabhizinisi abanawo amandla okuvuselela, bazocabanga kanzulu, ikakhulukazi ukuthi bayowavula kuphi.
Abanye bangakhetha ukuthutha amabhizinisi abo baye kwezinye izifundazwe noma enye ingxenye yeKwaZulu-Natal neGauteng.
Okwesithathu, abatshalimali bazobamadolo nzima ukutshala imali eNingizimu Afrika, ikakhulukazi emabhizinisini afana namafemu nezitolo njengoba kuyinhlobo yamabhizinisi asengcupheni yokubhidlizwa noma ashiswe.
Okwesine, izindleko zemiphakathi eminingi kulesi sifundazwe zokuthola izimpahla ezisetshenziswa nzuku zonke, zizokwanda njengoba kusazothatha isikhashana ukuthi kuvuselelwe ingqalasizinda, kuphinde kugcwaliswe izitolo ngempahla.
Lolu dlame lwenzeka nje, ngeledlule ibhange lomhlaba (World Bank) likhiphe umbiko walo obuyekeza isimo somnotho wakuleli, lapho lixwayise ngokuthi sisengcupheni.
Leli bhange lithi ukuze leli zwe libhekane nezinkinga zokuncipha kwamathuba emisebenzi nokuvuselelwa kwesimo semali kahulumeni - ikakhulukazi ukuncishiswa kwezinga lokwanda kwemali ebolekwayo - kudingeka umnotho wezwe ukhule ngezinga eliphakeme.
Lithi ukuhlaselwa yiCoronavirus kwenze isimo saleli zwe, ikakhulukazi kwezomnotho, sabanzima kakhulu.
Kodwa leli lihlaselwe yileli gciwane selivele lineminyaka engaphezulu kwewu-10 lehluleka wukumelana nezidingo zemisebenzi, kanti nesimo semali kahulumeni bese sineminyaka sintenga.
Leli bhange lixwayise nangokuthi iNingizimu Afrika ibhekene nesimo lapho iminyaka ewu-10 ezayo nayo izoba ngengenampumelelo uma umnotho ungavuseleleki, ikakhulukai uma izinga lokukhula kwawo lingenyuki.
Ngesimo semisebenzi, lithi kubantu abawu-40 million bakuleli (okuyisibalo sabaphathi kweminyaka yobudala ewu-15 kuya ku-64), bawu-15 million kuphela abasebenzayo, u-3 million wabo okungabasebenzela uhulumeni nezinkampani zawo.
Isibalo sabangasebenzi siwu-7 million, noma u-11 million uma kubalwa nasebeyekile ukuthungatha imisebenzi.
Isibalo sabantula imisebenzi sizokwanda njengoba izizinda eziningi zomnotho KwaZulu-Natal naseGauteng zibhidliziwe noma zishisiwe kulolu dlame.
Ukuvuselelwa komnotho wezwe kudinga isandla sikahulumeni ubambisene nosomabhizinisi, kodwa ukwehluleka kukahulumeni ukunqanda lolu dlame masinyane, kukhomba igebe elikhulu ngasohlangothini lwawo mayelana nokuphathwa kwezwe.
Lokhu kakuyona into enika abatshalimali ithemba ngokuphathwa kwaleli.
Kuthathe izinsuku ngaphambi kokuthi amasosha aphume ezinkanjini afike lapho kunodlame khona.
Konke lokhu kusho ukwanda kwabantu abangakwazi ukubhekela izidingo zabo zempilo.
Lokhu kuzokwenzeka kabi, ngesikhathi uhulumeni uthintitha izandla, uthi kawunawo amandla okuxhasa izakhamizi.
Isizathu sawo wukwanda kwemali ebolekwayo, okuhambisana nokwanda kwemali okumele ikhokhwe.
Uhulumeni usuthembise abatshalimali kuleli naphesheya ukuthi isabelomali seminyaka emithathu kuya kwewu-5 ezayo sizokwehliswa, ikakhulukazi ngasohlangothi lwemiholo yezisebenzi zawo.
Ngakho-ke uhulumeni uzithola uphakathi komhlane kaSathane nokujula kolwandle.
Uma uyekela izakhamizi zibulawe yindlala, kuzokwanda ubugebengu, kanti kungagcina ngokuthi i-ANC ikhishwe embusweni.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kuzoba nzima ukuthi uhulumeni uphule isethembiso sawo kubatshalimali – umthelela walokhu kuzoba wukwenyuka kwenzalo abatshalimali abazoyifuna.
Kubalulekile-ke ukuthi umnotho wezwe uvuselelwe masinyane ukuze kuveleke amathuba emisebenzi nokuthi uhulumeni uthole imali yentela ethe xaxa.