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Omama Kumele bayeke ukuya emangcwabeni

 

    Umnikazi wesithombe: Ihsaan Haffejee 

Mdunge Skhumbuzo

Umfundisi wase Apostol 12 KwaNyuswa, uthe njengoba kufuneka abantu abawu 50 emangcwabeni, omama kumele bayeke ukuya khona ngoba ayikho into abayenzayo. 

Mhla lulunye kweliphezulu, uMongameli Cyril Ramaphosa wethule inkulumo ebheke esizweni nalapho ebuyekeze yonke imiqathango okumele igcinwe ngesikhathi se Covid-19. Amasonto asebalwe njengezinye izindawo ezivumelekile ukuthi zivulwe, kodwa isibalo samakholwa sisazogcina kwangamashumi amahlanu kuya ekhulwini.

UMongameli uphinde wakhuthaza ukuthi nasemangcwabeni isibalo sabantu kuzomele sigcine kwesingamashumi amahlanu kuphela. Lokho okuchaza ukuthi abantu okuvumeleke ukuthi baye emangcwabeni, amalunga omndeni kuphela. 

Umfundisi Oscar Sibiya uthe abantu besilisa ibona okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi babekhona emangcwabeni. 

“Ezindaweni zasemakhaya, amadoda iwona asebenzayo kakhulu ngoba afike agumbe amathuna. Ngakhoke ize nathi sinawo umsebenzi wethu njengamakholwa, kodwa iqiniso lithi umuntu angeke afihlwe ithuna lingagunjiwe.”   

UDuduzile Dlala uthe umuntu wesonto obalulekile kakhulu emangcwabeni Umfundisi.

 “Uma umuntu eseshonile thina njengamakholwa sifike siphelezele umphefumulo wakhe kuphela. Manje njengoba silwa nalesifo se Covid-19, ngingasho nje ukuthi uma kukhona umuntu omele ibandla njengo mfundisi, asikho isidingo sokuthi kufike amanye amakholwa.”  

UMlungisi Gasa uthe ukushona into enzima ngoba ayikhishelwa simemo futhi awukwazi ukulawula isibalo sabantu abeza emangcwabeni.

 “Siyasamukela isimemezelo sika Mongameli ngesibalo sabantu emangcwabeni, kodwa inkinga enkulu ukuthi akulula ukuxhosha abantu kumbe amakholwa uma ezokhalisa umndeni. Angeke futhi uze unake nokuthi ubabale ngoba nawe mhlampe usuke uzicabangela ngalesimo esikuvelele. Ikona lokhu okugcina sekudala ukuthi isibalo sabantu sigcine sidlule ngokweqile emangcwabeni.”           

        

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