Ababalisi ilizwe lonke bemba phansi ngenduku besithi kabayi kubuyela emsebenzini ekuvulweni kwezikolo mhla ka 28 linyanga kaMpandula nxa uhulumende engasakhuphulanga iholo elanela indleko zabo zansuku zonke ngoba abaliholayo manje lingeneli ukuhlawulela indleko yokugada amabhasi besiya emsebenzini.
Lokhu kuvezwe yiziphathamandla zenhlanganiso zababalisi eziyisificamunwe munye, emhlanganweni lentathelizindaba owenzelwe emahofisini weyinye yazo eyeZimbabwe Teachers Association – ZIMTA.
Encwadini yabo efundwe ngumgciningcebo weProgressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe umnumzana Ladistous Zunde ababalisi bakubeke sobala ukuba nxa udaba lweholo lungasalungisiswanga ngokuphangisa vele kabalugxobi emsebenzini ngoba kunje lingeneli indleko yokugada ibhasi kulabo abafundisa khatshana lalapho abahlala khona.
Isikhulumeli seAmalagamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe – ARTUZ yona elwela ilungelo lababablisi bemaphandleni, umnumzana Nation Mudzitirwa ulandisa kabanzi ngokukwethulwe emhlanganweni lentathelizindaba.
“Lamuhla kade sile Press Conference njengenhlanganiso zonke ezimela ababalisi elizweni lonke leZimbabwe. Sivumelane ukuthi njengoba uhulumende ukuholisa ababalisi imali eneleyo ngedola leMelika, mhla ka 28 akula umbalisi ozzbuyela emsebenzini kumbe ozahamba emsebenzini ezikolweni. Sikhangele indaba yamaExaminations again, ukuthi abantwana bayafuna isikhathi eside ukuthi balungiselele ama examinations abo. I date elakhulunywayo nguhulumende ukuthi ama examinations kumele abhalwe mhla ka 1 December, kaliyenzi ngoba abantwana basemuva, kade bengafundi for the past six months.”
UMudzitirwa uthi kuvunyelenwe njalo njengenhlanganiso ukuba kumele luphathwe ngonanzelelo olukhulu udaba lokuvikeleka kwabo kuCOVID-19 besemsebenzini.
“Ukuthi ababalisi kumele bafundiswe ngabantu abalolwazi lwe COVID-19 bengakabuyeli emsebenzini. Kodwa indaba enkulu yi issue yama salaries ukuthi asibuyeli emsebenzini mhla ka 28 September nxa uhulumende elokhu eyala ukuholisa ababalisi i$520 US Dollars per month, minimum salary.”
Umqondisi wenhlanganiso ye #THIS CONSTITUTION, unkosazana Abigail Mupambi, uthi njengabazali sokubadida ingqondo okwenzakalayo ngokuvulwa kwezikolo.
“Sithithibele njengabazali, sithithibele nje, njengabantwana beZimbabawe. Lokhu uyazi akuzwisiseki ukuthi kambe into leyi sizayihambisa ngandlela bani. Mina ma ngikhangele indaba leyi eyokuvulwa kwezikolo, ngiyananzelela ukuthi abantwana kabafundanga umnyaka wonke lowu, ikakhulu abasemaphandleni abazange babe lethuba lokuthi bafunde through leyo online learning, akula internet, kabala mafoni. Mina isimanga, okunye okungimangalisayo yikuthi kanti o MP abamela laba bantu, why bezithulele, bengakhulumi indaba zonalezi khonangale ngase phalamende?”
Imizamo yokuzwa ukuthi abohlangothi lwezemfundo yePrimary le Seconday bona bathini ngalokho okutshiwo ngababalisi, yehlule njengoba isiphathamandla ehlangothini lokukhulumisana lozulu olwePublic Relations, umnumzana Patrick Zumbo ubengadobhi ucingo lwakhe. Lalapho ethunyelwe umlayezo ngendlela yokukhulumisana yebulenjini eyeWhatsapp, akazange azihluphe ukuthi aphendule lanxa ubufakazi bebuveza ukuba uwufundile.
Ababalisi bathi bafuna umqhatshi akhulumisane labo ngokuzinikela okukhulu edabeni lokuvulwa kwezikolo, baphe umbono wabo njengohlangothi. Bathi kumele labo batholiswe imali ephiwa abakuhlangothi oluqakathekileyo ngalesi sikhathi sokumelana lomkhuhlane we COVID-19, yamadollar eMelika angamatshumi ayisikhombisa lanhlanu-US$75, besithi ngoba nxa izikolo zivulwa kuzakutsho ukuba labo bayingxenye yalabo abenza umsebenzi oqakathekileyo ama Frontline Workers kungakho kumele bakuhlawulelwe lokho bayitholiswe leyo Covid Allowance.
Badinga njalo ukuholiswa amakhulu edlula amahlanu amadollar eMelika ngenyanga ngoba inkulungwane ezine zamadollar eZimbabwe ingathengi lutho. Kodwa umpathintambo wezemali uMnu. Mthuli Ncube ekhuluma esedale lephalamende, wakubeka sobala ukuthi laloba ekhuphula iholo lezisebenzi zikahulumende kasoze enelise ukulihlawula ngedollar leMelika ngoba engelalo.
