Uchunge luvimbe 'ukushushumbiswa' kwezingane ezingu-443 zisuka eZimbabwe

Ukuhlinzwa okunzima kuvimbe ‘ukushushumbiswa’ kwezingane ezingu-443 zisuka eZimbabwe ziyiswa eNingizimu Afrika ngamabhasi angu-42. Ugatsha lweBorder Management Authority (BMA) lubambe amabhasi angamatshumi amane lambili athwala abantwana abangamakhulu amane lamatshumi amane lantathu besuka eZimbabwe besiya kweleSouth Africa.

UKhomishana we-BMA uMichael Masiapato udalule ukutholakala kwezinsolo zokushushumbiswa kwabantu ngesikhathi samaholidi kaKhisimusi ekhuluma nokulawulwa kwemingcele ngeSonto ePitoli.

UMasiapato uthe izingane lezi zitholwe ngesikhathi kuqhubeka umkhankaso onzima ngoMgqibelo emngceleni weBeitbridge ohlanganisa amaphoyisa, onogada basemngceleni kanye nethimba elilwa nenkohlakalo.

“Bakwazile ukuma basesha amabhasi abalelwa ku-42 ezama ukungena eNingizimu Afrika kanti [kuwo] sathola izingane ezingu-443 ezineminyaka engaphansi kweyisishiyagalombili zingenamzali noma umbheki. [Kusolwa] ukuthi babeshushumbiselwa eNingizimu Afrika.

“Sikwazile ukubakhipha kulawo mabhasi futhi saxoxisana nezikhulu zaseZimbabwe futhi sababuyisela eZimbabwe ukuze baqhubeke [babuyiselwe] ezweni,” esho.

Ezinye izimpumelelo uMasiapato azihlanganisile zihlanganisa ukuboshwa kwabantu abangaphezu kuka-44,000 kusukela ngo-April emingceleni ehlukene ngokuzama ukungena ezweni ngokungemthetho, ukuboshwa futhi kwabantu abangu-2,243 abatholakala benze ubugebengu eduze namachweba kanye nokwenqaba imvume yokungena. kubantu abangaphezu kuka-90,000 ngezizathu ezihlukahlukene.

Echaza ngezinyathelo zamaholidi kaKhisimusi, uMasiapato uthe bahlanganisa amachweba okungena amatasatasa kuleli njenge-OR Tambo kanye nezikhumulo zezindiza zaseKapa, iBeitbridge neLebombo.

“Ngesikhathi kuthuthukiswa uhlelo lwethu kubhekwe lezi zinto ezingokoqobo, ikakhulukazi mayelana nesidingo sokusatshalaliswa kwezinsiza ezengeziwe zabantu [kulawa machweba].

“Ngesikhathi sokuhlela, sibe nokuxoxisana okukhulu phakathi kweziphathimandla nomakhelwane bethu abayisithupha abaseduze – iLesotho, iZimbabwe, iMozambique, iNamibia, i-Eswatini neBotswana – mayelana nokuvumelanisa izinqubo nezinye izindlela zokusebenza, ezifana nokusebenza kwechweba elikhethekile kanye nezikhathi zokuvala lesi sikhathi.”

Ukuqinisekisile ukuthi nakuba amanye amachweba esebenza ngo-24/7, ungqongqoshe wezasekhaya usivumele isicelo sokwelulwa kwamahora okusebenza kwamanye “amachweba abucayi” ahlonziwe ngezinsuku ezithile.

Lezi zihlanganisa iGrobler’s Bridge, Swartkopfontein, Kosi Bay, Mahamba kanye neJeppes Reef.