Abasebenzi base-Unisa abajabulile ngokuvalwa ukusebenza ekhaya

Abasebenzi bezemfundo eNyuvesi yaseNingizimu Afrika (i-Unisa) bazwakalise ukungenami ngomyalelo wakamuva kaVice Chancellor, uPuleng Lenkabula, wokubanxusa ukuba baphinde baqale umsebenzi emakhempasini ngenxa yalolu bhubhane oluqhubekayo. I-Academic and Professional Staff Association (APSA) izwakalise ukukhathazeka kwayo, yabeka isimo senyuvesi njengesingenangqondo uma kubhekwa izimo ezikhona njengamanje.

Umgqugquzeli Kazwelonke we-APSA, uKatlego Marema, ugcizelele ukuthi abafundisi base-Unisa bakhombise ukusebenza kahle ngesikhathi besebenza bekude ngesikhathi se-Covid-19, egomela ngokuthi bangakwazi ukuletha imfundo esezingeni ekhaya. UMarema ugcizelele ukuthi ukushintshela emsebenzini okude ngesikhathi sodlame kube yimpumelelo futhi wangabaza isidingo sokudinga abasebenzi ukuthi babuyele esikhungweni.

Ubalule isimo sale nyuvesi enabafundi abangaphezu kuka-400,000 emhlabeni jikelele, njengobufakazi bokuthi umsebenzi okude ungasebenza ngokulinganayo.

Iphini likaShansela uLenkabula, nokho, ulivikela ikhwelo lokuba khona esikhungweni, ezwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngokuhlinzekwa kwezidingo kanye nokuba khona kwabasebenzi ukuze kubhekwane nezidingo zabafundi.

ULenkabula ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokuba abasebenzi bezemfundo babe khona ukuze bagcine izindingo zesikhungo futhi baphendule ngokushesha imibuzo nezinkathazo zabafundi. Isinqumo se-Unisa sokuhoxisa abasebenzi bezemfundo sivuse izingxoxo phakathi komphakathi wasenyuvesi, i-APSA ihlela ukuxoxisana nabaphathi benyuvesi ukuze kubhekwane nezikhalazo zamalungu ayo.

Ngesikhathi ethintwa ukuba aphawule, okhulumela i-Unisa, uTommy Huma, uveze ukuthi lolu daba lusuka kumemo wangaphakathi waphetha ukunikeza abezindaba imininingwane eyengeziwe.

Umyalelo ovela kubaphathi be-Unisa ugcizelela inkulumo-mpikiswano eqhubekayo mayelana nomsebenzi osemajukujukwini kanye nokushintshashintsha kokuhlinzekwa kwemfundo kulandela umqedazwe we-Covid-19. Njengoba ababambiqhaza bezulazula kulezi zinselele, kugxilwe ekulinganiseni izidingo zokusebenza nokuqinisekisa ukuphepha kanye nokuphila kahle kwabasebenzi basenyuvesi nabafundi ngokufanayo.