Ukuthumba kukhula ngesivinini eNingizimu Afrika, njengoba kuthunjwa 50 nsuku zonke

Eminyakeni yamuva nje, isifundazwe saseGauteng kanye neKwaZulu Natal sekuvele ukuthi izindawo ezishisa izikhotha ngokuthumba okubhekiswe emindenini edla izambane likapondo, nokwenyusa ukukhathazeka ngokuphepha kwabantu abaziwayo. Ngokusho kwesishoshovu esilwa nobugebengu, uYusuf Abramjee, amacala ayanda nasesifundeni sase-Eastern Cape naseWestern Cape.

U-Abramjee ugqamise inkambiso ekhathazayo, ecaphuna izibalo zobugebengu ezibonisa isilinganiso sokuthunjwa kwabantu abangu-50 nsuku zonke eNingizimu Afrika kusukela ngo-Okthoba kuya kuZibandlela wezi-2023. Phezu kwemizamo yophiko olulwa nokuthunjwa kwethimba elibhekele ukuthunjwa kwabantu, ukukhathazeka kusamile ngokusebenza kwengalo yomthetho njengoba abanye abasolwa bededelwa ngebheyili kanti nodaba lwemingcele evulelekile lubhebhethekisa lolu daba.

U-Lizette Lancaster we-Institute of Security Studies (ISS) unanele lokhu kukhathazeka, ephawula ukwanda okumangalisayo okungama-256% kokuthunjwa okubikiwe kule minyaka eyishumi edlule. Izibalo zobugebengu zekota ziphinde zagcizelela ukwanda okushaqisayo, ikakhulukazi okubhebhethekiswa ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19.

Ucwaningo olwenziwa yi-ISS luveze ukwanda okukhulu kokuthumba, ngamacala angaphezu kuka-11,000 abikiwe phakathi kuka-Ephreli noDisemba 2022 kuphela. Lokhu kuhlasela, okubangelwa ukwanda kobugebengu obunobudlova nobuhleliwe, kuyingozi enkulu ekuphepheni komphakathi.

Amaqembu ezizwe ezichwepheshile agxile ekuthunjweni okunenani eliphezulu asengeze le nkinga, amaqembu obugebengu endawo alingisa amaqhinga awo. Ukudlondlobala kokuthunjwa kwabantu eGauteng, okubhekiswe kakhulu kubanikazi bamabhizinisi ngenxa yokuthola izizumbulu zemali, kugqamisa ukuphuthuma kokubhekana nalesi sihlava.

Njengoba iNingizimu Afrika ibhekene nengwadla yokuthumba, ukungenelela okuphuthumayo kanye nokuthuthukiswa kobuhlakani bobugebengu kubalulekile ukuze kunqandwe igagasi lodlame nokuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwazo zonke izakhamuzi, ikakhulukazi lezo ezisengozini enkulu ngenxa yesimo sazo somphakathi nengcebo yazo.