Dylan Bettencourt
Abantu asebekhulile e-Zimbabwe badlule ebunzimeni ngenxa ye-Covid-19.
Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba kuhlasele i-Covid-19, abantu abadala babesengozini enkulu. Ngokwe-National Statistics Agency yase-Zimbabwe, abantu abangama-80% asebekhulile baphila ngaphansi kwengcindezi yokuhlupheka.
Kodwa selokhu kwaqala i-Covid-19, amakhaya okunakekelwa agcwele abantu abahlaselwe yilesi sifo.
UBothwell Sundire, ongungoti wezentuthuko e-Masvingo, utshele iphephandaba i-Guardian ukuthi amakhaya anakekela izingane asenyuke ngamaphesenti angama-60 selokhu kwatholakala umuntu wokuqala owayephethwe i-Covid-19 e-Zimbabwe ngoNdasa ngonyaka odlule.
Umbhalo we-Guardian uphawule ukuthi kungumthombo wokuziqhenya emiphakathini yase-Zimbabwe ukuthi inakekela abantu abadala. Kodwa ingcindezi yenhlupheko egadlile kanye nokungabi bikho komsebenzi kusho ukuthi isidingo samakhaya okunakekelwa kwabadala siphezulu kakhulu.
Phambilini, izihlobo ezisencane bezikhetha ukubheka abadala bazo, kodwa ingcindezi yezomnotho kanye nokubheduka kwe-Covid-19 kuvame ukwenza lokhu kube nzima kakhulu.
Labo asebekhulile abaneminyaka engama-65 banelungelo lokuthola usizo lwezempilo lwamahhala, kodwa ukungabi bikho kwezidingongqangi emtholampilo wasendaweni nezibhedlela zendawo kusho ukuthi abantu abadala abalutholi usizo olwanele lwezempilo.
Eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, uDomingo Zakani oneminyaka engama-86 owayengenalo ikhaya futhi ecela ukudla, walethwa ekhaya labadala abanakekelwayo, futhi akanamndeni omnakekelayo.
“Ngingathanda ukubuyela ekhaya, kodwa zonke izihlobo zami azisekho. Akekho ongaziyo. Ngilinde usuku lwami lokufa,” kusho uZakani etshela i-Guardian.
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