Lubhalwe nguSelloane Ntshonyane
UZodwa Nkabinde, umama wezingane ezine waseThembisa, uqoqe imfucuza kusukela ngo-2021 kodwa uthi imali yakhe engenayo ayikaze ifinyelele ekutheni imgcine kuze kuphele inyanga.
Impuphu engu-12.5kg manje isibiza u-R119 kwaShoprite. UZodwa uthi wayekhokha cishe u-R80 ngesikhwama esifanayo.
UZodwa Nkabinde uvuka ekuseni njalo ukuyoqoqa imfucuza yabanye abantu. Ubelokhu ekwenza kusukela ngo-2021. Ngenyanga edlule yamtholela u-R850.
Ubhasikidi wokudla kwasekhaya eGoli ubiza u-R5,713.63 ngoNhlangulana ka-2026, ngokusho kwePietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group. UNkabinde uthole u-15% walokho futhi iphela ngaphambi kokuba inyanga iphele.
“Akuhlali kuze kube sekupheleni kwenyanga,” esho.
UNkabinde ungumama wezingane ezine eThembisa. Lokho akutholayo kuyashintsha nsuku zonke kuye ngokuthi uthola ini. Ezinye izinyanga zingcono kunezinye. Inyanga edlule yayingeyona enye yazo.
Uthenga noma yikuphi ukudla okushibhile kakhulu. Isikhwama esishibhile sempuphu engu-12.5kg eshalofini eShoprite sibiza u-R119 manje. Uyakhumbula ukuthi sasicishe sibe ngu-R80.
“Amafutha okupheka, ushukela, i-washing powder kanye nesinkwa lezo zinto sezibiza kakhulu,” esho.
Isibonelelo semali yesondlo sezingane siyasiza. Sithenga ukudla ngaphandle kwaso, uthe, igebe ngabe likhulu.
ULuyanda Hlatshwayo we-African Reclaimers Organisation uthe ababutha imfucuza kulo lonke elaseNingizimu Afrika bathola imali encane kakhulu ukuze bahlangabezane nezidingo eziyisisekelo.
“Imali encane kakhulu ngempela,” kusho uHlatshwayo.
Uthe ukwenyuka kwentengo kawoyela nophethiloli kunyuse izindleko zokuhamba kwabaqoqi bemfucuza, okwenza kube nzima ukuhamba amabanga adingekayo ukuze bathole imali eyanele yokuziphilisa.
I-Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa ilinganisela ukuthi kunabaqoqi bemfucuza abaphakathi kuka-90,000 no-100,000 eNingizimu Afrika. Lesi sikhungo sithe abakhokhelwa kahle futhi kufanele bafakwe ngokusemthethweni ezinhlelweni zokuphathwa kwemfucuza.
Ukuqashwa kwabantu abasemkhakheni onjengalona kwehle ngo-127,000 kwikota yokuqala ka-2026.
IGauteng ilahlekelwe yimisebenzi engu-67,000 ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukwehla kwesibili ngobukhulu kwesifundazwe ezweni.
Abaqoqi bemfucuza abafuna ukwenza umsebenzi wabo ube semthethweni noma ukuthola ukwesekwa bangaxhumana ne-African Reclaimers Organisation ku-011 334 5711.
Esithombeni esingenhla: UZodwa Nkabinde uhlela izikhwama zemfucuza eThembisa ngaphambi kokuphuma kwelanga.
Umthombo wesithombe: Selloane Ntshonyane