ICoronavirus eAfrika inokuguqula iminyaka engama-30 yolondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle

ICoronavirus eAfrika inokuguqula iminyaka engama-30 yolondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle
ICoronavirus eAfrika inokuguqula iminyaka engama-30 yolondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle
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Ngaphandle kokuba oorhulumente baseAfrika banokugcina uthungelwano olomeleleyo lweendawo zolondolozo loluntu, bexhasa amawaka emisebenzi enikezelwe kulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle, iindawo ezikhuselweyo zezilwanyana zasendle zijongana nendlela enzima yokubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo.

Kwizilwanyana zasendle e-Afrika esecicini lokuphela kunye noluntu oluqinileyo olubakhuselayo, i-COVID-19 yi-specter, iphazamisa isenzo sokulinganisa esilungeleleneyo sokuphila kwabantu kunye nezilwanyana ezisengozini. Amagosa ase-Afrika kunye neengcali zolondolozo ezivela eKenya, e-Uganda nase-Gabon baxelele amalungu eCongress nge-12 kaMeyi malunga nefuthe elandayo leCoronavirus kwiindawo ezikhuselweyo zezilwanyana zasendle. Umyalezo wabo obanzi: imigaqo-nkqubo emitsha kufuneka ithathele ingqalelo inkxalabo yezokhuseleko yesizwe, kunye nokugcina impilo kwiindawo ezihlaselwe kakhulu ngamanyathelo okutshixa. Ngaphandle kokuba oorhulumente baseAfrika banokugcina uthungelwano olomeleleyo lweendawo zolondolozo loluntu, bexhasa amawaka emisebenzi enikezelwe kulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle, iindawo ezikhuselweyo zezilwanyana zasendle zijongana nendlela enzima yokubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo. Uloyiko kukuba iCoronavirus eAfrika inokuguqula iminyaka engama-30 yenzuzo yolondolozo, kubandakanya neenkqubo zolondolozo lwentlalo kumazwe amaninzi.

Inkxaso-mali yemveli kunye nophuhliso lwezoqoqosho kwezi ndawo aziyi kuphinda zibuyele endaweni yazo ngokukhawuleza. Okwangoku asikayazi impembelelo engapheliyo ye- Covid-19 kushishino lwezokhenketho eAfrika. Iinkcukacha zakwangoko zibonisa ukwaphuka kwenkqubo, kodwa isiphumo esipheleleyo sokuvalwa kokuhamba, ukuvalwa kwemida kunye nokucinywa kweeholide kwiindawo ezikhuselweyo kunye noluntu lwasekhaya olukhoyo kunye namazwe asendle luqala ukuntywila kwilizwekazi laseAfrika. Imithombo emikhulu yengeniso exhasa indlela yokuphila kunye noqoqosho oluzinzileyo yanqunyulwa ngequbuliso ngasekupheleni kuka-Matshi. Akukho msebenzi kwezi ndawo washiyeka ungenzakalanga.

ENamibia, i-86 yolondolozo inokulahleka phantse i-11 yeedola kwingeniso evela kukhenketho kunye nemivuzo kubasebenzi bezokhenketho abahlala kwindawo yolondolozo. Oku kuthetha ukuba abagadi bezilwanyana abangama-700 kunye nabagcini bemikhombe, abasebenzi abaxhasayo abangama-300, kunye ne-1,175 abaqeshwe ngabasebenzi bezokhenketho basekuhlaleni basemngciphekweni omkhulu wokuphulukana nemisebenzi yabo. Kumazwe amakhulu, izibonda ziphezulu. EKenya, umzekelo, izibonelelo zolondolozo zilungele ukuphulukana ne- $ 120M kwingeniso yonyaka neziphumo ezingenakulinganiswa.

Ngaphezulu kwelahleko ezivela kwicandelo lezokhenketho, iindlela ezenzelwe ukuvalela izixeko ezinabantu abaninzi zenza mandundu imeko kuluntu oluncinci lwasemaphandleni. Baqikelelwa kwizigidi ezingama-350 abantu eAfrika abasebenza koko kwaziwa ngokuba yingqesho engekho sesikweni. Ukuhamba kude kwezentlalo kunye nentswela-ngqesho kweli candelo likhulu liphembelele abantu abaninzi abahlala ezixekweni ukuba babuyele kwiidolophu zabo. Kodwa kuba uluntu lwasemaphandleni lukwafumana intswela-ngqesho ephezulu kunye nokuncitshiswa okukhulu kwemivuzo, abantu abagodukayo baya kuba neendlela ezimbalwa zokuphila, nto leyo iphakamisa ukubanakho ukurhintyelwa kwimisebenzi engekho mthethweni enjengokuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni nokuzingela ngokurhweba ngabantu.

Ukukhula kweengxaki kuqoqosho lwengingqi kukhokelele kwinkxalabo malunga nokufumaneka kokutya. NgokweForamu yezoQoqosho yeHlabathi, amanyathelo okutshixwa kwezinto aphazamise ukuphazamisa ukuhanjiswa kwangaphakathi, kumisa imveliso yokutya. Ukwenza izinto zibe mbi nangakumbi, ibubu elikhulu leenkumbi zasentlango zizityalo ezitshabalalisayo eMpuma Afrika, kwaye iindawo ezithile ze-Afrika eseMazantsi zichacha kwimbalela enkulu nezikhukula zakutshanje - konke oku kwenza ilizwekazi lixhomekeke ngakumbi kukutya okufunyanwa ngaphandle.

Inani elincinci lokuthelekiswa kwamatyala kumazwe ase-Afrika ayisosizathu sokunciphisa ukubuyela umva kwezoqoqosho kwiindawo zolondolozo loluntu. Ukusasazeka kwe-COVID-19 kusaqhubeka kwaye kuyakuqhubeka ukuba nefuthe elisekwe ngokubanzi kwiindawo ezikhuselweyo. Kukho iingxelo zokuqhambuka kwilizwe ngalinye laseAfrika. Ngexesha lokubhalwa kwale ncwadi, bekukho abantu abayi-184,333 abosulelwe ngokusesikweni ngokusweleka kwabantu abangama-5,071, ngokwe-Afrika CDC. UMzantsi Afrika uxele amatyala angama-48,285 aqinisekisiweyo- ukonyuka okungaphezulu kwama-20 epesenti kwiveki ephelileyo. Elona lizwe linabantu abaninzi eAfrika, eNigeria, liyasokola ukusabela ekusasazekeni kwe-COVID-19 kunye nokwehla okumandla kumaxabiso eoyile, athe athintela uqoqosho lwawo.

Umbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi ulumkise ngelithi iindawo ezishushu e-Afrika zinokuphinda zibe nama-wave amabini e-Covid-19 njengoko ii-oda zokutshixwa ziphakanyisiwe ngoJuni, kwaye oko kubonakala ngathi sele kusenzeka eNtshona Koloni. UMzantsi Afrika unelona nani lonyuka mihla le kwizifo ezichaziweyo nge-4 kaJuni, ngamatyala amatsha angama-3,267. IBhanki yeHlabathi iqikelele ukuba abantu abamalunga nezigidi ezingama-60 banokududulelwa kubuhlwempu obugqithileyo ngasekupheleni kuka-2020. Ukuba le meko iya isiba mandundu, abahlali abasesichengeni baya kujikela kwizilwanyana zasendle njengomthombo wokutya. Isimo esinje sokusetyenziswa ngokungalawulekiyo kwenyama yasendle siphakamisa umngcipheko wokudluliselwa kwe-pathogen isuka kwizilwanyana zasendle ziye ebantwini.

Njengokuba i-US kunye namanye amazwe ejikeleza ukunceda i-Afrika, iipakeji zovuselelo kufuneka ziyilelwe ukubandakanya inkxaso yoluntu kwiindawo eziphambili zolondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle. Ukuba asenzi nto ukuhambisa uncedo kunye notyalo-mali ekudalweni kwamathuba emisebenzi kuluntu lwaseAfrika oluninzi oludinga uncedo, sibeka emngciphekweni wokubuyisa iminyaka engama-30 yeenzuzo ngokutshintsha indlela yokuziphatha kwezilwanyana zasendle. I-African Wildlife Foundation kunye nemibutho esebenza ngaphambili nasekubekeni iliso kuphuhliso, ikwazile ukugcina ukuqeshiswa komhlaba kunye nokubonelela ngamathuba okuphila njengemisantsa yokumisa ngexesha nasemva kokutshixeka. Inkxaso engxamisekileyo kuyo yonke incopho yesi siganeko iya kuqinisekisa ulondolozo lukhuselekile kubantu baseAfrika, kuqoqosho nakwezendalo.

URhulumente wase-US akaqhelekanga kulondolozo olusekwe ekuhlaleni e-Afrika. Ibixhasa le mizamo amashumi eminyaka, inceda ekuqinisekiseni ukuba uluntu lwasekuhlaleni luyaxhamla kulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle, ethi yona ikhuthaze imizamo yolondolozo kwaye incede ekulweni izoyikiso kwizilwanyana zasendle. Le modeli ifuna umgca wokuphila ngoku kunakuqala.

I-COVID-19 ikhanyisa ukukhanya ngobuqhetseba bokulondolozwa kwezilwanyana zasendle eAfrika. Ngenkxaso-mali elinganiselweyo kuninzi lweearhente zendalo ezilawulwa ngurhulumente, kuye kwakho ukuthembela kakhulu kukhenketho ukuxhasa iinzame. Ukuvuka kwalo bhubhane - emva kokuba kusonjululwe iimfuno ezikhawulezileyo- iAfrika inethuba lokubonisa umhlaba ukuba ungaluphuhlisa njani uqoqosho oluhlaziya. Kufuneka sizame ukomeleza kunye nokugcina ulondolozo lwezilwanyana zasendle kuwo onke amacandelo oqoqosho lwase-Afrika ukuphendula ubhubhane ukuthintela ukuqhambuka kwexesha elizayo

Amazwe ajongene nokusikelwa umda kunye nezithintelo kwezixhobo ngexesha lokutshixwa kwezinto ziya kuvula uqoqosho kungekudala, kwaye baphinde bacinge ngeendlela zophuhliso njengoko besenza. I-ajenda yophuhliso loluntu kwi-ajenda yase-Afrika iza kuxhamla ukuba indalo iphambili kwaye isembindini, kwaye nantoni na esiyifaka kwezi nzame ngoku iya kunciphisa umngcipheko wokunye ubhubhane wehlabathi oza kwenzeka kwixesha elizayo.

U-Edwin Tambara, iSiseko seZilwanyana zase-Afrika

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