Amaphoyisa aseLimpopo acubungula ukubuyisela umthetho wokufinyezwa kwezikhathi zokudayiswa nokusabalalisa utshwala ukuze kubhekwane nokwenyuka kwezinga lobugebengu esifundazweni. IPhini likaKhomishana wesiFundazwe uMajor General Jan Scheepers ugcizelele ukuthi nakuba utshwala bungayona kuphela imbangela yezinkinga, kodwa ukuphuzwa budedengu kunomthelela omkhulu ezenzweni zobugebengu.
Ekhuluma neNewzroom Afrika, uScheepers uveze ukuthi isikhathi esasibekiwe ngesikhathi sokuthengiswa kotshwala ngesikhathi sesifo seCovid -19 sisindise izimpilo zabantu futhi sanciphisa nobugebengu ngesikhathi sisetshenziswa. “Ngesikhathi izitolo ezidayisa utshwala zivalwa kusenesikhathi sabona ubugebengu behla ngendlela ephawulekayo kanye nokufa kwabantu kwabancono,” usho kanje, wengeza ngokuthi isikhathi samaholidi sivame ukuba nezibalo zokushona kwabantu ngenxa yotshwala kanye yokuphuza budedengu.
UScheepers unxuse abantu ngabanye nabadayisi botshwala ukuthi bakhuthaze ukuphuza ngendlela efanele. Ugcizelele ukuthi izindawo ezidayisa utshwala zinomsebenzi wokwenza izindlela zokuvikela ubugebengu ezindaweni zazo.
Isikhathi esimisiwe esihlongozwayo sizobona izindawo zokudayisa utshwala zivalwe phakathi kwamabili esikhundleni samanje ngo-2:00 a.m. noma kamuva. Amaphoyisa azophinde aqinise isandla ekulawuleni umsindo kulezi zikhungo.
Lesi sinyathelo silandela izingxoxo eziqhubekayo nabahwebi botshwala kanye nezingxoxo mayelana nezichibiyelo zoMthetho Wotshwala waseLimpopo Nombolo 5 wezi-2009. Ngonyaka odlule, isinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme sakumisa okwesikhashana ukuqaliswa kwalo mthetho ngemva kokuba abahwebi bephonsele inselelo imithetho yawo. Nokho, abakwa-Scheepers basalokhu beqinile mayelana nokulawula okuqinile ukuze kuqinisekiswe imiphakathi ephephile.