Ukuvinjelwa kokungeniswa kwemifino kwamanye amazwe ngeke kwandiswa kuphela, kodwa kungenzeka kwandiswe, kusho uNgqongqoshe wezoLimo eBotswana uFidelis Molao, ngokusho kweMmegi Online.
Ekhuluma esigodlweni engqungqutheleni yama-40 yeBotswana Hospitality and Tourism Association, uMlay uthe ukuvalwa kokuthengwa kwezithelo nemifino kuyisinyathelo esidingekayo ukuze kusekelwe abalimi bezwe nokuqinisekisa ukuzimela kokudla.
Selokhu kwaqalwa, ukuvinjelwa kokuthengwa kwezinhlobo eziyi-16 zemifino kuholele ekushodeni ezimakethe zasekhaya kanye nokukhuphuka kwamanani entengo, okwenza isimo sezezimali sibe sibi kubathengi asebehlaselwe ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19.
Abathengi baphinde bakhononda ngokuthi abakhiqizi bemifino bendawo abahlinzeki ngaso sonke isikhathi izinga elidingekayo lemikhiqizo, futhi ubuthakathaka be-supply chain kuholela ekuntulekeni kokudayiswa kwemifino eyisisekelo efana notamatisi, u-anyanisi namazambane.
Umkhakha wezokuvakasha unethemba lokuthi ukuvinjelwa kuzodalulwa njengoba ukushoda kuthinte izindawo zokudlela, amahhotela kanye nomkhakha wezokuvakasha obanzi, obuvele uphakathi kwemikhakha ehlaselwe kakhulu yi-COVID-19.
Kodwa-ke, uMlayo uthe umthetho ovimbela ukungena kuleli ngeke uhoxiswe.
“Silapho esikhona, ngeke sibheke emuva noma sikhale,” kusho uMolay. “Sonke siyazi ukuthi bekunzima kanjani ukuthola igilosa ngesikhathi seCovid-XNUMX. Uma sibuyela ezikhathini zakudala, kusho ukuthi asifundanga lutho. Uma sivula imingcele, sizolahlekelwa inqubekelaphambili esesiyenzile. Abalimi sebevele sebetshale imbewu yezitshalo emakethe entsha.”
Ungqongqoshe uphinde wagcizelela ukuthi umthethosivivinywa waseBotswana wonyaka wokungenisa ukudla okungu-9,2 billion pesos uyinkinga enkulu kuleli, ephuca izwe izinsiza namathuba omsebenzi. Uthe kudingeka isinyathelo esisheshayo nesiwujuqu.
Imboni yezokulima yezwe esafufusa izothuthuka uma imakethe yakuleli isekela lokho.
“Sinawo umhlaba, sinamathuba, kodwa asinayo imakethe. Abalimi bayakhuluma ngayo. Njengezwe, kufanele sithole ukudla esikudingayo emapulazini ethu, singathembeli kwamanye amazwe. Kumele sixhumanise imiphakathi yasendaweni namasimu ukuze siqinisekise ukuzimela kwethu ngokudla,” usho kanje.
UMlay wengeze ngokuthi ukuvinjelwa kokuthengwa kwemifino kwamanye amazwe kunikeza ithuba lokwandisa ezokuvakasha kwezolimo kuleli.
Wengeze wathi: “Kumele sibuyele ekusekeleni ukukhula kokudla kwasendaweni. "Akufanele sibe nabantu abaqhamuka e-Europe futhi badle ukudla okufanayo abakudla ekhaya."