Obekekileyo uMxolisi Charles Sibanda olilungu lendlu yowiso zwelonke eLupane West ukhale ngoqhekeko lwedijithali eLupane oluqhwalela uphuhliso namathuba abahlali.
Ubume bendawo ekude kunye nenkonzo yothungelwano enyiniweyo yenze umqobo omkhulu kubahlali, ngakumbi ulutsha, ukufikelela kulwazi kunye nokuthatha amathuba. “ILupane isemva ngophuhliso, kwaye ngumqobo omkhulu wokunqongophala kwenkonzo yomnatha othembekileyo, abantu bakuthi bashiyeke ngasemva kweli xesha ledijithali, kubuhlungu ukubona abantu abatsha bephoswa ngamathuba kuba bengakwazi ukufikelela kulwazi; “Wakhala uSibanda. “Siphila kwihlabathi apho ulwazi lunamandla, kwaye abantu bethu banqatshelwe loo mandla.”
Imeko imbi kakhulu, nanjengoko ulutsha olunexhala lwaseLupane luvakalisa iimvakalelo zelungu lePalamente.
USiphosethu Ncube, 22, uvakalise ukuphoxeka kukungabikho kwamathuba emisebenzi ngenxa yokungabikho kwe-intanethi. “Ndizamile ukufaka izicelo zemisebenzi kwi-intanethi, kodwa uthungelwano lucotha kakhulu okanye alukho. Kungathi sishiywe ngasemva kwimarike yomsebenzi.”
UNkosilathi Moyo, 25, ubalule imingeni yokufikelela kulwazi olusisiseko. “Sixhomekeke kwilizwi lomlomo ukuze sifumane ulwazi, oluhlala luphelelwe lixesha. Siziva sinqatshelwe kwihlabathi jikelele. Asiyazi into eyenzekayo kwezinye iindawo zelizwe okanye kwihlabathi jikelele.”
Inkonzo yothungelwano enyiniweyo ikwachaphazele izicelo zoqeqesho lobunesi, oluthi ngoku lwenziwa kwi-intanethi. UThandiwe Moyo, 20, wabelane naye ngokuphoxeka kwakhe ngokungakwazi ukufaka isicelo. “Ndandifuna ukufaka isicelo soqeqesho lobuhlengikazi, kodwa andizange ndikwazi ukufikelela kwiwebhusayithi. Kufana nokuba sivinjwa ithuba lokuphucula ubomi bethu kunye negalelo kwicandelo lezempilo.”
UMthandazo Sibanda, 23, ugxininise ifuthe elibanzi lolwahlulo lwedijithali. “Oku kunqongophala kokufikelela kulwazi kuchaphazela uluntu lwethu lonke, asizazi iinkqubo okanye amaphulo karhulumente anokuthi axhamle kuthi, kufana nokuba siphila kwixesha elahlukileyo, sishiyeke ngasemva kwicala lophuhliso, yinkxalabo enkulu leyo.”
Obekekileyo uSibanda uyibethelele imfuneko yokungenelela okukhawulezileyo ukulungisa lo mba. “Kufuneka sivale olu luhlu lwedijithali ukuvula amandla abantu bethu abatsha. Kufuneka sixhobise abantu bethu ngezakhono zokuhamba kwihlabathi ledijithali. Asikwazi ukubonelela ngokufikelela kwi-intanethi; kufuneka sinikeze izakhono zokuyisebenzisa ngokufanelekileyo ngokufanelekileyo.”
Njengoko iZimbabwe izama ukuphuhlisa uqoqosho kunye nenguqu yedijithali, ingxaki yesithili saseLupane isebenza njengesikhumbuzo esicacileyo seyantlukwano ekhoyo. Inyathelo elingxamisekileyo libalulekile ukulungisa le ntlukwano yedijithali, kuqinisekiswe ukuba akukho mntu ushiyekayo kusukelo lwenkqubela phambili.
Ukuqukumbela, ulwahlulo lwedijithali kwisithili saseLupane ngumba ocinezelayo ofuna ingqwalasela ekhawulezileyo. Urhulumente, iinkampani zonxibelelwano kunye nabanye abachaphazelekayo kufuneka basebenzisane ukuphucula inkonzo yothungelwano, ukubonelela ngoqeqesho lwedijithali, nokudala amathuba kubahlali baseLupane. Kuphela ke sinokuthi sivule amandla kwesi sithili sikude kwaye siqinisekise ukuba abahlali baso abashiywanga ngasemva kwixesha ledijithali.
