Nina von Kalckreuth
Ama-roses abomvu angumkhiqizo ofunwa kakhulu, ikakhulukazi uSuku lukaValentine, osuvele uthengisiwe kuzo zonke izitolo zezimbali ngaphambi kukaFebhuwari 14. Abaningi bacabanga ukuthi izimbali zivela eNetherlands. Ezinye zazo zenza, kodwa ingxenye enkulu yezimbali ingeniswa ivela emazweni ase-Afrika, njengeKenya. Kukhishwe ngo-2010 cwaningo UKatrin Merhof uhlola umthetho wezabasebenzi baseKenya kanye nokusebenza kwawo emasimini wezimbali.
Njengoba usizo lokuthuthuka emaphandleni selunqunyiwe, iKenya ithembele embonini yezimbali kusukela ngawo-1980s. Inani lenyuka lisuka kumathani ayi-14.000 wezimbali ezisikiwe ngonyaka we-1990 zaya kumathani angama-93.000 athunyelwa ngonyaka we-2008 - ikakhulukazi eJalimane. Bangama-500.000 abantu baseKenya abaqashiwe embonini yezimbali - nokho abesifazane ikakhulukazi ngabesifazane abasebenza ezihlathini zezimbali ngoba bathambekele ekufundeni okumpofu kakhulu kunamadoda futhi bayabiza kancane. Isimbali sezimbali eshibhile sithokozisa umthengi waseYurophu, kepha imvelo ihlangabezana nemizila yokuhamba ende nokusetshenziswa kwemithi yokubulala izinambuzane. Umthwalo omkhulu kunabo bonke, noma kunjalo, uthwalwa yizisebenzi, ezivame ukuhlukunyezwa amalungelo abo abasebenzi.
Izinkinga ezithile ezingokomthetho zabasebenzi baseKenya embonini yezimbali:
- Ulimi kuvisisa nobunzima kwinkontileka yokuqashwa yokuthatha umsebenzi: abantu abaningi baseKenya abazi isiSwahili noma ezinye izilimi zomdabu abaziqondi izinkontileka ezivame ukuqashwa ngesiNgisi.
- Okunamathela kakhulu amaholo akwanele ukuba khona kwemindeni eminingi, ngaphezu kwakho konke ngoba abasebenzi kufanele bakhokhele indawo yokuhlala emsebenzini ngokwabo emiholo yabo.
- Izinkinga zempilo (ikakhulukazi ubuhlungu emuva, ukuhlanza nemilenze evuvukayo) kungabangelwa ukusetshenziswa kwezibulala-zinambuzane, abasebenzi abangaziswanga ngazo futhi abavame ukunikezwa ngazo izingubo zokuzivikela. Ukuxineka okukhathazayo, okucindezelayo emzimbeni ngesikhathi somsebenzi nakho kudala izinkinga - labo abathintekayo bavame ukungatholi ukwesekwa ngudokotela kubaqashi babo.
- ukubandlulula: lokhu kungenzeka ngenxa yohlanga, ibala lesikhumba, ubulili, ulimi, inkolo, umbono wezepolitiki, ubuzwe, imvelaphi, ukukhubazeka, ukukhulelwa, isimo sengqondo noma isifo se-HIV. Abesifazane ikakhulukazi bazizwa becwaswa ngokususelwa ebulilini. Bahola kancane ngokwesilinganiso kunabesilisa, futhi ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi nakho kuyinkinga enkulu. Ukuqeqeshwa okungcono kwabesifazane nemfundo ngamalungelo abo kuzodingeka ukuthuthukisa unomphela iqhaza labesifazane emphakathini waseKenya - kepha lapha futhi eYurophu, wonke umphakathi kufanele ubambe iqhaza, lena inqubo ende.
Kukhona nezinye izindaba eziningi, njengokungcoliswa kwamanzi okukhulu ngumkhakha wezimbali, okwenza abadobi nezakhamizi balahlekelwe yimali yabo. Kepha noma ngabe kunemithetho, imvamisa ayenziwanga ngenxa yenkohlakalo noma ukuntuleka kolwazi ngamalungelo. Uma nje izazi zezimbali zaseYurophu zilindela amanani aphansi nokuguquguquka okuphezulu okuvela kubalingani bezohwebo base-Afrika, akukho ntuthuko ebonakalayo, ngokusho kukaMerhof. Usuku lweValentine oluzayo lukwenza ucabange - zivela kuphi izimbali? Kungani babiza okuncane?
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