UKUHLALA ekhaya elingenakudla kuyamaniswa nengozi enkulu yokukhathazeka nokhwantalala.
Ucwaningo iNational Income Dynamics Study olwenziwe uDkt Siphiwe Dlamini weWits University olubheka umthelela wokushoda kokudla ezifeni zengqondo, luveza ukuthi ukwenyuka kokudla kudala ukukhathazeka ngokuthi kungenzeka ungabi nakho ukudla kwabanye okuphetha ngokuthi bahlaselwe izifo zengqondo.
Lolu cwaningo belubheka izinkinga zokushoda kokudla ngesikhathi kuhlasele iCovid-19 obekwenziwa ukuthi abantu akumele babe uvanzi ngenxa yokuthi imithetho ibingakuvumi lokho, ukuthi okunye ukudla ngaleso sikhathi kugcine sekubiza kakhulu nokuthi abanye abantu balahlekelwe imisebenzi, abanye bebevele bengasebenzi nhlobo bagcina bengasazi ukuthi bazodlani ngalesi sikhathi ebesinemigomo eminingi elawula ukuhamba kwabantu.
UDlamini ofundisa ophikweni olweluleka ngokomphefumulo eWits ongumbhali walolu cwaningo, uthe ucwaningo luveza ngokusobala ukuthi ukungabi naso isiqiniseko sokuthi uzodlani kudala izinkinga zengqondo.
Uthe le nkinga ibhekene kakhulu nabantu abadla imbuya ngothi okuholela ekutheni bazame noma yini abangayenza ukuze bathole ukudla, eminye yaleyo mizamo iholela ekutheni baphathwe ukhwantalala nengcindezi.
Uthe lolu cwaningo lwenziwe ngokukhuluma nabantu abadala abangu -3.402 ngo-Okthoba 2021.
Uthe bathole ukuthi u20% wemindeni kuleli (owodwa kwemihlanu), awunakho ukudla okwenele. Isifundazwe i-Eastern Cape kulolu cwaningo kuthiwa isona esinemindeni eminingi engenakho ukudla okwenele ngoba ingu-32% imindeni ekuleso simo kulesi sifundazwe
" Abantu abangafundile, abangasebenzi nabahola kancane ibona okuvamise ukuthi babe nenkinga yokushodelwa ukudla, ngokwalolu cwaningo," kusho uDlamini.
Lolu cwaningo oluxhaswe ngemali iNational Research Foundation, belwenziwa ngakubambisana kweCape Peninsula University of Technology, Rhodes University, Stellenbosch University, University of Cape Town, University of Johannesburg, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Pretoria ne-University of South Africa.
"Umbiko wethu ufike ngesikhathi uhulumeni usanda kwenza isimemezelo sokuthi uzobeka eqhulwini izindaba zokuntuleka kwemisebenzi, ububha nokungalingani. Lokhu kuzosiza ekulweni namazinga aphezulu okushoda kokudla nokushoda kwemisebenzi," kusho uDlamini.
Uqhube wathi kufanele kubhekisiswe ukuthi ukushoda kokudla kugcina sekuba nomthelelela kwezempilo kuzo okubalwa nezifo zengqondo eziyingozi.