UNGQONGQOSHE wezeMpilo kuzwelonke uDkt Joe Phaahla, uzwakalise ukukhathazeka ngezingane zamantombazane ezikhulelwa zisencane.
UPhaahla ukusho lokhu ngesikhathi ngoMsombuluko ngesikhathi ehambele isibhedlela iGJ Crookes, ukuyokwamukela izingane ezizalwe ngoJanuwari 1.
Ubephelezelwa nguNdunankulu waKwaZulu-Natal uNkk Nomusa Dube-Ncube, noNgqongqoshe wezeMpilo esifundazweni uNksz Nomagugu Simelane.
Zingu-411 izingane ezizalwe ngalolu suku ezweni lonke. Kulesi sibalo kukhona ezingu-260 ezizalwe KwaZulu-Natal, kuzona kukhona ezamantombazane ezingu-140, bese kuba ngezabafana ezingu-120.
UPhaahla uthe babhekene nengwadla yokukhulelwa kwamantombazane amancane.
“Kudingeka sisebenze ngokubambisana ukuqinisekisa ukuthi siyasinciphisa isibalo sezingane ezikhulelwa zisencane. Uma kwenzeka, kufuneka ukuthi siqede nya ngaso. Lokhu yinto engenzeka,” kunxusa uPhaahla.
Uqhube wathi bengumnyango banazo izindlela ezahlukene zokuhlela umndeni abazama ngazo ukulwa nesihlava sokukhulelwa kwamantombazane, wanxusaabantu abasha ukuthi bazisebenzise.
“Lena akuyona inkinga yomnyango kuphela kodwa ngeyethu sonke singumphakathi, kufanele sibambisane ezingeni lemindeni emakhaya. Siyilekelele intsha yethu engena esigabeni sokukhula, isiqonde isigaba esuke isingena kuso bese iyahlonyiswa ngalo lonke ulwazi eludingayo ukuqonda kabanzi nangokushintsha kwemizimba yayo,” kweluleka uDkt Phaahla.
Amukela izingane ezizalwe ngalolu suku, uPhaahla uhlabe ikhwelo lokuthi zinakekelwe ngendlela efanele, kuqikelelwe ukuthi azingenwa yizifo ezahlukene nokuthi zikhuliswa ngendlela efanele.
Ubuye wathinta nokubaluleka kokuba khona kobaba bazo ezimpilweni zazo, wathi bayathemba ukuthi bazoba ngobaba abaqotho ezinganeni.
“Kuyakhathaza uma kuzoba nesimo lapho obaba bekhetha ukungazibandakanyi ezimpilweni zezingane abasuke bezilethe emhlabeni,” kusho uPhaahla.
UMnyango wezeMpilo KwaZulu-Natal uveze ukuthi esibalweni sabatete ngoJanuwari 1, abangu-50 kubo, baseyizingane.
Kuvele ukuthi kukhona oneminyaka engu-14, kube abayisikhombisa abaneminyaka engu-16, babe ngu-11 abaneminyaka engu-17, babe ngu-11 abaneminyaka engu-18, bese beba ngu-20 abaneminyaka engu-19.