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Abathengi bahlola imifino emakethe enkulu ethengiswayo, eduze nenhloko-dolobha yaseMoroccan, iRabat, kodwa ukuqhuma kwamanani entengo kusho ukuthi bagxilise amehlo abo kulokho abakusebenzisa ngaphambi kweRamadan.
“Konke kubiza kakhulu,” kusho uKhadija El Asri, isakhamuzi sasendaweni yaseSidi Moussa.
“Kula masonto amathathu edlule, ngithenge imifino nenyama encane kunokuvamile.”
Inqwaba yezinqola namabhokisi omkhiqizo akleliswe emgwaqeni wemakethe, lapho umsindo wama-mopeds uhlangana nomsindo wezingxoxo ezishisayo phakathi kwabathengi abadonsa kanzima nabathengisi abampintshanayo.
Ukwehla kwamandla emali kwengeza ingcindezi eyengeziwe njengoba nje iMorocco ilungiselela iRamadan, inyanga yamaSulumane yokuzila ukudla eqala ngasekupheleni kukaMashi. Idili lasebusuku lisho ukuthi ukudla kuvame ukukhuphuka phakathi nenyanga engcwele.
Ukwehla kwamandla emali kufinyelele kumaphesenti angu-8.3 minyaka yonke ngasekupheleni kuka-2022, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokuphazamiseka kokuhlinzekwa kwempahla emhlabeni wonke okubhebhethekiswe ukuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine kanye nomthelela wako ezindlekweni zikaphethiloli nezokuthutha, ngokusho kweBhange Lomhlaba.
FUNDA FUTHI: Iphupho elibi lomshado wabasebancane eMorocco
NgoJanuwari, inkomba yentengo yabathengi ezweni ifinyelele kumaphesenti angu-8.9, okugqugquzelwe ukwenyuka kwamanani okudla ngo-16.8%.
Emakethe esendalini, umthengisi oyedwa ogcwele umphimbo uthengisa amazambane akhe ngama-dirham ayisishiyagalombili ngekhilogremu – cishe u-$1 (i-euro eyodwa).
Kodwa u-Abdessalam El Mahdaoui, oneminyaka engu-63, osethathe umhlalaphansi, uthe amanani awasalawuleki.
“Besijwayele ukuthenga ubhasikidi wemifino ngama-dirham ayi-100,” kusho yena. “Namuhla, ngisho nama-dirham angama-300 ngeke akuthenge lokho – amandla okuthenga abantu anqanyulwe ngesigamu.”
– Uhulumeni ungaphansi komlilo –
Lokho kusezweni lapho umholo omncane wenyanga ufika kuma-dirham angama-2,770 nje (cishe ama- $265, noma ama-euro angama-250).
Omunye umthengisi uthe amanani ayehla enyuka ngosuku.
“Utamatisi ubiza ama-dirham ayisishiyagalombili ngekhilo namuhla, ukwehla kuma-dirham angu-12 ezinsukwini ezimbili ezedlule,” esho, wengeza ngokuthi akakwazi ukuchaza ukuthi kungani.
Kodwa sezizonke, amanani entengo aya phezulu, ahambisana nokugxekwa kabuhlungu kwamaqembu aphikisayo, izinyunyana zabasebenzi kanye nemithombo yezindaba imbala.
Amadolobha amaningi amakhulu abone imibhikisho, nakuba ilinganiselwe futhi ivame ukufinyezwa yiziphathimandla.
Uhulumeni usole ukunyuka kwentengo ngenxa yokukhwabanisa, abaqageli kanye “nokukhwabanisa kwentengo”.
Okhulumela uhulumeni uMustapha Baitas uthi iziphathimandla zenze amasheke angaphezu kuka-64,000 futhi zithole amacala angu-3,000 kusukela ekushintsheni amanani kuya ekuxabaneni nekhwalithi yokudla.
Isimo sibe sibi kakhulu ngenxa yenkinga ebhekene nemboni yezolimo, eyenza amaphesenti ali-14 esamba somkhiqizo wasekhaya. Isomiso esibi kakhulu eminyakeni engamashumi amane siye sanezelwa emasontweni asanda kwedlula isimo sezulu esibanda ngendlela engavamile.
FUNDA FUTHI: Umbuso ne-ANC baxabene ngobudlelwano baseMorocco
“Isomiso siphoqe abalimi ukuthi bayeke ukulima amasimu abo kule sizini,” ingasaphathwa eyokubiza kwembewu nomanyolo, kusho uchwepheshe wenqubomgomo yezolimo u-Abderrahim Handouf.
UMkhandlu ozimele we-Economic, Social and Environmental Council wase-Morocco ucele ukuthi kube nezinguquko endleleni imikhiqizo yezolimo efinyelela ngayo emakethe, uthi amaketanga akhona manje ahlushwa “abaxhumanisi abeqisayo nabalawulwa kabi, okukhuthaza ukuqagela”.
– Ukushaya kanzima kakhulu eMorocco –
Uhulumeni ukhuphule uxhaso emikhiqizweni ethile eyisisekelo njengoshukela, ufulawa negesi yokupheka, kanye nokunikeza usizo kubasebenzi bomkhakha wezokuthutha abadonsa kanzima.
Iziphathimandla futhi zikuvimbele okwesikhashana ukuthunyelwa kwemifino eNtshonalanga Afrika.
FUNDA FUTHI: Emagqumeni aseMorocco, abalimi bensangu babheja embonini esafufusa
Kodwa iWorld Bank ithi lezi zinyathelo azenze lutho ukusiza imindeni empofu kakhulu.
“Naphezu kwalezi zinyathelo, yimindeni ehola kancane futhi esengozini esaqhubeka nokuhlukumezeka kakhulu ngenxa yokwehla kwamandla emali entengo yokudla,” kusho yena.
UFouzi Lekjaa, owayengumqondisi webhola lezinyawo manje osengamele isabelomali saseMorocco, uthe ngo-Okthoba iziphathimandla zihlela ukukhipha kancane kancane uxhaso ngemali ekhokhwa ngqo emakhaya ampofu kakhulu.
Kodwa ukunyakaza okunjalo sekuneminyaka kukhulunywa ngakho. Okwamanje, abantu abaningi baseMoroccan abangabasebenzi bakuthola kunzima ukuziphilisa.
UMohammed Hamali, 53, ongumdayisi, ukhombise i-AFP amakhreyithi ayisithupha okotapheya athi udonsa kanzima edayisa.
“Kwesinye isikhathi ngiwadayisa ngemali eshisiwe ukuze okungenani angaphumi,” usho kanje.
UHamali uthe uhulumeni kufanele anikeze usizo oluqondile emindenini edonsa kanzima, “ehlushwa ukuwohloka kwezinga lempilo yayo”.
