Kulengeza kwa dipatimenti ya zaumoyo ku South Africa kuti zoletsa za COVID zichotsedwa kwathunthu - paulendo wapanyumba ndi wakunja - zidabwera ngati njira yopulumutsira zokopa alendo mdziko muno.
Pazochitika zonse zachuma zomwe zakhudzidwa ndi kudzipatula chifukwa cha mliriwu, gawo lazokopa alendo ndilomwe linali lovuta kwambiri.
Tourism ku South Africa, pre-COVID, inali yamtengo wapatali kuposa R130 biliyoni, imapanga 4,5% ya ntchito za dzikolo, ndipo inapereka 3% mwachindunji ku GDP.
“Mu July 2021, alendo 5,000 okha akunja kwa nyanja anapita ku South Africa – 2.6% chabe ya anthu amene anafika mwezi womwewo zaka ziwiri m’mbuyomo,” anatero mlangizi wa zachuma Dr Roelof Botha. "Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti kuyambiranso kwa ntchito zokopa alendo kuyenera kupanga malo otayika akangofika masika."
Wapampando wamkulu wa GILTEDGE, Sean Kritzinger adafotokoza mpumulo wake kuti makampani azokopa alendo akuyembekeza kuyambiranso.
"Makampani athu oyendayenda sanasinthebe mpaka pano," adatero. “Takhala tikuyang’anitsitsa kwa zaka ziwiri zapitazi; tinali pa Mndandanda Wofiira waku UK womwe udaletsa kuyenda kwathu mu Disembala chaka chatha - ndipo Disembala ndi imodzi mwanyengo zathu zapamwamba zapadziko lonse lapansi. Izi zidawononga kwambiri makampani. Ndikukhulupirira kuti kuthetsedwa kwa malamulowa, monga momwe adalembedwera, kudzalimbikitsa kwambiri ntchito zokopa alendo ku South Africa ndi chigawo chachikulu cha Kumwera kwa Africa - nthawi yakwana!
"Ndikofunikira kuti tibwerere ku chikhalidwe cha pre-COVID. Tsopano kuti malamulo ndi zoletsa zathetsedwa…. Ndine wokondwa ndi chiyembekezo. Izi ndizopindulitsa kwambiri zokopa alendo kudera lathu lonse,” adatero.
