Naphezu kwezinselele ezibangelwe ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 oluqhubekayo, ukuhweba ngezingubo kuyaqhubeka nokuchuma. Imboni ibonise ukuqina okumangalisayo nokuzivumelanisa nezimo zemakethe ezishintshayo, futhi ivele njengokukhanya kwethemba emnothweni womhlaba.
Imibiko yakamuva ikhombisa ukuthi ukuhweba ngezingubo kukhule kakhulu ngonyaka odlule, naphezu kokuphazamiseka okubangelwe ubhubhane. Ngokusho kochwepheshe bemboni, lo mkhakha uzuze ekufuneni okusha okuvela kubathengi, abatshala imali eningi ezimpahleni ezikhululekile nezisebenzayo zokugqoka ngenkathi besebenza ekhaya. Ukwanda kwezentengiselwano ze-inthanethi kanye nokuthenga ku-inthanethi nakho kukhuthaze ukukhula kulo mkhakha, njengoba abathengi besebenzisa ithuba lokulula nokufinyeleleka kwezitolo eziku-inthanethi.
Esinye isici esifaka isandla ekukhuleni kokuhweba ngezingubo ukushintsha okuqhubekayo kwezintambo zokuhlinzeka emhlabeni wonke. Amabhizinisi amaningi afuna ukushintshashintsha izintambo zawo zokuhlinzeka futhi anciphise ukuthembela kwawo esifundeni noma ezweni elilodwa, okuwashukumisele ukuba afune abahlinzeki abasha kwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba. Kulesi simo, abakhiqizi bezingubo emazweni anjengeBangladesh, iVietnam, neNdiya babona ukwanda kwesidingo kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali ngenxa yalokho.
Naphezu kwalezi zindlela ezinhle, nokho, ukuhweba ngezingubo kusabhekene nezinselele ezinkulu, ikakhulukazi maqondana namalungelo abasebenzi kanye nokusimama. Amazwe amaningi lapho ukukhiqiza izingubo kuyimboni enkulu khona agxekwe ngezimo zokusebenza ezimbi, amaholo aphansi, kanye nokuxhashazwa kwabasebenzi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, imboni inegalelo elikhulu ekuwohlokeni kwemvelo, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kwezinto ezingavuseleleki kanye nezinqubo zamakhemikhali eziyingozi.
Nokho, kuyaqhubeka imizamo yokubhekana nalezi zinselele. Amaqembu ezimboni, ohulumeni, kanye nezinhlangano zomphakathi basebenzisana ukukhuthaza amalungelo abasebenzi kanye nezimo zokusebenza ezifanele zabasebenzi bezingubo, kanye nokukhuthaza amabhizinisi ukuthi amukele imikhuba eqhubekayo. Izinhlelo ezifana ne-Sustainable Apparel Coalition kanye ne-Better Cotton Initiative ziyizibonelo zemizamo yokubambisana yokukhuthaza ukusimama kanye nemikhuba yebhizinisi enomthwalo wemfanelo kulo mkhakha.
Ekuphetheni, ukuhweba ngezingubo kuyaqhubeka nokuba negalelo elikhulu emnothweni womhlaba, naphezu kwezinselelo ezibangelwa ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 oluqhubekayo. Nakuba kusenezinkinga ezibalulekile okufanele zixazululwe maqondana namalungelo abasebenzi kanye nokusimama, kunesizathu sokuba nethemba njengoba ababambiqhaza besebenzisana ukubhekana nalezi zinselelo nokwakha imboni yezingubo ezinzile futhi elinganayo. Njengoba abathengi beqhubeka befuna ukucaca kanye nokuziphendulela emabhizinisini, kusobala ukuthi ukuhweba ngezingubo kuzodingeka kuqhubeke nokuzivumelanisa nezimo nokuthuthuka ukuze kuhlale kuncintisana futhi kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo zemakethe eshintsha njalo.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Mashi-17-2023