IPhini likaNgqongqoshe wezokuBusa ngokuBambisana neziNdaba zoMdabu, uMnuz Parks Tau, uthe, “Sizohamba ngezinyawo Abantu baseNingizimu Afrika ngokusebenzisa lesi sikhombimsebenzisi esisebenziseka kalula kuzo zonke izinkundla zemidiya futhi sivule umhlaba omusha we Covid-19 ukulwa nengqalasizinda.”
I-GovChat, inkundla esemthethweni yokuxoxisana nohulumeni wezakhamizi zaseNingizimu Afrika, ngokubambisana noMnyango Wezokubusa Ngokubambisana Nezindaba Zomdabu (i-CoGTA) namuhla bamemezela futhi bethula u-Unathi, uhlelo lokuhlola kuqala i-COVID-19 kanye nesixhumi sedijithali esiyisixwayiso kusenesikhathi. Lobu buchwepheshe benza izakhamizi zikwazi ukuxhumana ngqo noHulumeni ngendlela esemthethweni nethembekile.
I-UNATHI iyiChatBot efinyelelekayo etholakala kukho kokubili i-WhatsApp ne-FaceBook Messenger futhi isiza kokubili:
- Abantu baseNingizimu Afrika, ekunikezeni imininingwane yokuhlolelwa i-COVID-19 kanye nolwazi lokuhlola kuqala, kanye
- Uhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika, ekuhlanganiseni nasekubikeni imisebenzi nezimpawu zesakhamuzi sangempela esihlobene ne-COVID19.
Ngemibuzo ka-Unathi yemvelo elula eqondiswa ngolimi, izakhamuzi ziyakwazi ukusho ngokungaziwa:
- Khombisa indawo yabo,
- Bika izimpawu ze-COVID-19 ezethula kubo, emndenini noma kumalungu omndeni,
- Thola indawo yabo yokuhlola eseduze yomphakathi noma yangasese,
- Bika umsebenzi wabo wokuhlola kanye nemiphumela, futhi
- Thola amathiphu ezempilo nolwazi.
I-South Africa GovChat, ehlinzeka ngezinhlobonhlobo zezici zokuxoxisana nohulumeni wezakhamizi, yathuthukiswa ngokuhambisana nemodeli yokulethwa kwezifunda kaHulumeni. Njengomnyango oholayo phezu koMthetho Kazwelonke Wokulawulwa Kwezinhlekelele, i-CoGTA inikezwe igunya lokuhlomisa iminyango kahulumeni ehlukahlukene ngokuqonda ngesikhathi sangempela futhi ihlanganise imininingwane kubo bonke ababambiqhaza. Okuphakelayo kwedeshibhodi ye-GovChat kuzobhekwa unomphela esikhungweni sikaZwelonke Sokulawulwa Kwezinhlekelele ukuze kusizwe umnyango ngokuhlela, ukwabiwa kwezinsiza kanye nokuxhumanisa izikhungo zombuso zendawo, zezifundazwe kanye nezikazwelonke.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-GovChat kanye ne-CoGTA baphinde bethula isici sokusesha i-geo-location, esenza izakhamuzi zikwazi ukuhlonza umholi wazo wendabuko, ngokusekelwe endaweni yesakhamuzi. Abaholi Bendabuko badlala indima ebalulekile ekulawuleni ukusabela ku-Covid-19 ezindaweni zabo. Ngendlela efanayo lapho iNingizimu Afrika iGovChat njengamanje ihlomisa ngayo amaKhansela Ezigceme anolwazi lwangempela mayelana nezindaba ezithinta izigceme zawo, abaholi boMdabu kanye neziphathimandla banikwe amandla okulekelela ekudaleni ukuqwashisa, ukudlulisela ezindaweni zokuhlola/zokuhlola, ukulandelela kanye. njengokuhlonza izindawo zokuvalelwa.
“Lobu buchwepheshe abugcini nje ngokuzenzakalelayo izinqubo zethu eziningi zezandla ezidla isikhathi kodwa okubaluleke nakakhulu, zinikeza uHulumeni ulwazi lwesikhathi sangempela ukuze avumele izinqumo nezenzo ezivumelana nezimo nezisabelayo. Lokhu kuhambisana nokuphakelwa kwedatha okudidiyelwe neSikhungo Sikazwelonke Sokulawulwa Kwezinhlekelele, Isikhungo Sikazwelonke Sokuyalela kanye noMnyango Wezempilo, kuzoshintsha izinto. Manje sinxusa abantu baseNingizimu Afrika ukuthi bakhulume nathi futhi bagqamise isimo sabo se-COVID-19 kanye nesemiphakathi yabo,” kusho iPhini likaNgqongqoshe wezokuBusa ngokuBambisana neziNdaba zoMdabu.
Ukuze kuqwashiswe kabanzi, i-Absa kanye ne-MTN babambisene ne-GovChat ukukhuthaza abantu baseNingizimu Afrika ukuthi baxoxisane no-Unathi. Phakathi kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili, abantu baseNingizimu Afrika abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-30 bazothola imilayezo eqondile yethula i-GovChat yaseNingizimu Afrika futhi inikeza imiyalelo yokuqalisa ingxoxo kunoma iyiphi inkundla yemiyalezo.
“Lapho izakhamizi zamukela kakhulu lobu buchwepheshe futhi zibika isimo sazo, singasebenza ngempumelelo kakhudlwana ekwehliseni umthelela wobhubhane ezimpilweni nasezimpilweni zaseNingizimu Afrika,” kusho u-Jacqui O'Sullivan, oyi-Executive Corporate Affairs, MTN.
“Sibonga ozakwethu, i-MTN kanye ne-Absa ngokuseseka kwabo ngomkhankaso wokuqwashisa ngeGovChat,” kusho u-Eldrid Jordaan, oyi-CEO yakwaGovChat.
“Njengobambisene noHulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika,” kuqhubeka uJordaan, “sibophezela zonke izinsiza ezikhona ekusekeleni imizamo kaHulumeni Kazwelonke yokuqonda isimo sangempela salolu bhubhane. Sikholelwa emandleni obambisene kanye nokusatshalaliswa kobuchwepheshe obuxhumene ngokushesha obusebenzayo. Sisebenzisana ne-CoGTA eminyakeni eminingi ekuthuthukisweni kwezici kanye nohlelo lwesixwayiso sangaphambi kwesikhathi olukhona namuhla.”
Ukuze uthole i-UNATHI ku-WhatsApp, engeza inombolo ethi 082 046 8553 kudivayisi yakho. Bese uthayipha okuthi “COVID19” ku-UNATHI lapho othintana naye ebizwa ku-WhatsApp bese uthola i-GovChatting. Ku-Face-book, sesha i-GovChat kanye ne-facebook messenger izoqala i-GovChatting.
“Asisize uHulumeni asize izwe lethu ekwehliseni ijika.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- In the similar manner in which South Africa GovChat currently capacitates Ward Councillors with real-time insight into the issues that affect their respective wards, Traditional Leaders and Authorities are empowered to assist with the awareness creation, referral to testing/screening sites, tracking as well as identification of quarantine sites.
- GovChat, the official South African citizen government engagement platform, in partnership with the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) today announces and introduces Unathi, a COVID-19 prescreening and early warning digital interface.
- “The more citizen's embrace this technology and report their status, the more effective we can be in reducing the impact of the pandemic on South African's lives and livelihoods”, says Jacqui O'Sullivan, Executive Corporate Affairs, MTN.
