Isiteleka sezinyunyana mayelana namaholo nezimo zokusebenza simise iBelgium, okudale isiphithiphithi ezikhumulweni zezindiza, emigwaqweni nasesibhakabhakeni.

Yize iBrussels Airlines inikeze isexwayiso kusenesikhathi ngesiteleka esijwayelekile ngesonto eledlule, izinkulungwane zabahambi abangakwazi ukushintsha izinhlelo zabo zivaleleke ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezweni lonke eliphethe inhlokodolobha ye-EU. Izinhlelo zokuhamba zabantu ezingaba ngu-60,000 zithintekile, kube nezindiza eziphuthumayo kuphela nezamasosha ezivunyelwe ukuhamba noma ukufika ezweni lonke.

Njengoba abalawuli bethrafikhi bezindiza bengekho emsebenzini, ngisho nezindiza ezihlelelwe ukudlula esikhaleni sezindiza sase-Belgian kuye kwadingeka ukuthi ziphinde zidlule futhi zidlule ezweni lonke.

Lesi siteleka sihambisana nokuhambela kongqongqoshe bezokuvikela be-NATO, abafike eBrussels emhlanganweni obekuhleliwe. Nalezi zikhulu ze-NATO azizange zikhishwe kulesi siphithiphithi, zaphoqeleka ukuthi zehlele emazweni aseduze futhi zishayele enye indlela.

Ukuhamba ngaphakathi kweBelgium akubanga lula. Isiteleka sangoLwesithathu sihlanganisa abasebenzi bezokuthutha umphakathi eBrussels kanye nabaphathi bezitimela kuzwelonke, okubangele ukubambezeleka okukhulu kwezitimela namabhasi.

Amafekthri amaningi avinjwe abasebenzi abatelekile, kuyilapho amapikikhethi amaningi kanye nemibhikisho kuvalwe imigwaqo. Abasebenzi ababili eGhent bangeniswe esibhedlela ngesikhathi umshayeli ethukuthele eshayisa ulayini weveni evimba izimoto. Umshayeli waboshwa ngokushesha.

Ngaphandle kwabasebenzi bemboni yezokuthutha, isiteleka sihlanganise nenqwaba yabasebenzi bakahulumeni. Lokhu kusho ukuthi izikole nezindawo zokufundela zavalwa ngalolo suku, kwadingeka ukuthi amaphoyisa ashintshe isikhashana abasebenzi emajele aseBelgium.

Labo ababambe iqhaza ekumisweni komsebenzi okuthatha amahora angama-24 bangamalungu ezinyunyana ezintathu ezinkulukazi zaseBelgium, eziziqhenya ngamalunga acishe abe yizigidi ezine phakathi kwenani labantu bezwe eliyizigidi eziyi-4. Imizamo yabo ehlangene kulindeleke ukuthi ibangele amashumi ezigidi zama-Euro ekulimaleni komnotho.

“Esikufunayo wukutshela abaqashi, noma ngabe bangobani, ukuthi siyabagulisa ukuthi bafake yonke inhlama esiyidalayo emaphaketheni abo. Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi kubuyiselwe enye yayo kubasebenzi,” kusho uRobert Verteneuil, umongameli weSocialist General Federation of Belgian Labor, etshela umsakazo womphakathi ngosuku lwesiteleka.

Izikhulu ziphendule isiteleka zathi ngeke zixazulule lutho futhi zifuna kuxoxiswane, zisagcizelela ukuthi iziphakamiso zabo zokunyuselwa amaholo zinengqondo.