Isimo eSifundazweni saseSongkhla njengamanje sibi kakhulu, njengoba inkinga kaphethiloli, ebhebhethekiswa yiSongkran (uMkhosi Wamanzi) ozayo, iphazamisa kakhulu ukuvunwa kwe-latex kanye neziteshi zokuhlinzeka.
1. Ukushoda kukaphethiloli nodizili (Isifundazwe saseSongkhla Singena “Esimweni Esibucayi”)
Kusukela ngasekupheleni kukaMashi 2026, iSifundazwe saseSongkhla singesinye sezifundazwe ezithinteke kakhulu enkingeni kaphethiloli eThailand.
• Ukuwa Kwezinto Ezithuthwayo: Ukuqoqwa kwe-latex kuncike kakhulu emalolini amancane nasezithuthuthwini ezihamba phakathi kwabalimi abancane abahlakazekile nezikhungo zokusabalalisa. Njengoba iziteshi eziningi zikaphethiloli eSongkhla zivaliwe noma zisebenzisa isabelo sikaphethiloli (500 baht ngemoto kanye nama-50 baht kuphela ngesithuthuthu), abalimi benjoloba babhekene nenkinga yokuba nenjoloba kodwa abanayo indlela yokuyithutha.
• Ingozi Ephakeme Yokonakala: I-latex entsha kumele ifike ezikhungweni zokucubungula zingakapheli amahora amaningi kusukela ishayiwe ukuze kuvinjelwe ukujiya kwemvelo. Ukuntuleka kukaphethiloli kuholele emigqeni emide kanye nokubambezeleka kokuthutha, okubangele ukuthi i-latex yonakale noma inciphe ngekhwalithi (ukwanda kokuqukethwe kwe-volatile fatty acid [VFA]).
• Isikhathi sokungasebenzi kwemishini: Amasimu amakhulu athembele emishinini esebenzisa udizili ukuze ilungiswe nsuku zonke futhi icutshungulwe ngokuyinhloko; izimpawu ezisabalele zokuthi “udizili usuphelile” eziboniswa eziteshini zikaphethiloli eSifundazweni saseSongkhla zisho ukuthi le misebenzi yokukhiqiza isimi.
2. "I-Double Whammy" yaseSongkran
Inkinga kaphethiloli ifinyelela esicongweni ngaphambi kweSongkran, ezoqala mhla ziyi-11 kuya ku-15 kuMbasa, iveza ezinye izinselelo:
• Ukuntuleka Kwabasebenzi: Ngokwesiko, abacoshi benjoloba bayayeka ukusebenza ngesikhathi somkhosi. Uma kuhlanganiswa nenkinga yamanje kaphethiloli, izisebenzi eziningi zingakhetha ukuthatha “iholidi” kusenesikhathi ngoba azikwazi ukukhokhela amanani aphezulu kaphethiloli noma azikwazi ukuthola uphethiloli.
• Ukuthenga ngokwesaba: Uhulumeni waseThailand uxwayise ngokuthi ukwanda kokuhamba ngesikhathi saseSongkran kuzothuthukisa isidingo sikaphethiloli. Ngisho noma uhulumeni ekhulula izindawo eziphuthumayo zokugcina uwoyela, ukushoda kokunikezwa kungase kuqhubeke kuze kube maphakathi no-Ephreli.
• Ukusabalala kwezikhala zokunikezwa: INingizimu yeThailand okwamanje isesikhathini "sokuwohloka kwamaqabunga kanye nokuncipha kokukhiqiza" (isizini yesivuno esincane) sezihlahla zerabha, futhi lokhu kuphazamiseka kukaphethiloli okwenziwe ngumuntu kwandisa ukunikezwa kwezinto zokusetshenziswa ezikhona kakade.
3. Ukuhlaziywa Komthelela Wemakethe
• Imboni Yamagilavu (i-Nitrile/i-Natural Latex): Amanani e-latex egxilile kulindeleke ukuthi abe nokuguquguquka okukhulu kunaseminyakeni edlule emasontweni azayo. Uma iSifundazwe saseSongkhla—isikhungo esiyinhloko—singakwazi ukuthutha imikhiqizo iye endaweni yezimboni “yeRubber City” noma ukuze ithunyelwe kwamanye amazwe, izinkontileka zokuphakelwa zesikhashana zingase ziphazamiseke.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Mashi-26-2026