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Ngo-2022, uNgqongqoshe Wezempilo waseGauteng uNomathemba Mokgethi uthe odokotela baseCuba abangu-14 bathola phakathi kuka-R78,000 no-R90,000 ngenyanga, kanti izikhulu ziqinisekisa amaphakheji amakhulu enkokhelo yalezi zikhundla.<\/p>\n<p>Uma kuqhathaniswa, umholo ojwayelekile wenyanga kadokotela eGauteng u-R56,589, ngokusho kwedatha yomholo etholakala emphakathini, cishe u-31% ngaphezu kwesilinganiso sikazwelonke kodwa usangaphansi kwamaphakheji abikiwe kwabanye abasebenzi bezokwelapha baseCuba. Ukusetshenziswa kweGauteng kochwepheshe baseCuba nabanye abangaphandle akuyona into engakaze ibonwe, kodwa kudonsele ukuhlolisiswa kabusha njengoba izibalo zokusetshenziswa kwemali sezifinyelele amazinga aqopha umlando.<\/p>\n<h4>Impikiswano Eqhubekayo Ngomsebenzi Wendawo Nokwabiwa Kwezinsiza<\/h4>\n<p>Ukuqhubeka kokuqashwa komnyango kochwepheshe bezokwelapha bakwamanye amazwe kuye kwagxekwa, ikakhulukazi phakathi kodokotela baseNingizimu Afrika abangasebenzi. UJack Bloom, ekhuluma ngo-Ephreli 2024, uthe \u201cuMnyango Wezempilo waseGauteng usebenzisa u-R14 million ngonyaka kodokotela baseCuba abangu-11 naphezu kwenani elikhulu lodokotela baseNingizimu Afrika abangasebenzi.\u201d Kodwa-ke, umnyango uvikele ukuqashwa kwabasebenzi bezokwelapha bakwamanye amazwe njengoba kudingeka ukubhekana nokuntuleka kwamakhono ezindaweni zokunakekelwa okubucayi nasezindaweni zasemakhaya.<\/p>\n<p>Abasebenzi bezempilo kanye namaqembu okumela bacele ukuthi kubuyekezwe imikhuba yokuqasha kanye neyokunxeshezelwa, benxusa umnyango ukuthi ubeke phambili odokotela bendawo ezikhundleni ezisanda kudalwa kanye nokuqinisekisa amathuba emisebenzi kulabo abaphothule eNingizimu Afrika. 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