Unyaka wezi-2024 ubingelelwe ngubumnyama
Ngokuqala konyaka omusha abantu abebenezifiso eziningi esinye sazo kwakukuphela kokucima kukagesi kepha lokho kubukeka kuyiphupho elisakujana ukufezeka njengoba u-Eskom usephinde wethula isigaba sesibili nesesithathu sokucinywa kukagesi, nokusho ukuqala konyaka omusha ngendlela edumazayo.
Umhlaziyi wezamandla uChris Yelland uzwakalise ukukhathazeka ngomthelela emphakathini, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kwesikhathi eside sokungaphazanyiswa kukagesi.
Ngokusho kwalenkampani ephehla ugesi, isinqumo sokuphinda kucishwe ugesi sidalwe ukukhuphuka kwezinga lokulungiswa kanye nezinselelo ngamayunithi ayisithupha aphehlayo. Ukwengeza, amayunithi amathathu ahlulekile ukubuya ku-inthanethi njengoba bekulindelekile. Lokhu kuphazamiseka kuza ngemuva kwesimemezelo sakamuva sokuvumelanisa ngempumelelo kweyunithi entsha eSiteshini Samandla Kagesi Kusile.
Nakuba evuma isinyathelo esihle sokuvumelanisa iyunithi yesihlanu ye-Kusile, u-Yelland uxwayise ngokulindela ukuphakelwa kukagesi okuqhubekayo njengoba uphiko lungakasebenzi kwezohwebo futhi kulindeleke ukuthi lusebenze ngokugcwele cishe ezinyangeni eziyisithupha. U-Yelland uphinde wakhumbuza umphakathi ngokubambezeleka kanye nezindleko zomnotho ezihambisana nohlelo lweKusile.
Ezwakalisa ukumangala ngesimo samanje, u-Yelland uphawule ngezinga eliphezulu ngokungalindelekile lokuphazamiseka okungahleliwe, okufinyelele kumamegawathi ayi-16 000. Ugcizelele ukuthi, nakuba amayunithi ehluleka ukubuya ku-inthanethi akuyona into entsha, ubukhulu bamanje bokuqhekeka okungahleliwe buphakamisa ukukhathazeka okusikhumbuza izikhathi eziyinselele ezedlule.
“Okumangalisayo wukuthi izinga lokuphazamiseka kokuhlinzekwa okungahleliwe selifinyelele ku-16 000 megawatts, lokhu kuphezulu kakhulu. Lokhu kubuyela ezikhathini ezimbi zakudala.”
Ukubuya kokucinywa kukagesi kuphakamisa imibuzo mayelana nokwethembeka kwengqalasizinda kagesi yaseNingizimu Afrika kanye nemithelela engase ibe khona kwezomnotho ngenxa yokuphazamiseka okuqhubekayo kukagesi. U-Eskom akazange anikeze isikhathi esicacile sokuthi isimo sizozinza nini, okushiya umphakathi namabhizinisi belungiselela izinselelo ezingase zibe khona emasontweni ezayo.
