ILoad shedding ibuyile yize uMengameli ethembisele ngesikhathi seSONA

Ngemva nje kokuba uMongameli Cyril Ramaphosa ethule inkulumo yesimo sezwe yokugcina ngesikhathi ethula inkulumo yakhe yesi-6 ngoLwesine kusihlwa,kepha u-Eskom umemezele ukubuya kweSigaba 4 sokucishwa kukagesi.

UMongameli uqhakambise impumelelo kahulumeni kule minyaka engama-30 edlule futhi waveza nezinyathelo ezithathiwe ukubhekana nenkinga kagesi ezweni.

URamaphosa, enkulumweni yakhe, uzwakalise ukuzethemba emizamweni yeKomidi Likazwelonke Lenkinga Yamandla Kagesi yokuqeda ukucinywa kukagesi, wathi, “Sizifezile izibopho zethu zokuletha amandla amasha amakhulu ngokutshalwa kwezimali kwangasese kugridi, osekuvele kusiza ukunciphisa ukucishwa kukagesi. ”

UMongameli uphinde wagqamisa impumelelo yohlelo lokuhlenga izikweletu lwangonyaka odlule lwe-Eskom, okuhloswe ngalo ukuthi inkampani kagesi ikwazi ukutshala imali ekunakekeleni nasekudluliseni ingqalasizinda, iqinisekise ukusimama kwayo.

Uyiqaphele inqubekelaphambili eseyenziwe emkhakheni wamandla avuselelekayo, namandla angaphezu kuka-2,500 MW wamandla elanga nawomoya axhunywe kugridi kanye nenani elengeziwe eliphindwe kathathu kuleso samba ekuthengweni noma ekwakhiweni.

“Ngezinxephezelo zentela kanye nokwesekwa kwezimali, sesiphindeke kabili inani le-solar efakwe ophahleni olufakwe ezweni lonke onyakeni odlule,” kwengeza uRamaphosa, egcizelela izinguquko zokulawula ukuze kugqugquzelwe ukutshalwa kwezimali kwangasese ekuphehleni ugesi.

Nokho, isimemezelo sika-Eskom sokucishwa kukagesi kweSigaba 4 ngokushesha ngemva kwenkulumo kaMongameli siveze ukukhathazeka ngokusebenza ngempumelelo kwezinyathelo ezihlongozwayo. Ngokusho kokhulumela u-Eskom, uDaphne Mokwena, ukucishwa kukagesi ku-Stage 4 kudingeke ukuthi kuphinde kukhishwe ugesi ukuze zilungiswe.

“Amaqembu ethu asebenza ngokuzikhandla ukubuyisela amayunithi okukhiqiza ku-inthanethi. U-Eskom uzoxhumana naye uma kudingeka,” kuqinisekisa uMokwena. Lesi simemezelo sidale ukungabaza phakathi komphakathi, njengoba abaningi bebuza ukuthi kungenzeka yini kanye nomthelela wezinguquko ezihlongozwayo ezivezwe nguMongameli Ramaphosa.

Ukubuya kokucinywa kukagesi ngokushesha ngemva kwenkulumo kuye kwavusa umuzwa omusha wokuphuthuma ukubhekana nenkinga kagesi eqhubekayo, esaqhubeka nokuba nomthelela emabhizinisini nasemizini ezweni lonke.

Njengoba iNingizimu Afrika ibhekene nezinselelo zomkhakha wayo wezamandla, uhulumeni ubhekene nengcindezi eyengeziwe yokuthi afeze izithembiso zakhe futhi athole izisombululo ezisimeme ukuze kuqinisekiswe uhlelo lwezamandla oluthembekile nolukwazi ukuncintisana lwesikhathi esizayo.