Umklamo waseNingizimu Afrika kagesi welanga udinga ngokushesha ukutshalwa kwezimali kwamanye amazwe

Okhulumela uhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika, uTenba Maceko, uthe ngomhlaka-18 iNingizimu Afrika yethule ngokusemthethweni uhlelo lwesikhungo sikagesi welanga esinamandla amakhulu esiphehla amandla angu-100 megawatts. Uhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika unethemba lokuthola utshalomali oluqinile oluvela emifelandawonye nezikhungo zangaphandle.

I-South Africa News Agency icaphune uMaceko ethi lo msebenzi wokuphehla amandla elanga use-Upington, inhloko-dolobha yaseNingizimu Afrika esifundazweni saseNyakatho-ntshonalanga. Kuwuhlelo olubalulekile lokuthuthukiswa kwamandla ahlanzekile eNingizimu Afrika. Ngenxa yokuntuleka kwezimali, ukwakhiwa kwephrojekthi kagesi welanga kuhlangabezane nezingqinamba. Lo msebenzi kulindeleke ukuthi udle izigidigidi eziyi-150 zamarandi (cishe amabhiliyoni angama-20.6 amaRandi).

UMaceko uthe indawo kanye nemvelo yephrojekthi kagesi welanga ifaneleka kakhulu ekwakhiweni kwezitshalo zamandla elanga. Uhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika unqume ukuthi umnotho ohlaza okwesibhakabhaka nohambisana nemvelo yiwona ozoba nomthelela omkhulu esigabeni esilandelayo somnotho waseNingizimu Afrika. Lokhu akuzukudala nje isibalo esikhulu semisebenzi, kodwa futhi kuzonciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni eNingizimu Afrika.

INingizimu Afrika iyizwe elinamandla amakhulu e-Afrika. Ukuphehlwa kwayo kukagesi kubalwa izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zengqikithi yase-Afrika. Cishe u-90% wawo uvela kugesi ophehlwa ngamalahle. Ngokukhula kwesidingo sikagesi eminyakeni yamuva nje, iNingizimu Afrika, “izwe elicebe kakhulu ngogesi”, isiqalile ukubhekana nokushoda kukagesi. Nakuba igxile ekuthuthukisweni kwamandla enuzi, iNingizimu Afrika nayo ibhekelela kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kwamandla ahlanzekile navuselelekayo njengamandla elanga.