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Mengameli Cyril Ramaphosa.
- UMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa kanye noNgqongqoshe uGwede Mantashe bahlose ukuphikisa inselelo yezomthetho mayelana nokuhlelwa kwamandla.
- Izinhlangano ezimbili zomphakathi zazifake isicelo enkantolo ngoJanuwari, zifuna ukuthuthukiswa Kohlelo Oludidiyelwe Lwezamandla.
- Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi uhulumeni umemezele isimo senhlekelele kazwelonke mayelana nenkinga kagesi.
- Ukuze uthole izindaba eziningi zezimali, vakashela ku- News24 Business ikhasi lokuqala.
UMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezimbiwa kanye Nezamandla uGwede Mantashe bahlose ukuphikisa inselelo engokomthetho ababhekene nayo mayelana nokuhlelwa kwamandla kagesi.
NgoJanuwari, izinhlangano ezimbili zomphakathi – iGreen Connection kanye ne-Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI) – zafaka isicelo sokufuna ukuthuthukiswa koHlelo Oludidiyelwe Lwamandla (IEP). Bakholelwa ukuthi ukubambezeleka kokusebenza kwalolu hlelo yikhona okuyimbangela yokuntuleka kwamandla kagesi ezweni.
URamaphosa uphethe ukuqalisa ukusebenza kwesigaba sesithupha soMthetho Wezamandla Kazwelonke – okuzokwenza ukuthi uMantashe athuthukiswe i-IEP. I-IEP kufanele ibuyekezwe njalo ngonyaka.
UVincent Magwenya, okhulumela iHhovisi likaMengameli kanye noMnyango Wezokumbiwa phansi naMandla, ukuqinisekisile kwaNews24 ukuthi inselelo yomthetho izophikiswa.
“Abafake izicelo nabo bafuna umyalelo wokuthi kuphoqwe ungqongqoshe nomengameli ukuthi basebenzise isigaba sesithupha kungakapheli izinyanga ezintathu. Njengoba uMnyango usujube abameli bawo ukuthi baphikisane nalolu daba, ungqongqoshe uzoziphendulela ngezinsolo eziqukethwe kanye nosizo olufunwayo. isicelo ngesikhathi kuqhubeka icala,” kusho i-DMRE iphendula imibuzo yakwaNews24.
FUNDA | URamaphosa noMantashe babhekene necala elisha enkantolo mayelana nokuhlela ugesi eNingizimu Afrika
Inhlanganiso zikazulu ziphawule ukuthi isigaba sesithupha somthetho weNational Energy Act waphasiswa yiPhalamende ngomnyaka ka 2008. Kodwa kawuzange uqalise ukusebenza ngumongameli. Ngenxa yalokhu, abathatha izinqumo bebelokhu behlela amandla ngaphandle “kohlaka olusemthethweni olufanele”, basho esitatimendeni esihlanganyelwe.
“Ukungahleleli kahle kukagesi yikho okudale ukuthi sibe kulobu bubi, futhi uma nje siqhubeka ngaphandle kohlelo lokuhlangabezana nezidingo zethu zikagesi, ukubhekana nokucishwa kukagesi kanye namanani kagesi ongafinyeleleki kuzonyuka.
“Uhlelo olucacile luzokwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi uma kuthengwa ugesi omusha uyathengeka, awuhambisani nemvelo futhi ufinyeleleka kalula futhi ube yingxenye yoguquko lwamandla ngendlela efanele. Lokhu kuzosiza wonke umuntu,” kusho umqondisi we-SAFCEI uFrancesca de I-Gasparis.
“Kuyamangaza kakhulu ukuthi kulesi sikhathi sobunzima ungqongqoshe wezamandla nomengameli baqoke ukuphikisa ikhwelo lethu lokuthi kube nohlelo oludidiyelwe lwamandla kagesi. Ngokubona kwethu umyalezo abawuthumelayo uthi abafuni kube nesibopho esisemthethweni. , ukuhlela amandla okuyimpoqo ukusiza ukuvimbela ukuthi sigcine sisenkingeni enjalo esikhathini esizayo,” kusho umholi wamasu weGreen Connection, uLiziwe McDaid.
FUNDA | Isimo senhlekelele kumenyezelwe ukuthi sinqande ‘ukucisha ugesi ngokuphelele’
Selokhu uhulumeni umemezele isimo senhlekelele kazwelonke mayelana nenkinga kagesi, ngenhloso yokuqinisekisa ukuthi ukucishwa kukagesi akuqhubeki kuze kube ukucima ngokuphelele, kubika iNews24 ngaphambilini.
“Lapho kungenzeka khona, kuzokwenza sikwazi ukukhulula ingqalasizinda ebalulekile njengezibhedlela nezindawo zokuhlanza amanzi ekucishweni kukagesi,” kusho uRamaphosa ngesikhathi ethula inkulumo yakhe yesizwe ngasekuqaleni kukaFebhuwari.
Isimo senhlekelele sizovumela futhi uhulumeni ukuthi asheshise amaphrojekthi kagesi ngenkathi ebeka umkhawulo ngezidingo zokulawula. Kodwa uRamaphosa ukuqinisekisile ukuthi ukuvikelwa kwemvelo “okuqinile”, imigomo yokuthengwa kwempahla kanye namazinga obuchwepheshe kusazogcinwa.
