UXHUMANO LULUHLAZA LUYAPHENDULA – UNGQONGQOSHE U-CREECY UPHONSELA OMUNYE UMUNGO WOKUPHILA KU-KARPOWERSHIPS
ECAPE TOWN, eNingizimu Afrika – IGreen Connection isaqhubeka nokuzwakalisa ukudumala kwayo ngokweseka okuqhubekayo kukahulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika kwe-Karpowerships, kanye nokukhathazeka kwakhe ngezinqubo zokuhlola umthelela kwezemvelo (EIA) ezenziwayo. Lokhu kuza njengoba abezindaba bebika ukuthi uNgqongqoshe eMnyangweni Wezamahlathi, Ezokudoba, Nezemvelo (i-DFFE) “ufuna” ubufakazi bolwazi mayelana nombiko wengozi yokuqhuma kwegesi ye-Karpowerships ohlelweni lokudlulisa icala lwe-Karpowership Coega (Ngqura) EIA.
Umholi weQhinga leGreen Connection uLiziwe McDaid uthi, “Siyabonga ukuthi ezinqubweni zokudluliswa kwezikhalazo ze-EIA uNgqongqoshe unamandla okucela ulwazi olwengeziwe. Kodwa-ke, njengengxenye enentshisekelo nethintekayo ebamba iqhaza ohlelweni lwe-EIA, kuyadumaza ukubona amathuba aphindaphindiwe anikezwa abakwaKarpowerships ukulungisa amaphutha ezicelweni zabo ze-EIA. Ngemuva kokuthi i-Karpowerships inqatshelwe ekuqaleni ukugunyazwa kwezemvelo ngo-2021, uNgqongqoshe ngokudluliswa kwesikhalazo wanquma ukubuyisela i-EIA eMnyangweni ukuze i-Karpowerships ikwazi ukubhekana nezikhala zolwazi kanye nokukhubazeka kwezinqubo ohlelweni lokubamba iqhaza komphakathi. NgoMashi 2023, uMnyango uphinde wenqaba ukugunyazwa kweKarpowership maqondana nechweba laseNgqura. UKarpowership usidlulisile lesi sinqumo sokwenqaba.”
Uthi, "Esinqumweni sesikhashana sokudluliswa kwecala ngo-Agasti 2023, uNgqongqoshe wabhala ukuthi akakwazanga ukwenza isinqumo esinolwazi mayelana nesikhalazo ngenxa (phakathi kwezinye izinto) amagebe ahlukahlukene olwazi kanye nokungaqondakali okuhlobene nesimo se-Major Hazard. Umbiko Wokuhlola Ukufakwa. Esikhundleni sokuchitha isikhalazo, uNgqongqoshe uphinde wakhetha ukunikeza abakwaKarpowership elinye ithuba lokulungisa izikhala namaphutha olwazi. Kuyasidida ukuthi kungani abakwaKarpowership benikezwa kaningi amathuba engeziwe okulungisa amaphutha ezicelweni zabo ze-EIA. ”
I-Green Connection ikholelwa ukuthi ukuhlolwa okuphelele, okungachemi futhi okunobulungiswa kwezicelo ze-Karpowerships kubalulekile, nokuthi ukubeka izinto obala kanye nezithakazelo zomphakathi kufanele kubekwe eqhulwini. Ukulunga kwezinqubo ze-EIA kufakwa imibuzo lapho abenzi bezinqumo begoqa bephindelela ukuze umfakisicelo akwazi ukulungisa izikhala zolwazi ezibalulekile kanye namanye amaphutha. Kushiya umbono wokuthi ukugunyazwa kwemvelo kuzonikezwa nakanjani kumaphrojekthi asekelwa uhulumeni, nokuthi ukubamba iqhaza ezinqubweni ze-EIA kuya ngokuya kuba yinto eyize.
Umxhumanisi weGreen Connection's Community Outreach Coordinator uNeville van Rooy uthi, "Futhi manje, ngemibiko yokuthi iKarpowerships isinqamule amandla enhlokodolobha yaseSierra Leone - lapho ihlinzeka ngama-80% kagesi - lokhu kuphakamisa imibuzo ebalulekile mayelana nokuthi ihlakaniphile yini eNingizimu Afrika. ukuthembela ku-Karpowerships ngengxenye enkulu yezidingo zayo zamandla. "
Uyaqhubeka, “Ngaphandle kwezindleko ezihlobene kanye nekhono elingabazekayo leNingizimu Afrika lokuthenga ugesi ovela eKarpowerships, ubungozi obungaba khona emvelweni kanye nomthelela ongemuhle ongaba nawo ezimpilweni zabadobi abadobela ukuziphilisa kanye nemiphakathi yabo, kubaluleke ngokufanayo. Ikusasa lamandla ezwe lethu kufanele lakhelwe phezu kwezisekelo ezisimeme nezinesibopho. INingizimu Afrika kufanele ilwele ukuphepha kukagesi kanye nokusimama kwemvelo, ngezindlela ezibeka phambili izimfuno zabantu.”