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U-Eskom usumise isigaba sesithathu sokucishwa kukagesi ngemuva kokuthola amandla okukhiqiza angu-3,000MW.
Le nkampani yamandla ithi ukucishwa kukagesi “sikushiya emuva kwethu” ngenxa yentuthuko yeziphehli zayo ezikhiqizayo.
U-Eskom umisa lesi sigaba sesithathu sokucishwa kukagesi ngemuva kokuthola amandla angaphezu kuka-3000 MW, okwehlise umthwalo kubantu baseNingizimu Afrika.
Le nkampani kagesi imemezele ngeSonto ukuthi ochwepheshe bayo bachithe amahora angu-44 begcwalisa izindawo ezibekelwe izimo eziphuthumayo.
Baphinde baqinisekisa ukuthi kuleli sonto lonke akukho ukunqanyulwa kwagesi kusukela namhlanje.
“Ukusebenza kwamalahle esesiphehlini sika gesi sase-Kusile kusezingeni eliphezulu, nawo wonke ama-units abengaxhunyiwe ku-internet kusukela ngoLwesihlanu manje asebuyile emsebenzini.
Imizamo yokuthola iKoeberg Unit 2 iyaqhubeka. U-Eskom uqinisekisa umphakathi ukuthi i-Koeberg Unit 2,” kusho isitatimende sika-Eskom.
Okunye okuvelile wukuthi ukuhoxa kokulungisa obekuhleliwe kuzoqhubeka njengoba inkampani kagesi ilungiselela izinyanga zasebusika.
“Ithimba lisebenza ngokuzikhandla ukubuyisela ukusebenza kuka-4,091MW ngoMsombuluko,” kusho u-Eskom.
Ezinye zezizathu ezibekiwe ngokucinywa kukagesi yizimvula ezinamandla ezihlasele ezengxenyeni ezehlukene ezweni.
Ekhuluma ne-eNCA ngeSonto ekuseni, uMnuz Chris Yelland, ongungoti kwezamandla, uthe kuyadabukisa ukuthi i-Eskom ivike ngesimo sezulu, kube sengathi yinto ebingalindelekile.
“Sisesikhathini sezimvula. Yinto elindelekile ngalesi sikhathi ukuthi kube nemvula enkulu eMpulalanga. Ingqalasizinda kagesi kumele ikwazi ukumelana nezimo,” esho.