Umsebenzi kamasipala waseRustenburg uboshelwe ukweba amakhebuli e-copper

Kuboshwe umsebenzi kamasipala kanye nabanye abesebenzisana nabo mayelana nokwebiwa kwamakhebuli ethusi (copper) osekubangele ukunqamuka kukagesi eRustenburg.

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Iziphathimandla zaseRustenburg zibophe isisebenzi sikamasipala kanye nabanye abebehamba nabo mayelana nokwebiwa kwamakhebuli ethusi, okuyicala elidala ukunqamuka kukagesi kule ndawo. Le ntuthuko iza phakathi kokukhungatheka okukhulayo phakathi kwezakhamuzi kanye namabhizinisi athintekayo ngokuphazanyiswa kukagesi njalo.

Abasolwa kusolakala ukuthi babeyingxenye yethimba eliqondise ingqalasizinda ebucayi, okuholele ekulahlekeni okukhulu kwezimali kanye nokuphazamiseka kwezinsiza. Ukwebiwa kwezintambo zethusi sekuyinkinga esabalele eNingizimu Afrika yonke, njengoba izigebengu zivame ukudayisa izinsimbi ezebiwe ukuze zilahlwe abadayisi ukuze bathole inzuzo. Lokhu kweba akuphazamisi nje ukuphakelwa kukagesi kuphela kodwa kunomthelela nasezinsizeni ezibalulekile, okuhlanganisa ukusatshalaliswa kwamanzi, ezokuxhumana kanye nokuphepha komphakathi.

Umasipala waseRustenburg Local Municipality (RLM) usebenzisana kakhulu nezinhlaka zomthetho ukulungisa lolu daba. Ukuboshwa kwalesi sisebenzi sikamasipala kukhomba ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi abangaphakathi yibo abagqugquzela ukuntshontshwa, kuveza ukukhathazeka ngenkohlakalo engaphakathi ezinhlakeni zohulumeni basekhaya. Iziphathimandla kulindeleke ukuthi ziqinise uphenyo lwazo ukuze zithole ububanzi obugcwele benethiwekhi ehilelekile.

Izakhamizi zaseRustenburg sezizwakalise kaningi ukukhungatheka kwazo ngomthelela walobu bugebengu, osekushiye ezinye izindawo zingenawo ugesi isikhathi eside. Amabhizinisi, ikakhulukazi amabhizinisi amancane, alahlekelwe kakhulu ngenxa yokuphazamiseka kokusebenza okubangelwa ukutholakala kukagesi ongathembekile.

Le ntuthuko yakamuva igqamisa isidingo esiphuthumayo semithetho eqinile mayelana nokuthengiswa kwezinsimbi ezilahliwe, ukuphepha okuthuthukisiwe kwengqalasizinda kagesi, kanye nokuqiniswa okuqinile kwalabo ababandakanyeka ezenzweni ezingekho emthethweni. Abahlali bazobe bemagange ukuzwa kumeya ukuthi yiziphi izinyathelo ezizothathwa ukubuyisela uzinzo ekuphakeleni kukagesi futhi kuthweswe icala labo abathintekayo.