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I-Egoli Gas iyiphikile imibiko yokuqala yokuthi ukuqhuma okukhulu okwenzeka edolobheni laseGoli ngoLwesithathu kudalwe ukuvuza kwegesi.
Kube nokutatazela kanye nokushaqeka esifundeni sebhizinisi esimaphakathi ngesikhathi ukuqhuma okukhulu ku-Bree Street kuzwakala kwezinye izingxenye zedolobha.
Izimoto okuhlanganisa namatekisi zicekeleke phansi kanti okungenani abantu abayisishiyagalolunye baphuthunyiswe esibhedlela kanti abezimo eziphuthumayo abebesendaweni yesigameko bachaze ukuthi “banemihuzukwana emincane.”
Ekuqaleni bekucatshangwa ukuthi amapayipi egesi engaphansi komhlaba ababangele ukuqhuma futhi kubikwe ukuthi iphunga elinamandla legesi ligcwele indawo. Kodwa-ke, esitatimendeni i-Egoli Gas ithe ikholelwa ekutheni “akunakwenzeka” ukuthi ukuqhuma kudalwe ipayipi legesi noma ukuvuza. “Inethiwekhi yethu ayikaze ibe ngaphansi kwengcindezi nokuyinto ekhombisa ukuthi amapayipi egesi asasebenza kahle.
“Amakhasimende ethu endaweni asaqhubeka nokuthola igesi ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka,” kufundeka isitatimende.
Umhlinzeki wegesi uphinde wengeza ngokuthi nakuba ukuqhuma kubonakala sengathi kumaphakathi nomgwaqo, “amapayipi egesi e-Egoli atholakala ezindaweni zomgwaqo ezinhlangothini zemigwaqo.”
UNdunankulu waseGoli uPanyaza Lesufi ohambele indawo yesigameko utshele i-News24 ukuthi izakhamuzi zikhala ngekhanda elibuhlungu, isifuba kanye nokuphefumula kanzima. ULesufi uthe kuyisimangaliso ukuthi bekungakabikwa muntu oshonile. Uthe umonakalo mkhulu kakhulu wathi amathimba ezinhlekelele abebheka amabhilidi acele abantu ukuthi baphume endaweni.
Kunemibiko yokuthi abahlali basemafulethini lapho okuqale khona inhlekelele baye belulekwa ngamathimba abhekelele izinhlekelele ukuthi bahambe futhi labo abaya emafulethini abo babuyiselwe emuva ukuze amathimba abheka ukuthi amabhilidi aphephile yini.
Abakwa-City Power ositeshi sabo esingaphansi kwe-Bree Street eduze nalapho okwenzeke khona ukuqhuma bathe ochwepheshe basendaweni yesigameko bahlola imbangela kanye nobukhulu bomonakalo. Okhulumela i-City Power u-Isaac Mangena utshele i-Newzroom Afrika ukuthi uma kuwukuthi ukuqhuma kuphazamise ingqalasizinda kagesi, “singase sibe nesimo lapho izakhamuzi ezingaphakathi kwedolobha ezingase zingabi nawo ugesi wathi kungase kuthathe isikhathi ngaphambi kokuthi kulungiswe.”
Ekhuluma ne-Scrolla.Africa ngemuva kokuqhuma, umholi we-ActionSA uHerman Mashaba uthe icala ngale nhlekelele likuhulumeni we-ANC. “Akukho ukuziphendulela ngokuwohloka kwedolobha elake lahlonishwa eqenjini elibusayo,” esho.
Njengoba imbangela yokuqhuma ingakatholakali, okwamanje abukho ubufakazi bokuthi uhulumeni nguyena onecala.
I-DA eGoli isinxuse uNgqongqoshe wezokuBusa ngokuBambisana neziNdaba zoMdabu uMzi Khumalo ukuthi enze uphenyo oluphuthumayo ngembangela yalokhu kuqhuma.
Umholi weqembu eliphikisayo esifundazweni saseGoli uSolly Msimanga uthe lokhu kuqhuma kubeka engcupheni izimpilo zabasebenzi abaningi, abafuna umsebenzi kanye nezakhamizi zakuleli dolobha.
“Imbangela yokuqhuma kwanamuhla kumele yaziwe ngokushesha ukuze kugwenywe ezinye izigameko ezifana nalezi ukuthi zingaphinde zenzeke,” esho.
UMsimanga uthe lokhu kuqhuma kwenzeke emzileni we-Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT) okusho ukuthi kumele kucaciswe ukuthi umgwaqo unjani ngaphambi kokuthi izithuthi zomphakathi ziphinde ziwusebenzise.
Okhulumela uMnyango wamaPhoyisa kaMasipala waseGoli uXolani Fihla uthe abakwa-EMS kanye namaphoyisa akwa-JMPD basendaweni yesigameko futhi bayahlola ukuthi ungakanani umonakalo kanye nokulimala.
Khonamanjalo, i-National Taxi Alliance ithe ihlola isimo futhi “izokwazisa abagibeli kanye nomphakathi mayelana noshintsho lwesikhashana ngenxa yezizathu zokuphepha.”
Esithombeni esingenhla: Ukuqhuma okwenzeke ku-Bree Street eGoli ngoLwesithathu kulimaze abantu abayisishiyagalolunye.
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