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I-City Power ithathe izintambo zenani lika-R2.5 million ngesikhathi igasela e-Alexandra njengoba izinkulungwane zabantu zilahlekelwa ukuxhunywa kukagesi okungekho emthethweni ngenxa yeqhwa ebusika.
Umkhankaso wamahhala kagesi oyisisekelo uzoqhubeka kuze kube umhlaka-31 kuNtulikazi, uhlinzeka ngoxhuma okusemthethweni ngaphandle kwenhlawulo.
Babhekene namakhaza shubisa umnkantsha amasela kagesi njengoba i-City Power ilandela amasela amakhebula e-Alexandra.
Izinkulungwane zezakhamuzi zisale ebumnyameni ngoLwesithathu ngesikhathi inkampani ephehla ugesi inqamula ukuxhunywa kukagesi ngokungemthetho endaweni yaseMahauzana Riverpark.
I-City Power ithayhe amakhebuli ebiwe angu-15,000 kg enani lika-R2.5 million njengoba nje amazinga okushisa ehla e-Gauteng.
Njengoba kulindeleke ukuthi likhithike ngoLwesihlanu kanti kunezindawo ezibandayo ezivele zihlasele isifundazwe kulobu busika, bazobhekana nobunzima labo abantshontsha ugesi.
Izakhiwo ezikule ndawo ekuqaleni beziyingxenye yephrojekthi yezindlu zikahulumeni wase-Gauteng engazange iqedwe. Manje, abantu abaningi bahlala lapho ngokungemthetho futhi bantshontshe ugesi ngaphandle kwemvume.
Isikhulu se-City Power u-Isaac Mangena uthe lokhu kuxhunywa ngokungemthetho sekuneminyaka kuyinkinga. Uthe bagqekeza imishini, badale ukunqanyulwa kukagesi futhi babeke amakhasimende akhokhayo engcupheni.
Iziteshi ezimbili ezincane zikagesi zisanda kuqhuma ngenxa yengcindezi enkulu,” kusho uMangena. Wengeze ngokuthi indawo yaseMahauzana ayiwukhokheli ugesi, nokweba ugesi kudla idolobha izigidi.
Ngalo lolo suku, i-City Power ingenele umkhankaso wokugasela ngaphansi kwebhuloho i-M1 e-Newtown, lapho kwanqanyulwa khona ukuxhumana ngokungemthetho emijondolo yaseBekezela. Abantu bakhona bebentshontshe ugesi behlala endaweni yenkampani yezitimela.
Lo mkhankaso othathe izinsuku ezimbili ubuholwa yibamba leMeya uKenny Kunene kanti ubuhlanganisa amaphoyisa aseGoli, ama-ambulensi, i-Joburg Water nabanye. Baphinde bahlola amamitha kagesi bavala nokuxhunywa ngokungemthetho emabhizinisini nasezindaweni zama-scrapyards e-Randburg.
Njengoba ubusika bufikile, uMangena uthe idolobha licela abantu abaxhume ugesi ngokungemthetho ukuba beze ngaphambili njengengxenye yomkhankaso wamahhala ozoqhubeka kuze kube umhlaka-31 kuNtulikazi.
Lo mkhankaso uvumela abantu ukuthi baxhunyelwe ugesi ngokusemthethweni namamitha amasha ngaphandle kokukhokha inhlawulo.
Uma izakhamizi zingazivezi, zizokhokhiswa inhlawulo engu-R14,000 esigabeni esisodwa (single phase) kanye no-R30,000 wokuxhuma izigaba ezintathu (three-phase) kanye nezindleko zokuxhuma kabusha.
Bekungekhona okokuqala izikhulu ze-City Power zenza umsebenzi onje. NgoNhlaba, izikhulu zanqamula ugesi ezindlini eziningi ezazintshontshe ugesi.
UMangena uthe ngaleso sikhathi umlisa oyedwa wayedayisela izakhamuzi ugesi ongekho emthethweni ngemali ephakathi kuka-R200 no-R3 000. Idolobha lisebenzisana namaphoyisa ukumbamba.
Udaba seluthunyelwe eMnyangweni wezokuHlaliswa kwaBantu. Izikhulu kulindeleke ukuthi zimemezele uhlelo lomphakathi maduze.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Izikhulu ze-City Power ngesikhathi somkhankaso wokugasela e-Alexandra.
Umthombo wesithombe: Sithunyelwe i-City Power