Isihlungi sikaphethiloli esikhulu kunazo zonke eNingizimu Afrika, i-SAPREF eThekwini, simemezele ngoLwesibili ebusuku ukuthi simisa ukusebenza.
“Ngenxa yezidubedube zomphakathi ezweni nokuphazamiseka kwemizila yokuphakela engenayo kanye nephumayo KwaZulu-Natali, abahlinzeki bezinto ezibalulekile emisebenzini ye-SAPREF baxhumane nokumiswa kokulethwa kwezinto esikhungweni sokuhluza ngenxa yezinkinga zokuphepha kwabasebenzi babo kanye nomonakalo ezimotweni zabo emigwaqeni,” esho.
Le ndawo yokuhlanza eyakhiwa ngowe-1963, iphethwe yi-BP kanye ne-Shell, ihlinzeka ngophethiloli e-KZN nasezweni lonke. Yisihlanzelo esikhulu kunazo zonke eNingizimu Afrika, isibalala cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu zamandla kaphethiloli.
Ukuvalwa isikhathi eside kungaba yingozi enkulu emnothweni ngenxa yethonya elingavela lokushoda kukaphethiloli.
“Ngaphandle kokucacelwa ukuthi lezi zidubedube zizoba khona isikhathi esingakanani nokuqhutshwa kokuphakelwa okujwayelekile, i-SAPREF ayikwazi ukuqhubeka nemisebenzi yokuhluza. Ngenxa yalokho, i-SAPREF iphoqelekile ukuthi ithathe isinqumo esinzima sokuvala le ndawo yokuhluza.”
I-SAPREF imemezele ukuthi “i-force majeure”, evumela ukuthi iphume kunoma yiziphi izibopho zomthetho zokuphakela uphethiloli ngokwezinkontileka zayo ngenxa yezimo ezihlukile – njengodlame olwandile, noma izinhlekelele zemvelo.
Isithombe: SAPREF