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April 2011 - Centre for Civil Society - University of KwaZulu-Natal

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eGlobal Justice Ecology Project, eLarge Scale Bi<strong>of</strong>uels Action Group, ethe<br />

STOP GE Trees Campaign kanye neWorld Rain<strong>for</strong>est Movement bayichitha<br />

imigomo eyanqunywa engqungqutheleni eyayiseNairobi.<br />

Kodwa uvan Schalkwyk wabika ephephandabeni elihamba phambili ukuthi<br />

iPitoli lalikwzile ukufeza imigomo yalo ehamba phambili eNairobi,<br />

ehlanganisa ukuqala iCDM eAfrika, kanye nokwamukela ukuxhaswa<br />

yiNhlangano Yezizwe ‘yokusabalalisa izindlela ezinobulungiswa zeCDM’,<br />

enezelelela ngokuthi lomsebenzi ‘uthumela umyalezo ogqmile<br />

ezimaketheni zezisisi ezingcolisa umoya ngokuhlanganyela kanye nathi<br />

ukubambisana nolubusa kwezinyathelo zaseKyoto’.<br />

Kodwa maduzane nje emva kwalokho ukukhombisa ukungahambisani<br />

nezinyathelo zaseKyoto zokwehlise kokukhiqizwa kwezisisi ezingcolisa<br />

umoya, ozakwabo beKhabhinethi bakavan Schalkwyk emva nje kwezinsuku,<br />

baqinisekisa ukuthi bafuna izimali zokuxhaswa ezinkulu ngokomlando<br />

waseAfrika wokuthi kwakhiwe isincibilikisi (smelter) ePort Elizabeth<br />

eCoega, okuchaza ukwenyuka kwezimali ezixhasa ukwakhiwo kwezindawo<br />

ezizokhiqiza amandla kagesi ngokuphehlwa kwamalahle. Ungakapheli-nje<br />

unyaka, ukusabalaliswa kwamandla kagesi kwancipha kakhulu (load<br />

shedding), ngakho-ke lesisakhiwo ababefuna ukusenza asiphumelelanga<br />

ngo2008. Kodwa isu labo kwakungukwakha isincibilikisi samabhiliyoni<br />

anamashumi amabili amarandi (R20 billion), okusho ukuthi babeyobe<br />

sebeyakwazi ukucela ukuxhaswa ngemali yeCDM ukuze bakwazi<br />

ukuqhubeka ukwandisa ukwenza amandla kagesi ngokuphehlwa kwamahle.<br />

Omunye wochwepheshe ohamba phambili kulelizwe kwisayensi ebhekene<br />

nokushuba kwesimo sezulu , uRichard Fuggle, walahla ngecala<br />

abagqugquzeli beCoega enkulumweni yakhe yokuvalelisa esethatha<br />

umhlalaphansi esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme e<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Cape<br />

Town: “Kuyadabukisa ukuthi uvan Schalkwyk ukhulume kakhulu ngobuhle<br />

bezakhiwo ezincane eziyishumi nantathu zaseNingizimu Afrika ukuze<br />

athole ukuxhaswa ngekwenza izisisis ezingcolisa umoya ngaphansi kwe CDM<br />

yezinqumo zeKyoto, ngaphandle kokuzwakalisa ukujabha ngokuthi uEskom<br />

udayisa u1360 megawatts ngonyaka kamandla kagesi enziwa ngokuphehlwa<br />

kwamalahle enkampanini yealuminiyamu uasezweni langaphandle. Vele<br />

thina sihamba phambili ngokukhiqiza isisisi esingcolisa umoya idola lilinye<br />

leGDP.’<br />

Ngenxa yalokhu, kuyacaca ukuthi uvan Schalkwyk, ngoMashi ka2010,<br />

ngomunye owayehamba phambili ukungenela ukhetho lokuba yisikhulu<br />

seUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate (UNFCCC) emva<br />

kokwesula kowayephethe, uYvo de Boer (owajika lapho wasebenzela konke<br />

okumelene nenhlangano yezizwe ngokuba isikhulu esihola kakhulu<br />

esidayisa isisisi esingcolisa umoya) kulandela ingqungquthela<br />

eyayiseCopenhagen ngo2009 lapho iUNFCCC yaphelelwa khona isithunzi.<br />

Ngakho-ke i COPs ,manje isibizwa ‘Ngengqungquthela Yabangcolisi Besimo<br />

Sezulu’.<br />

Umangabe umholi weNhlangano Yezizwe uBan ki-Moon wayedinga umuntu<br />

olwela amalungelo ezemvelo ohlonishwayo ukuthi ahole iUNFCCC, uvan<br />

Schalkwyk kwakungafanele acele lomsebenzi, ikakhulukazi futhi uma<br />

sesibheka ikamuva lakhe ngongowaziwayo ukuthi wayeyimpimpi<br />

ezinhlanganweni zamafundi ngesikhathi sobandlululo futhi waba yindoda<br />

eyadayisa ngenhlangano yayo yezombusazwe ukuze ithole isikhundla<br />

esincane sekhabhinethi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umangabe uvan Schalkwyk<br />

wayengabe umholi ophambili emhlabeni kwezokubuswa, yini eyenza ukuthi<br />

uMongameli uJacob Zuma anciphise amandla esikhundla sakhe ekutheni<br />

angabe esaphatha izindaba zesizwe ezimayelana nezemvelo ngo2009?

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