April 2011 - Centre for Civil Society - University of KwaZulu-Natal
April 2011 - Centre for Civil Society - University of KwaZulu-Natal
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kakhokho uAustralopithecus asengcupheni yokunyamalala ngenxa<br />
yokungcoliswa komoya ubukhulu bemboni yokumba phansi; kanye<br />
• nokuphikiswa kakhulu kokutshalwa kwezimali eNingizimu Afrika yizwe<br />
laseMelika ukuze kwakhiwe indawo lapho kuzokhiqizwa khona amandla<br />
kagesi, okuyoba isakhiwo esikhulu ngekwesithathu emhlabeni wonke<br />
samandla kagesi aphehlwe ngamalahle.<br />
Kwenye impi ekubhekwenwe nayo, ukuqedwa kokumbiwa kwamalahle<br />
eWest Virginia, okwathi emva kwezinsuku eziyisishagalolunye emva<br />
kuka3Januwari kushone iqhawe lesishoshovu samalungelo ezemvelo<br />
ebulawa umdlavuza uJudy Bonds, iEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)<br />
yachitha isinqumo esasivumela iArmy Corps <strong>of</strong> Engineers ukuthi imbe futhi<br />
kuthuthwe iphezulu lentaba lapho kumbiwa khona amalahle. Izinkampani<br />
zamalahle kudala zaqala zicekela phansi izintaba ezinhle<br />
zaseAppalachians. Ukuze bambe ithani lamandla okubasa endalo, kufanele<br />
balahle amathani ayishumi nesithupha ezibi ezindaweni ezakhelene nabo.<br />
Emva kwengcindezi enkulu yimiphakathi eyakhelene nentaba kanye<br />
nezishoshovu zezemvelo, iEPA ithathe isinqumo lapho ichithe khona ukuthi<br />
“angeke ikwamukele ukungcoliswa kwamanzi kamasipala okunobungozi,<br />
imibhede y<strong>of</strong>ishi izizinda zokudoba (ngisho nalapho <strong>of</strong>ishi bechamusela<br />
khona), izitshalo kanye nezilwane zasendle kanye nezindawo<br />
zokungcebeleka.’ Ngokusho kukangoti wesangoma sezulu waseMelika<br />
James Hansen, ebhala ngohamba kukaBonds emhlabeni kwiNew York Times<br />
kulamasonto edlule wathu, “Kunezinto eziningi ekufanele sibhekane<br />
mayelana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, kodwa ukumbiwa kokususwa<br />
komhlaba wentaba indawo esingaqala kuyona. Amalahle iwona adala isisisi<br />
esingcolisa kakhulu umoya lapho kwenziwa khona amandla kagesi.” IEPA<br />
yathatha igxathu sekuyophela inyanga kaDisemba nyakenye lapho noma<br />
isihanjelwe ukulawula ukukhiqizwa kwezisisiezingcolisa umoya.<br />
Ngokusukumela lesisimo kanye nezindlela zomthetho, imiphakathi<br />
yaseMelika kanye neqembu leSierra bavimbele ukwakhiwo kwezindawo<br />
eziyikhulu namashumi amahlanu zamandla kagesi enziwa ngokuphehlwa<br />
amalahle eminyakeni embalwa edlule, okungukunqoba okumangalisayo<br />
(zimbalwa izakhiwo ezagcina zenziwe).<br />
Kodwa eNingizimu Afrika, impi ima isaqala. Uhulumeni kazwelonke<br />
wasePitoli kanye neziphathimandla zikamasipala wedolobha elisechwebeni<br />
iTheku bayaqhubeka mokukhuluma imbued bevikela amalahle, iKusile<br />
kanye ne‘COP17’, ingqingquthela ezokuba kusukela zingu28Novemba kuze<br />
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i‘Conference <strong>of</strong> the Parties 17’ okusho ukuthi iNgqungquthela<br />
yeziNhlangano ezingu17 (kodwa ekufanele ibizwe phecelezi ngokuthi<br />
iConference <strong>of</strong> Polluters okungukuthi iNgqungquthela Yabangcolisi<br />
bakaMoya). Nazi-ke izinye izindlela uhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika kanye<br />
nongxiwankulu abafuna ukusixhopha ngakho:<br />
• eThekwini, ukukhuluma kakhulu ‘ngokunakekela imvelo’ kuyobe kuzama<br />
ukuthi inganakwa indaba yesisisi siphuma kakhulu seCO2 eNingizimu<br />
neTheku (SouthDurban) lapho kuhlale kubhamuka obhayela bamafutha<br />
esizindeni sawo,lapho kunechweba elikhulukazi eAfrika yonke, kanye<br />
nokugqugquzelwa ezokungcebeleka (njengendlela yokuthuthukisa<br />
ezomnotho kusukela phansi), ukungapheli kokwakhiwa kwenkundla<br />
yezemidlalo kanye nesiphumulo sezindiza esisha esingadingakali iNkosi<br />
Shaka, ugesi othekelelwa isincibilikisi esinengozi saseAssmang (okuyiyina<br />
mboni edla kakhulu amandla kagesi kulelidolobha ngamamegawatt<br />
ayingxenye yesigidi zamahora ngonyaka), ukwakhiwa ngokwenaba izindawo<br />
ezintsha zokuhlala abanemali, ukushoda kukagesi okwanele kanye