April 2011 - Centre for Civil Society - University of KwaZulu-Natal
April 2011 - Centre for Civil Society - University of KwaZulu-Natal
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izimboni zamalahle zaseWest Virginia zingasawathengi lamafosholo,<br />
iBucyrus ifudulela lomkhiqizo ukuthi udayiselwe amazwe angaphandle.<br />
Ngenxa yalokho emasontweni ambalwa adlule, idlanzana lethu<br />
elalihlanganyelene neFriends <strong>of</strong> the Earth kanye neSierra sazithola<br />
simemeza iziqubulo ezimelene noEskom neBucyrus ngaphandle kwesakhiwo<br />
esiyikomkhulu leEx-Im Bank eWashington.<br />
Lemboni yaseMilwaukee yathi kungamanga ukuthi ukuxhaswa ngezimali<br />
iEx-Im kunesidingo ngoba nozakwabo walemboni oyiBlack Economic<br />
Empowerment (BEE) eGoli nemisebenzi eminingi yensimbi yaseWisconsin,<br />
lokhu kwakusho ozakwabo eNingizimu Afrika – ikakhulukazi inkampani<br />
yaseGoli, iRham, ezoxosha iningi labasebenzi – nayo ayihlomulanga.<br />
Izindaba zokuthi inkontileka yeBucyrus yango2010 iyona eyayizosabalalisa<br />
izinsimbi zokumbiwa kwamalahle kuEskom yavela njengehlazo okwenza<br />
ukuthi iphalamende yenzee uphenyo ngonyaka odlule ngoSeptemba.<br />
Njengoba phela kunengqophamlando ekubeni kwezimboni zokwakha<br />
izinsimbi zokumba ezimayini khona lapho eWiwatersrand, abahwebi bathi<br />
asikho esidingo esisobala esasingenza ukuthi izimboni zakuleli zingakwazi<br />
ukuthengisela uEskom lezizinsimbi (ngamanani aphansi kakhulu kunalawa<br />
afunwa yiBucyrus).<br />
Okubalulekile kakhulu, ukuthi abahlwempu ibona abayokhokhela<br />
lesisikweletu ngesikhathi lapho iNingizimu Afrika iba isizwe esinegebe<br />
elikhulu lokungalingani kanti futhi kubhoke indlala yemisebenzi. Ukuze<br />
uEskom ukwazi ukukhokhela inzalo edalwe izikweletu zokwakha iMedupi<br />
neKusile kudinga ukwenyuswa kwenani likagesi ngamaphesenti angu127<br />
kwizakhamizi iminyaka emine. Lokhu vele sekunyuse ukuvalelwa ugesi<br />
ezindlini zabahlwempu, futhi kulezizinsuku ezidlule, amaphoyisa<br />
aseThekwini abopha abahlali basemjondolo abangu25 ngokuntshontsha<br />
ugesi.<br />
Lamahlazo amaningi kangaka ambandakanya nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu<br />
angalungiswa ngubushoshovu babasebenzi kanye nezinhlaka zezinhlangano<br />
ezizinze emiphakathini. Kwi COP 17 eThekwini, akungalindelwa uhlelo<br />
lomhlaba olungawuhlenga, ngenxa yobungani obunenkohlakalo kulabo<br />
abasemandleni. Esikhundleni sokuthembela kwabezombusazwe<br />
abakhubazekile kanye neziphathimandla ezingamavila, amazwi ezinhlaka<br />
zemiphakathi ezishoshovu zemvelo, zabesifazane, abasha kanye<br />
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esiphuthumayo kakhulu esibhekene nesizukulwane sethu:<br />
• Ukutshalwa kakhulu kwezimali emisebenzini evikela imvelo (Green Jobs)<br />
ingenza abasebenzi bensimbi bakhe izigidigidi zezimbawula zamandla<br />
kagesi aqhamuka elangeni (solar-powered geysers),ngokwesiboneli-nje,<br />
ngabe benzela ukuthi uEskom avale amandla kagesi kwizincibilikisi<br />
zealuminiyami zaseBHP Billiton futhi bese kumiswa ukwakhiwa kwezizinda<br />
zamandla kagesi ngaphandle kokuba abantu balahlekelwe imisebenzi;<br />
Izindlela ezintsha zokuthutha ezixhaswe ngezimali zingaphindisela emuva<br />
indlela embi ekwakwakhiwe ngayo izindlela zokuthutha ngesikhathi<br />
sobandlululo futhi lokho kusenze sonke sikujabulele ukuthuthwa izinqola<br />
zompahakathi;<br />
• Ukuqashwa kwabantu lapho izibi zingasetshenziswa kabusha bese kuthi<br />
izinto ezibolayo zenziwe umannyolo ukuze kuqedwe ukukhiqizwa kwesisisi<br />
semethane emigodini esasele yezibi;<br />
• Kufanele imibhikilisho ebhekene ngqo nezizinda lapho kukhiqizwa khona<br />
izisisi ezingcolisa umoya – njengeEskom, iSasol (imboni yangesikhathi