Uthandwa ngenxa yeendawo ezivelelekayo, umlando wayo ocebileyo kunye nesimo sazo sokutyekela, eKapa ngenye yeendawo zokuvakasha ezithandwa kakhulu kwi-Afrika. Nangona kunjalo, iSixeko saseMama sisesikhatyweni seengxaki zamanzi ezikhubazayo. Ngokomlando, isi sixeko siye sabhekana nezikhathi zesomiso ngokulawulwa kwamanzi ngokucophelela, oku kunceda ukuba uphile de kube ngamadaka angaphezulu ayenzileyo kunyaka olandelayo.
Nangona kunjalo, iKapa sele ihlangabezana nonyaka wayo wesithathu olandelelana wesomiso, ekhokelela ekunqongophala kwamanzi kwiminyaka eyi-100. Nanku ukujonga indlela isomiso efikile ngayo, kwaye kuthetha ntoni kubemi neendwendwe ngokufanayo.
Umlinganiselo weNkoma
Inkathazo yamanzi yangoku iqale ngo-2015, xa amanqanaba aseDolophu aseKapa amaninzi amakhulu awela ukusuka kuma-71.9% apheleleyo afikelela ku-50.1% epheleleyo ngenxa yemvula ehlulekayo. Ngowe-2016 ngowomnye owomileyo kunyaka, kunye nemeko yembalela efunyenwe kumaPhondo onke eMzantsi Afrika. Nangona ezinye iindawo zelizwe zanikelwa uncedo ngemvula eninzi ebusika ka-2016, nangona kunjalo, amanqanaba amanzi eKapa aqhubeka awela kwi-31.2% kuphela. Ngo-Meyi 2017, elo nani lafikelela kwi-21.2%.
NgoJuni 2017, abahlali babe nethemba lokuba isomiso sinokuphulwa yiCape Storm, eyabangela ukuba imvula ibe yi-50mm kunye nokukhukula kwamanzi kwiindawo ezithile zesixeko. Nangona isithwathwa sasiqine, isomiso saqhubeka kwaye ngoSeptemba, imiqobo yamanzi yamanqanaba aseNyuvesi 5 yaboniswa kuwo wonke umasipala-ukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi ngamanitha angama-87 ngosuku.
Enye inyanga kamva, iingcali zalinganiselwa ukuba isixeko sinezinyanga ezintlanu kuphela phambi kokuba amanzi apheliswe ngokupheleleyo. Esi siganeko esiyingozi esiye sabizwa ngokuba yi "Day Zero".
I-Realality of Day Zero
Usuku lweZero luye lwahlulwa nguMeya waseKapa uPatricia de Lille njengomhla wokugcinwa kwedama kufinyelela ku-13.5%.
Ukuba oko kwenzeka, uninzi lweephepheni kulo lonke idolophu ziya kupheliswa, kwaye abahlali baya kunyanzelwa ukuba bafumane umgca kwiindawo zokuqokelela amanzi eKapa ukuqokelela ukwabiwa kwemihla ngemihla ngama-25 ilitha ngomntu ngamnye. Iziza ziya kulawulwa ngamalungu amapolisa nempi; nangona kunjalo, kubonakala kungenakwenzeka ukuba impilo yoluntu, ukhuseleko kunye noqoqosho luya kuphazamiseka konke ngenxa yoko. Le meko enzima kakhulu ngoku iqikelelwe ukuqala ngo-Aprili 29 ngo-2018, nangona kukho ithemba lokuba liyakunqandwa.
Iingxaki zeNdalo zeCrisis
Iingcali zikholelwa ukuba inkathazo yangoku iqaliswe ngo-2014-2016 i-El Niño, imeko yemozulu eyenza ukunyuka kwamaqondo olwandle olwandle kwi-Pacific equatorial. Ngenxa yolu hlobo lokushisa kwamanzi, i-El Niño ithinta iipatheni zezulu emhlabeni wonke-nakwi-Afrika ye-Afrika, iphumela ekunciphiseni okukhulu kwezulu. Imvula eMzantsi Afrika phakathi kukaJanuwari noDisemba 2015 yayingaphantsi kwerekhodi ukususela ngo-1904, mhlawumbi ibe ngumphumo ochanekileyo ka-El Niño.
Imiphumo ye-El Niño nayo ihlanganiswe ngamaqondo okhulayo kunye nokunciphisa imvula eyenziwa kulo lonke elaseMzantsi Afrika ngenxa yenguqu yemozulu. EKapa, utshintsho lwemozulu luye lwaguqula imimandla yamanzi kwiindawo ezikulo mzi, kunye nemvula ezayo kamva, ngokuphindaphindiweyo okanye ngezinye izihlandlo.
Okubi kakhulu, iminyaka engaphantsi kwe-imvula yemvula ngoku iqhubeka ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngokuphindaphindiweyo, ukunika amanzi esi sixeko esingaphantsi kwamathuba okubuyela emva kwimihla yesomiso.
Izinto ezixakekayo
Ukwanda kwenani labantu baseKapa liyingxenye yengxaki. Phakathi ko-1995 no-2018, isixeko sabona ukunyuka kwama-55% ukusuka kwizigidi ezi-2.4 ukuya kwezigidi ezi-4.3 zabantu, ngelixa ukugcinwa kwamanzi kuye kwanda ngo-15% kuphela ngexesha elifanayo. Imeko yezopolitiko eyahlukileyo nayo ibe yinkinga. Iphondo leNtshona Koloni-apho iKapa liyinkunzi-lilawulwa yiDemocratic Alliance (DA), iqela elichasayo laseMzantsi Afrika. Impikiswano phakathi kwe-DA kunye neqela elilawulayo likazwelonke, i-ANC, liye laphazamisa iinzame zikarhulumente kamasipala kunye noomaphondo ukuba baqale ukukhupha ingxaki yamanzi.
Ngo-2015, umzekelo, urhulumente wesizwe wenqaba isicelo sephondo esingama-R35 yezigidi, esiza kusetyenziselwa ukwandisa ukubonelelwa kwamanzi ngokubethelela amatye amatsha kunye nokuhlaziywa kwamanzi. Kamva izibheno nguMeya waseKapa ngenjongo yokuxhaswa kweentlekele nazo zanqatshelwe. Ngokomthombo weendaba zengingqi, ukuphathwa kakubi, ityala kunye nenkohlakalo kwiSebe likaManzi leNgcaciso noLondolozo lweNkunkuma likwaso. Ngokukodwa, ukungaphumeleli ngokufanelekileyo ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi kwezolimo ekuqaleni kwenkomfa kwandinceda ukukhawuleza ukuchithwa kokuqala kwamanqanaba eKapa.
Uya kuthinta njani ukutyelela kwam?
Kubahlali baseKapetoni, izithintelo zamanzi zamanqanaba 6 zithetha ukuvinjelwa ukunkcenkceshela, ukunisela, ukuzalisa amachibi okubhukuda kunye nokuhlamba iimoto ngamanzi okusela amanzi. Ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi kumntu kufikelela kuma-87 ilitha ngosuku, kwaye amakhaya asetyenziswa ngaphezu kweelitha ezili-10 500 zamanzi ngenyanga ahlawuliswe kwiintlawulo ze-R10,000. Icandelo lezolimo kulindeleke ukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi ngama-60% (xa kuthelekiswa nokusetyenziswa kwangaphambi kuka-2015). Ababhenkethi baya kuphazamiseka ngokukodwa kumqathango wokuthintela ukuba izakhiwo zorhwebo (kuquka iehotele) zinciphisa ukusetshenziswa ngo-45%.
Kwiindawo ezininzi, oku kuthetha ukufaka amanyathelo okulondoloza amanzi, njengokuvalwa kwemibhobho, iimvula ezifanelekileyo kunye nezixhobo ezinciphisa ukuhamba kwamanzi kunye nokutshintsha iilinen kuphela xa kuyimfuneko. Amahotele amaninzi e-luxury avaliwe ngamagumbi okufudumala kunye nama-tubs ashushu, ngelixa amaninzi amachibi okubhukuda amahhotela angenanto. Ukongeza, njengabantu abahlala isigxina baseKapa, iindwendwe zifumana ukuba ukubonelela ngamanzi amabhodlela kunzima ukuza. Njengokuba imveliso yezolimo ihlupheka ngenxa yemingcele yamanzi, amaxabiso okutya kunye nokufumaneka kuyachaphazeleka.
Indlela Ongayinceda ngayo
Ukusuka kwiimpapasho zeenqwelo zomoya ngaphambi kokuba uthintele eKapa ukuba usayine kwiindawo zoluntu nakwiindawo zeehotele, iindlela zokunceda ukugcina amanzi zisasazwa kulo mzi. Uninzi lwezi zinto zijolise kumacandelo okugcina amanzi, kuquka nokunciphisa ixesha lakho lokuhlamba emibini imizuzu, cima itompu xa uphula amazinyo akho kwaye unciphisa ubukhulu obunokutshiza indlu yangasese. Ibhodi yezokhenketho yoLondolozo njengomkhankaso weNgingqi unikeza uluhlu olupheleleyo lweendlela onokukunceda ngazo, ngelixa i-calculator esebenzayo ikunceda ukuba uqinisekise ukuba awugqithisi i-87 litre ngosuku lwakho lwesibonelelo.
Ngaphambi kokubhubha ihotele yakho , qiniseka ukuba ubuze malunga namanyathelo okusindisa amanzi ayenayo.
Ngelixa elizayo
Ngomhla wokusondela kweZero ngokukhawuleza, akungabazeki ukuba imeko ekhoyo yamanzi eKapa iyadala. Ukugqitywa kwezinto eziquka ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kunye noluntu olwandayo lwaseMzantsi Afrika lithetha ukuba iingxaki ezijongene neKapa kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo ziyakuthi zibe yinto evamile; kwaye nangona kunjalo, nangona kungenakucingeka koorhulumente wesizwe, isixeko ngokwawo sinesicwangciso esiphezulu sokulawulwa kwamanzi kwihlabathi.
Izicwangciso zokunyusa iimpahla zamanzi eKapa ziyaqhubeka, kunye neeprojekthi ezisixhenxe ezivela kwizityalo ezintsha zokutshitshiswa kwamanzi ukuya kusetyenzisweni lwamanzi angaphantsi komhlaba okulindeleke ukuba unikezele ngezigidi ezingama-196 zamanzi ngosuku ngosuku lukaFebruwari noJulayi 2018. Kukho ithemba lokuba le miqathango (kunye kunye nokuzikhandla ukunamathela kwiimingcele zeNqanaba 6) kuya kunelungelo lokukhusela i-specter ye-Day Zero ekubeni yinyani.
Ngaba Ndifanele Ndivakatye?
Okwangoku, kubalulekile ukuba iindwendwe zikhumbule ukuba izinto ezenza eKapa ezikhethekileyo- ezivela kwiindawo zokudlela zehlabathi eziya kuma-britty-ahlale angalingani-zihlala zifanayo.
Iingxaki ezincinane ezithathwa ngabakhenkethi ngenxa yentlekele yamanzi yintengo encinci ukuhlawula ummangaliso wokutyelela kwisiXeko seMama. Ngethuba lexesha lexesha eliphakamileyo, abakhenkethi banyusela abantu baseKapa ngo-1-3% kuphela, ngoko ke banokwenza okungafaniyo nokusetyenziswa kwamanzi jikelele kwisixeko (becinga ukuba banamathela kwimimiselo). Nangona kunjalo, ingeniso eveliswe ngotyelelo lwakho iyadingeka ngoku ngakumbi kunanini ngaphambili. Ngoko, endaweni yokucima uhambo lwakho ukuya eKapa, qwa lasela isomiso uze uqiniseke ukuba wenze uncedo lwakho.