Ka OBAKENG MAJE
19 Ngwanatsele 2025- Baagi ba motsesetoropo wa Pudimoe, gaufi le Taung, ba tlhalositse fa ba tsweletse go itemogela thebolo e bokoa ya ditirelo. Baagi ba, ba ne ba neelana ka setlankana sa dingongorego (Memorandum of Demand) kwa kopanong ya bone le botsamaisi jwa masepala o mogolwane wa Taung mo letsatsing la maabane.
Go ya ka mongwe wa baemedi ba baagi, Oageng Maeco, ba duela dishuga kgwedi le kgwedi kwa masepaleng o mogolwane wa Taung, mme ebile letseno leo le atswa masepala mo go direng madi. Maeco are fela kgaogo ya metsi le motlakase kwa Pudimoe e tsweletse go ama dikgwebo di le mmalwa, mme di latlhegelwa ke letseno ka ntlheng ya seo.
“Dijo di a bola ka ntlheng ya tlhokego ya motlakase. Tlhokego ya metsi yone e ama matshelo a rona ka mokgwa o sa siamang. Jaanong, re patelesega go ka tla ka toga-maano enngwe ya go bona metsi le motlakase. Fela seo se tlhoka tiriso ya madi a re senang one. Baithuti le bone ba amega, gonne ga ba kgone go bala e tswa ba kwala ditlhatlhobo. Ga re kitla re tswelela go amogela thebolo e bokoa go tswa go masepala wa rona.
“Jaanong, re ikuela go masepala go baakanya mathata a re a tlhagisitseng. Fela re nagana gore tlhokego ya keteledipele e maleba, le yone e ka tswa e nnile le tlhotlheletso mo go phutlhameng ga thebolo ya ditirelo. Mogwanto o nnileng teng maloba mo Pudimoe, o tlhagisitse mathata a le mantsi. A mangwe a mathata ao, a tlhodiwa ke go tlhoka tlhaeletsano magareng ga baagi le masepala,” Maeco wa tlhalosa.
Maeco are badiri ba masepala ba itshela moriti o tsididi fela ntle le go buisana le baagi mabapi le kgaogo ya motlakase le metsi. Maeco are go tlhoka kgolagano go dira gore magodu a nne le tshono ya go senya le go utswa dithoto tsa masepala tse go ya ka molao, di tshwanetswe ke gore di be di tlhokometswe ke batlhankedi ba tshireletso ka dinako tsotlhe.
O mongwe wa baeteledipele wa baagi, Odirile Kgosithebe are: “Re na le dingwaga di feta pedi re ntse re itemogela kgaogo ya metsi nako le nako. Pudimoe Water Plant Supply e neelana ka metsi go metse e mengwe go akaretsa masepaleng wa Naledi. Jaanong, go fitlha ga jaana, re itemogetse gore polante eo, ga e sa tlhole e kgona go ka neelana ka metsi a lekaneng go metse e farologaneng ka ntlheng ya mafaratlhatlha a bokoa.
Kgabagare, molekgotlha o a ikarabelang ka tsa mafaratlhatlha kwa masepaleng o mogolwane wa Taung, Itumeleng Maribe are ba nnile le kopano le baagi ba Pudimoe mabapi le tlhokego ya metsi le motlakase. Maribe are ba ne ba memile setheo se se rebolang metsi sa Magalies Water, setlamo se se rebolang motlakase sa ESKOM, ga mmogo le sepodisi.
“Re ile ra dumalana gore kgaogo ya metsi e bakiwa ke go utswiwa ga dithapo tsa motlakase kwa polanteng, mme re ile ra kopa gore fa go nna le diphetogo mabapi le thebolo ya metsi jaaka go utswiwa ga dithapo tsa motlakase kgotsa go nna le ditlhabololo tse di maleba kwa polanteng, go tshwanelwa ke gore baagi ba itsisiwe ka nako.
“Fela, re na le tshepo ya gore fa kago ya polanta ya Pudimoe Water Plant Treatment Supply, baagi ba tla bona metsi ntle le kgaogo. Re ne re na le sepodisi go ka leka go thusana mabapi le bogodu jwa dithapo tsa motlakase. Re ile ra dumalana le baagi gore re tlile go dirisana thata le bone mo go rebeng bogodu jwa dithapo tsa motlakase,” Maribe wa tlhalosa.
The Guardian 