U-Eskom uqinisekisile ukuba akukho kucinywa kombane kucwangcisiweyo.

Inqanaba lesi-2 lokucinywa kombane liye lanqunyanyiswa emva kokuba liphunyezwe ngesaziso esifutshane ngenjikalanga yangoLwesine.

Iziko lombane likuyekile ukucinywa kombane ezinzulwini zobusuku ngoLwesine.

Bathe isizathu sokuphunyezwa kokucinywa kombane kungenxa yemfuno yombane engaphezulu kunoko bekulindelekile, ilahleko yeeyunithi zokuphehla, kunye nolungiso olucwangcisiweyo olubanzi olubeke uxinzelelo kwinkqubo.

Isithethi sikaEskom uDaphne Mokwena uthi ukunqunyanyiswa kokucinywa kombane kungenxa yokuchacha kwesizukulwana.

“Emva kokufunyanwa kwakhona komthamo wombane omalunga nama-2,015 MW, ukwehla okulindelweyo kwimfuno yombane, kunye noovimba aboneleyo bexesha likaxakeka, ukucinywa kombane kuye kwanqunyanyiswa ezinzulwini zobusuku,” utshilo uMokwena.

Wachaza ukuba ukugcinwa okucwangcisiweyo kuyaqhubeka ukuqinisekisa ukulungela inkqubo yokunyuka kweemfuno zasebusika, ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zokulawula, kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuthotyelwa kokusingqongileyo.

“Iqela lethu lizibophelele ekubuyiseleni malunga ne-6,000 MW kwinkonzo ngoLwesibini ozayo. U-Eskom uza kukhupha i-Power Alert kamva namhlanje okanye anike unxibelelwano oluthe kratya njengoko kufuneka,” utshilo uMokwena.