uNdunankulu waseKwaZulu-Natal uThami Ntuli uthi ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu akuseyona into engenasisekelo, kodwa sekuyiqiniso. “Asisakwazi ukuziphatha engathi konke kuhamba kahle,” kusho uNdunankulu ngoLwesine.
“Ososayensi basixwayisile ukuthi ihlobo lethu lizoba nezimvula eziningi futhi kushise kakhulu. Singase sibhekane nesomiso eside kanye nezimvula ezinkulu kakhulu, okungaholela enhlekeleleni yesikhathi eside, ngaphandle kokuthi sithathe izinyathelo manje.”
UNtuli kanye nethimba labaholi bezifundazwe libuye eNew York, lapho bekade beyingxenye yeGlobal Climate Week, okuhloswe ngayo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abaholi bahlela izinyathelo ezibambene zokubhekana nokuguquka kwesimo sezulu.
UNtuli uphinde waveza ukuthi izikhukhula zango-Ephreli 2022, izinkinga zomlilo ezibukwe ngonyaka, isiphepho saseTongaat kanye neqhwa elisanda kushayisa eKZN kungenelela izidingo zokululama kwezinhlekelele ezihlobene nesimo sezulu.
Uveze ukuthi baye bathola ukuthi isifundazwe asinaso isimiso esifanele sokuxwayisa kusengaphambili uma kukhona izinselelo zesimo sezulu. “Uhulumeni uzohola ekutholeni ubuchwepheshe obuqagula isimo sezulu. Ihhovisi likaNdunankulu lizovakashela iziteshi zokuhlola zesayensi zemvelo eziseprovinsini, ezilawulwa yiSouth African Environmental Observation Network, kanye neziteshi zesimo sezulu ezilawulwa yiSouth African Weather Services.”
UNtuli uphethe ngokuthi uhulumeni usuzosungula umkhandlu wokubhekana nokuguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nokusimama kwenhlalakahle.