Community Development Projects Engineering Superintendent Renier Van Rooyen standing by a borehole installed by ZAC
UNsumpa wezobuNjiniyela bokuThuthukisa umPhakathi u-Renier Van Rooyen eseduze kwepitsi elifakwe yi-ZAC
Boreholes deliver fresh water to residents of local communities
As part of ZAC’s ongoing Local Economic Development (LED) programmes, since August 2019, seven new boreholes have been drilled, equipped, installed and handed over to local community members. The boreholes are located in the districts of Nkonjane, Okhukho, Masokaneni, Matheni, Sphiva, Ngxono and Skhakhane.
ZAC Community Development Projects Engineering Superintendent Renier Van Rooyen says that the boreholes were equipped with solar panels with the last one having been installed at the end of September 2019.
“The boreholes were installed by our engineering foremen and connected to the Eskom grid. However, in the advent of a power outage or rotational load shedding they have been equipped with solar panels to provide electricity for a short period to help the community run the borehole pumps to receive water when required,” he explains.
Two out of the seven boreholes are also already connected to Eskom. Renier mentions that there are inbuilt systems in place on the boreholes which enable them to automatically switch over to solar energy, when there is a power outage. The remaining five boreholes also have pumps and tanks installed in addition to solar panels, but they are not connected to Eskom like the others and therefore run solely on solar energy.
Amapitsi azolethela izakhamuzi amanzi ahlanzekile
Kusukela ngo-Agasti 2019, i-ZAC isiyakhe futhi yanikela ngamapitsi ayisikhombisa emphakathini. Iziyingi ezihlomule ngamapitsi yiNkonjane, Okhukho, eMasokaneni, eMatheni, eSphiva, eNgxono nakwaSkhakhane. Lokhu kwenziwe njengenxenye yezinhlelo zokuthuthukiswa komnotho.
UNsumpa wezobuNjiniyela bokuThuthukisa uMphakathi e-ZAC uMnuz Renier Van Rooyen uthe la mapitsi afakwe nezithebe zamandla kagesi welanga njengoba esokugcina sifakwe ekupheleni kukaSepthemba kulo nyaka.
“Amapitsi afakwe yizimfolomane zethu emnyangweni wezobunjiniyela kanti axhunywe nakugesi wakwa-Eskom. Nokho-ke uma kwenzeka ugesi uhamba njengoba ubuye uncishiswe uma ushoda, kukhona izithebe zamandla kagesi ezizosiza ukuphakela ugesi isikhashana ukwenzela ukuthi amapitsi aqhubeke asebenze uma umphakathi udinga amanzi,” kuchaza yena.
Amabili kula mapitsi ayisikhombisa asevele asexhunyiwe e-Eskom. U-Van Rooyen uthe kunobuchwepheshe ngaphakathi emapitsini nokuyibona obuwashintshayo amapitsi ukuthi adonse kugesi welanga uma ugesi ungekho. Lawa amanye amahlanu anamaphampu namathangi afakiwe ngaphezu kwezithebe zamandla kagesi welanga kodwa awaxhunyiwe e-Eskom nokusho ukuthi wona athembele kugesi welanga kuphela.
