\u201cHoe gaan ons hierdie krisis oorleef? Hoe moet ons \u2019n bestaan maak en bloot net ons werk doen om aan die lewe te kan bly?\u201d<\/p>\n
S\u00f3 vra Nirena Beukman, \u2019n inwoner van Rawsonville, wat \u2019n tuisonderneming bestuur en soos talle ander gebuk gaan onder die impak wat beurtkrag op gesinne en ondernemings het.<\/p>\n
Beukman bestuur al sedert 2017 \u2019n bakkery van die huis af en maak weekliks staat op hierdie inkomste om na haar en haar dogter om te sien.<\/p>\n
Die enkelma verduidelik sy weet nie meer hoe om kop bo water te hou nie.<\/p>\n
\u201cNes jy dink jy kom weer voor en beurtkrag gaan nie hierdie week \u2019n impak h\u00ea op jou werk nie, dan verras Eskom jou \u2013 somtyds sommer net \u2019n uur voordat die krag afgaan. Dan moet ek skarrel en planmaak, want ek moet die balans tussen varsheid en die moontlike werkstyd wat beurtkrag belemmer, behou.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sy verduidelik verder hoe sy al deurnag moes werk om net haar bestellings te kan voltooi en al twee yskaste en \u2019n stoof weens beurtkrag verloor het.<\/p>\n
Die nasionale kragvoorsiener het verlede week die eerste keer in maande weer fase 6-beurtkrag begin toepas nadat talle kragopwekkingseenhede by verskeie kragstasies in die land net bloot gefaal het.<\/p>\n
Inwoners van die Breedevallei is \u2013 nes die res van die land se inwoners \u2013 keelvol vir beurtkrag, en veral die impak wat dit op werksaamhede het. Gesinne moet ook versigtig beplan om basiese take te kan verrig en leerders moet maar by kerslig leer vir die eksamens wat nou aan die gang is.<\/p>\n
Elsa Pretorius van Worcester verduidelik dat haar twee kinders elkeen tans besig is met eksamens en saans by kerslig of die selfoon se flitslig moet leer <\/p>\n
\u201cOns kan bloot nie \u2019n kragopwekker bekostig nie. Hul skoolwerk is vir hulle belangrik en daarom probeer hulle alle tyd benut om te leer \u2013 al is dit maar by kerslig. As die krag aan is, word hul tyd gebruik om take op die rekenaar klaar te maak, en as dit af is, moet hulle maar leer soos hulle kan. Ek kry hulle vreeslik jammer. Ek weet nie hoe doen die matrikulante, wat tans rekordeksamen skryf, dit nie,\u201d s\u00ea Pretorius.<\/p>\n
Hoewel Eskom se uitvoerende hoof, Andr\u00e9 de Ruyter, die land Sondag toegespreek het, is geen vermelding gemaak vir wanneer die krisis opgelos sal word nie. Intussen (teen druktyd) is beurtkrag na fase 5 verminder. Dit maak ook nie veel van \u2019n impak nie. <\/p>\n
Gerugte doen ook die ronde dat Eskom en Nersa teen volgende jaar \u2019n heffing op die huidige kragprys wil plaas, wat dan sal beteken dat die prys van elektrisiteit met 30% sal styg.<\/p>\n
\u201cNou moet ons nog meer betaal ook. Hoe maak dit enigsins sin? Ons kan skaars nou staatmaak op elektrisiteit. Dit is \u2019n skreiende skande,\u201d voeg Pretorius by.<\/p>\n
Talle sakeondernemings in die dorp maak staat op kragopwekkers, en met die huidige dieselprys is hierdie luuksheid ook besig om \u2019n kopseer te veroorsaak. <\/p>\n
Talle kleinsakeondernemings in die vallei gaan gebuk onder die impak van beurtkrag aangesien hulle nie opwekkers of die nodige brandstof kan bekostig nie. Hulle het geen keuse as om hul deure soms vroe\u00ebr te sluit of in daardie stadium maar werk te doen wat nie krag vereis nie.<\/span><\/p>\n .<\/span> \u201cDit raak ons erg. Die president het dan sulke mooi praatjies gehad, maar nou is dit fase 5- en fase 6-beurtkrag. Jou yskas loop af, die kinders is honger, die kos is yskoud en jy kan geen sport kyk nie.\u201d – Johan van Wyk<\/p>\n .<\/span> \u201cDit maak my siek, want hoe moet \u2019n mens werk om geld te verdien as die krag aanmekaar afgesit word?\u201d – Hillery Otto<\/p>\n .<\/span> \u201c[Dis] tyd dat Worcester weer sy eie kragstasie kry \u2013 soos jare gelede \u2013 [met] mense wat weet om dit te bestuur en te onderhou.\u201d – Ludi de Bruyn<\/p>\n .<\/span> \u201cDit is absoluut belaglik. Die krag moet steeds elke maand betaal word. 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