Ngokusho kombiko wakamuva okhishwe yi-African Meteorological Association,Iningizimu Afrikasekuyizwe elinenani elikhulu kakhulu leziteshi zesimo sezulu ezisetshenziswa ezwenikazi lase-Afrika. Iziteshi zokuqapha isimo sezulu ezingaphezu kuka-800 zezinhlobo ezahlukene sezisunguliwe ezweni lonke, zakha inethiwekhi yokuqoqwa kwedatha yesimo sezulu ephelele kakhulu e-Afrika, zinikeza ukwesekwa okubalulekile kokubikezela isimo sezulu kwesifunda kanye nocwaningo lokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
Inethiwekhi kazwelonke yokuqapha isimo sezulu isisungulwe ngokugcwele
I-South African Meteorological Service isanda kumemezela ukuthi kufezwe intuthuko enkulu ekwakhiweni kwenethiwekhi yeziteshi zezulu ezizenzakalelayo zikazwelonke. “Sifinyelele ukumbozwa okugcwele kweziteshi zezulu ezifundazweni eziyisishiyagalolunye ezweni lonke,” kusho uJohn Best, umqondisi we-South African Meteorological Service. “Idatha yesimo sezulu yesikhathi sangempela enikezwa yilezi ziteshi zesimo sezulu ezizenzakalelayo inyuse ukunemba kwezibikezelo zethu zesimo sezulu ngo-35%, ikakhulukazi ezixwayisweni zesimo sezulu esibi kakhulu.”
Imishini ethuthukisiwe ithuthukisa ukunemba kokuqapha
Isizukulwane esisha semishini yokuqapha isimo sezulu eyethulwe yiNingizimu Afrika sihlanganisa izinzwa zesimo sezulu ezinembe kakhulu futhi singaqapha izinto zesimo sezulu ezingaphezu kwamashumi amabili ngesikhathi sangempela, njengokushisa, umswakama, isivinini somoya, isiqondiso somoya, imvula kanye nokukhanya kwelanga. “Izinsimbi zesimo sezulu zobungcweti esizihlomile zifaka phakathi izinzwa zesimo sezulu ezithuthuke kakhulu kanye nezinhlelo zokuthola izinto zedijithali,” kusho uSolwazi uSarah Van der Waat, umqondisi we-Meteorological Institute eNyuvesi yaseKapa. “Lawa madivayisi ahlinzeka ngokusekelwa kwedatha okungakaze kubonwe ngaphambili kokuqapha isimo sezulu kanye nocwaningo.”
Uhlelo lokusebenza oluhlukahlukene luthole imiphumela emangalisayo
Inethiwekhi yeziteshi zezulu zaseNingizimu Afrika isetshenziswe kabanzi emikhakheni eminingi ebalulekile njengezolimo, izindiza kanye nokuthunyelwa kwemikhumbi. Esifundazweni sasePumalanga, iziteshi zezulu zezolimo zinikeza abalimi izinsizakalo zokubikezela isimo sezulu ezinembile. “Idatha yokuqapha isimo sezulu isisiza ukuhlela isikhathi sokunisela ngokufanele, futhi umphumela wokonga amanzi ufinyelele ku-20%,” kusho umlimi wendawo uPeters. Echwebeni laseThekwini, isiteshi sokubuka isimo sezulu sechweba sinikeza idatha enembile yesimo sezulu sasemanzini yemikhumbi engena futhi iphuma echwebeni, okuthuthukisa kakhulu ukuphepha kwemikhumbi.
Amandla okuvimbela nokunciphisa izinhlekelele athuthukisiwe kakhulu
Ngokusungula inethiwekhi yokuqapha isimo sezulu ebanzi, amandla okuxwayisa kusengaphambili kwenhlekelele eNingizimu Afrika athuthukisiwe kakhulu. “Sisungule uhlelo lokuxwayisa kusenesikhathi ngezikhukhula kanye nesomiso ngokusebenzisa idatha yesimo sezulu yesikhathi sangempela eqoqwe yiziteshi zesimo sezulu ezizenzakalelayo,” kusho uMbeki, uchwepheshe ovela eNational Center for Disaster Reduction. “Ukuqapha isimo sezulu okunembile kusenza sikwazi ukukhipha izixwayiso zenhlekelele emahoreni angama-72 kusengaphambili, okunciphisa ngempumelelo ukulahleka kwempilo kanye nempahla.”
Ukubambisana kwamazwe ngamazwe kukhuthaza ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe
INingizimu Afrika igcina ukubambisana okuseduze nezikhungo zamazwe ngamazwe njenge-World Meteorological Organisation kanye ne-European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, futhi ikhuthaza njalo ukuthuthukiswa kwenethiwekhi yayo yeziteshi zesimo sezulu. “Sisebenzisa isizukulwane esisha sezinsimbi zesimo sezulu, okuhlanganisa izinhlelo zokudlulisa idatha yesathelayithi kanye nemishini esebenza ngelanga,” kusho uVan Niuk, inhloko yephrojekthi yokubambisana kwamazwe ngamazwe. “Lokhu kusha kuzokwenza iziteshi zethu zokubuka isimo sezulu zibe ezihlakaniphile nezizinzile.”
Uhlelo lokuthuthukiswa kwesikhathi esizayo
Ngokusho kweSu Lokuthuthukiswa Kwesimo Sezulu laseNingizimu Afrika lika-2024-2028, uhulumeni uhlela ukwengeza iziteshi zesimo sezulu ezintsha ezingu-300 ezizenzakalelayo, ngokugxila ekuthuthukiseni amakhono okuqapha ezindaweni zasemakhaya nasezifundeni zasemingceleni. “Sizofinyelela ukumbozwa okugcwele kokuqapha isimo sezulu kuzo zonke izifunda zokuphatha zomasipala ezweni lonke,” kusho uJames Molloy, umqondisi wezobuchwepheshe we-South African Meteorological Service. “Le nethiwekhi enkulu yeziteshi zesimo sezulu izoba yisibonelo sokuvuselelwa kwesimo sezulu e-Afrika.”
Ochwepheshe bezimboni bakholelwa ukuthi ulwazi oluphumelelayo lweNingizimu Afrika ekwakhiweni kweziteshi zesimo sezulu lunikeza izinkomba ezibalulekile kwamanye amazwe ase-Afrika. Njengoba umthelela wokushintsha kwesimo sezulu ukhula, inethiwekhi yokuqapha isimo sezulu ethuthukisiwe izoba ingqalasizinda ebalulekile yamazwe ase-Afrika yokubhekana nesimo sezulu esibi kakhulu nokuqinisekisa ukuvikeleka kokudla.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Okthoba-13-2025