Kushone abantu abangu-18 engozini yendiza yabagibeli eSouth Sudan namuhla.
Indiza, ebinabagibeli abangu-21 kanye nabasebenzi, yehle ngemuva nje kokusuka e-Unity Oil Field eSouth Sudan, okuholele ekushoneni kwabantu abangu-18 nokushiye abantu abathathu “esimeni esibucayi.”
Ngokwemibiko yendawo bobabili umshayeli wendiza nozakwabo bebephakathi kwabashone kule ngozi.
UGatwech Bipal Bobabili, uNgqongqoshe Wezokwazisa we-Unity State, uthe indiza ibinomsebenzi ojwayelekile esifundeni. Indiza yayiqashwe yiGreater Pioneer Operating Company (GPOC) futhi yayiphethwe Inkampani Yezindiza Ezikhanyayo Yezindiza.
“Indiza yehle ngamamitha angu-500 ukusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza, kugibele abantu abangu-21. Njengamanje munye kuphela osindile,” kwengeza ungqongqoshe.
Ngokusho kukangqongqoshe, indiza ibisendleleni ebheke enhlokodolobha, iJuba.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, iSouth Sudan ibe nezinhlekelele eziningi zomoya. Ingozi yangoSepthemba 2018 yaholela ekufeni kwabantu okungenani abangu-19 ababegibele indiza encane eyayisuka enhlokodolobha, iJuba, ilibangise eYirol.
Ngo-2015, indiza ethwala impahla eyayakhiwe eRussia eyayithwele abagibeli yaphahlazeka kabuhlungu ngemuva nje kokusuka eJuba, okwaholela ekufeni kwabantu abaningi.
Ngokusho kwezikhulu zendawo, inhlekelele yanamuhla isaphenywa futhi akukadalulwa imbangela eqondile yengozi.