Kechipiri gore rino vashanyi vakasiiwa vakarembera mumotokari dzetambo dziri pamusoro peTafura Mountain yeCape Town.
NeChipiri, vashanyi vakawanda vakavhiringidzika uye vagari veko vakasiya gomo vasina kuenda pamotokari yetambo sezvaidiwa.
Vanhu vangangosvika makumi manomwe vakanamira pakati pemhepo mumotokari mbiri idzi kwemaminitsi makumi matatu nemashanu pakaputika fuse.
Nomusi wa21 Ndira, kudzimwa kwemagetsi kweEskom kwakasiya vanhu makumi matatu nevanomwe vakarembera murima uye nemhepo ine simba mumotokari dzinoshandiswa netambo, ukuwo vamwe mazana mashanu, avo vakanga vakwezvwa nemwedzi wakazara, vakavharirwa pamusoro pegomo.
Pakadzoka magetsi mushure memaawa maviri aitarisirwa ekudzima, zvakaonekwa kuti kudzimwa kwainge kwadzima mota dzetambo uye hadzina kukwanisa kumira. Vakazoburitswa kunze kwoedza.
Muchiitiko chekupedzisira, injiniya akaisa fuse itsva uye kana vashanyi vakangodonhedzwa uye bvunzo shoma dzakaitwa, mota dzakavhurwa kune veruzhinji.
Asi panguva iyi vanhu vane chitsama, vamwe vavo vati vamirira kwenguva inodarika awa, vaenda nekuti vanga vasisakwanise kumirira kuti maoparesheni atange zvakare.
Enrik Basson akanga achiperekedza vana vechikoro makumi matanhatu kubva kuLambert's Bay parwendo pamotokari yetambo.
“Asi hatichagoni kumirira. Tinofanira kuenda. Vana vakaodzwa mwoyo zvikuru. Vanga vakatarisira izvi,” akadaro.
Nerish Rempul wekuDurban, anga akatarisira kukwira kwake kwechitatu pamotokari, akati mamiriro ezvinhu "akaipa".
“Ndiri pano neshamwari mbiri asi tave kuenda. Zvimwe hatizowana mumwe mukana wekushandisa mota yetambo nekuti tiri kuenda kumba (mangwana). Chokwadi zvakaipa,” akadaro.
Yakanga iri "yechitatu isina rombo rakanaka" kuna Amit Nandha wekuKenya uyo akati akamboedza kaviri neChipiri kushandisa mota yetambo asi, nekuda kwemhute, akadzingwa.
“Ndinoda kuedza zvakare asi handizivi kuti ndichazviita here. Ndakanzwa kuti kuchava nemhepo huru.”
Tobias Schmid, mudzidzi wekuchinjana wokuStuttgart, Germany, akanga ari mune imwe yemotokari dzinoshandiswa netambo payakanga yamira kufamba asi akati nemhaka yokuti iye neshamwari dzake vakanga vanamatira kwemaminitsi 35, panzvimbo peawa, yakanga isati yambova “chaizvoizvo. zvakaipa” chiitiko.
"Zvakanga zvakanaka," akadaro Schmid. “Dai takambomira kwenguva yakareba tingadai takavhunduka. Takanga tisina kunetseka. Mumwe wevadzidzi aitya, aitya chaizvo. Asi takanga zvakanaka uye hapana akakuvara. "
Schmid akati kwaive kushanya kwake kwekutanga munyika uye aitarisira kushandisa mota yetambo zvakare.
Motokari idzi dzakazovhurwa veruzhinji mushure menguva dza3.30pm, panguva iyi pakanga patoita mutsetse wakareba.
Sabine Lehmann, mukuru mukuru weTable Mountain Aerial Cableway Company, akati mota dzaifamba dzakatevedzana ndokusaka dzose dzakamira pakaputika fuse.
Akataura kuti mainjiniya akagadzirisa dambudziko uye bvunzo dzekumhanya dzakapera mushure.
“Tinokoshesa kuchengeteka. Vanhu vanofanirwa kunzwisisa kuti haugone kugadzirisa dambudziko muminiti. Unofanira kutanga waona dambudziko wozogadzirisa.”
Kudzoserwa mari kwakapihwa matikiti akange asina kushandiswa.
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