Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
Imizi yaseNingizimu Afrika ikhokha u-R3,600 i-megawatt-hour ngayinye ngogesi odlula ngisho i-US futhi ucishe ulingane nowase-Japan.
U-Eskom uthi abantu basahola kancane, kodwa ongoti basola inkohlakalo, ukunyuswa komholo kanye nemfucuza ngokunyuka kukagesi ugesi unyaka nonyaka.
Abantu baseNingizimu Afrika bakhokha amanye amanani entengo kagesi aphezulu kakhulu emhlabeni futhi kuzoba kubi kakhulu.
Kusukela ngo-2007, u-Eskom unyuse amanani kagesi ngo-800%, futhi ukunyuka okusha ngo-9% sekuvele kuhlelelwe unyaka ka-2026 no-2027.
Umhlaziyi wezamandla ozimele uPieter Jordaan uthi amakhaya aseNingizimu Afrika manje akhokha amanani entengo kagesi aphezulu endaweni yesikhombisa ku-G20, cishe u-$186 (R3,600) ngehora le-megawatt (MWh). Lokho kubiza kakhulu kunase-United States kodwa kucishe kulingane nase-Japan, kubika iBusinessTech.
Amazwe ambalwa kuphela, njenge-Italy lapho ugesi ubiza u-$422/MWh.
Okuxakayo, amabhizinisi aseNingizimu Afrika awagqilazeki kakhulu.
Abasebenzisi bezentengiselwano bakhokha u-$93/MWh, okuyinani elishibhe kakhulu ku-G20. Emazweni amaningi, izinkampani zikhokha ngaphezu kwezindlu, kodwa lapha, kuphambene.
U-Eskom uthi abantu abajwayelekile basakhokha kancane.
Kodwa abagxeki bathi inkinga yangempela ingaphakathi kwenkampani kagesi bekhomba umholo okhuphukile, inkohlakalo kanye nezinkontileka ezimoshayo ezikhuphula amanani kuwo wonke umuntu.
UJordaan uqhathanise amanani kagesi esebenzisa i-Big Mac Index, ebonisa ukuthi bangaki ama-burger abantu abangawathenga ngentengo efanayo no-1MWh kagesi.
ENingizimu Afrika, ilingana nama-Big Macs angu-67 kuphela njenge-Italy.
Uphinde wabala ukuthi abantu kumele basebenze isikhathi esingakanani ukuze bathole amandla angu-1MWh. Kubantu baseNingizimu Afrika, yizinsuku ezingu-11.3, uma kuqhathaniswa nezinsuku ezingu-0.8 e-US kanye nengxenye yosuku e-Saudi Arabia.
Amabhizinisi ahamba kangcono, adinga izinsuku zokusebenza ezingu-5.4 ngenani elifanayo.
Esithombeni esingenhla: U-Eskom.
Umthombo wesithombe: Ifayela