Lubhalwe nguZukile Majova
Akukho lapho abangacasha khona abaphathi be-ANC nabaholi bakahulumeni abafuna ukucekela phansi ukufuduka kwelakuleli ekusebenziseni ugesi ophehlwa ngamalahle kuya ku-energy sources.
Lokhu kucaciswe ukuvakasha ezweni kukaMgcinimafa waseMelika, uJanet Yellen osedlulele ngale kwemigomo elindelekile kumanxusa akwamanye amazwe.
Uhlangane noMengameli Cyril Ramaphosa ngoLwesithathu kanti NgoLwesine ube nemihlangano noNgqongqoshe wezeziMali uMnu Enoch Godongwana noNgqongqoshe wezaMandla uGwede Mantashe.
Isitatimende sakhe esikhulu kunazo zonke usenze ngoLwesine ekuseni ngesikhathi engena emhlanganweni wesigungu esiphezulu se-ANC esisanda kukhethwa.
Kuyiphutha lezepolitiki elishiye uNobhala Jikelele weqembu uFikile Mbalula nephupho elibi lobudlelwano bomphakathi emahlombe akhe.
“Ukuvakasha kwe-NEC kaYellen akuhlangene nathi. Ngakho-ke, abantu abayeke ukulokhu beqagela. UYellen ukubeke kwacaca ukuthi ubengekho kuleli ngezingxoxo ezincane, kodwa uzoqhubeka nomsebenzi.
“Elakuleli liyizwe lokuqala elinobudlelwane ne-Just Energy Transition kanti iMelika iyaziqhenya ngokuzibophezela kozakwethu. Lobu budlelwano bumele isinyathelo sokuqala sakuleli sokwandisa ukufinyelela nokuthembeka kukagesi nokudala ikhabhoni ephansi kanye nomnotho okwazi ukumelana nesimo sezulu.
Isinyathelo engikholwa ukuthi sizodambisa ubunzima obujulile bezezimali umkhakha wezamandla ofakwe emnothweni wakuleli futhi sisekele ukukhula komnotho oqinile,” esho emhlanganweni wakhe noNgqongqoshe wezeziMali.
Uhulumeni ufake isamba esingaphezu kuka-R1 billion ngemuva kwesithembiso sesamba sika-$8.5 billion elakuleli elasithola emazweni athuthukile ukuze ixhase uhlaka lwayo lwe-Just Energy Transition Framework.
Lesi isenzo esiqinile sizoqinisekisa ukuthi izwe lifudukela kwikhaboni ephansi ngaphandle kokudela imisebenzi kanye nokuguqula amadolobha ezimayini zamalahle abe amadolobha alahliwe.
UMantashe obonakala emele ithimba elimela ugesi ongasebenza kabusha eqenjini elibusayo le-ANC, uthe: “Siyavumelana nezinguquko ezisuka ekungcolisweni kwekhabhoni ephezulu kuya kwencane. Umgomo wethu ngowobuchwepheshe bamandla axubile ukuze kubhekwane nobumpofu bamandla ngesikhathi sidlulela emnothweni wekhabhoni ephansi. I-Just Energy Transition yethu kumele igxile kubantu.”
Isitobhi esilandelayo, uYellen uzovakashela indawo yamalahle eMpumalanga ngoLwesihlanu.
Isithombe esingenhla: UNobhala woMgcinimafa waseMelika uJanet Yellen ehlangana neqhawe le-ANC, uNgqongqoshe wezaMandla uGwede Mantashe
Umthombo: @GwedeMantashe1