Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
Inhloko yakwa-Eskom uDan Marokane wexwayisa ngokuthi izinkinga emhlabeni wonke zingase zivale imizila eletha uphethiloli obalulekile kadizili.
INingizimu Afrika isijabulele izinsuku ezingaphezu kuka-300 ngaphandle kokunqanyulwa kukagesi ngoba iziteshi zamalahle zigcina zisebenza kangcono futhi zonga izigidigidi.
U-Eskom uxwayisa ngokuthi izinkinga emhlabeni wonke zingase zivimbe ukutholakala kukadizili.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seGroup uDan Marokane uthi inkampani ephehla ugesi inodizili owanele izinyanga ezimbili kuya kwezintathu ezizayo. Kodwa uxwayise ngokuthi izinkinga zomhlaba zingamisa ukulethwa kukaphethiloli.
“Asazi ukuthi lesi simo sizoqhubeka kuze kube nini nokuthi izocwila endaweni lapho kuphazamiseka khona imizila yokuphakela impahla,” kusho yena, kubika iBusinessDay.
U-Eskom ufuna ukugcina udizili uphansi kakhulu kulobu busika ngoba uphethiloli uyabiza.
Njengamanje, u-Eskom wonga izigidigidi zamarandi ngokushisa kancane udizili. UMarokane uthe lokhu kungenxa yokuthi iziteshi zikagesi zamalahle zisebenza kangcono kakhulu.
U-Eskom usebenzisa udizili ukusebenzisa izinjini eziphuthumayo ngesikhathi sokushoda kukagesi. Bekulokhu kuyindlela ebiza kakhulu yokumisa ukunqanyulwa kukagesi.
I-Eskom ikhiphe uhlelo lwayo lwasebusika ngoLwesithathu. Isebenzise cishe u-R6.4 billion ekuthengeni udizili onyakeni ofinyelela kuNdasa.
Lokhu ukwehla okukhulu. Le nkampani yasebenzisa cishe u-R26.9 billion ngaphezu kwalokhu ngo-2023.
INingizimu Afrika manje isithathe izinsuku ezingaphezu kuka-300 ngaphandle kokucishwa kukagesi.
Ekupheleni kukaNdasa, ukutholakala kukagesi kwa-Eskom kwakungaphezu kuka-65%. Ngonyaka odlule bekungaphansi kuka-60%.
Amakhasimende angaphezu kuka-340,000 abebhekene nokuncishiswa kukagesi manje asezothola ugesi ongashintshi. INorthern Cape kanye neWestern Cape zisuswe ngokuphelele ekwehliseni umthwalo.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Ingqalasizinda yakwa-Eskom.
Umthombo wesithombe: Ifayela