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Abantu bakuleli kubukeka bejabulile kulamasonto amabili njengoba amazinga okucishwa kukagesi ephansi.
Kodwa leyo njabulo ngeyesikhashana ngokusho komphathi wakwa-Eskom, uVally Padayachee.
Ngesikhathi u-Eskom wethula isigaba sesithupha sokucishwa kukagesi ezinyangeni zasehlobo isizwe sasikhathazekile abanye bekhuluma ngokungena esigabeni seshumi sokucishwa kukagesi futhi lokhu kusaba kwakudalwa ukuthinteka kweziteshi zikagesi ze-Eskom ezintekenteke.
Kodwa uPadayachee uthi izikhathi zobusika ezinzima ziseza.
“Abukakapheli ubusika,” usho kanje kuleli sonto.
UPadayachee ungumphathi wamanje we-Eskom National Rationalized Specifications Association futhi ungomunye wabathathu abaqokelwe isikhundla sokuba kwi-Group CEO.
Ukuchithe ngokuphelele ukuthi kungenzeka kube ukuthinteka kwe-grid, wathi ukucishwa kukagesi akukhona ukuphela kwethuluzi elikhona lokulawula ugesi wakwa-Eskom.
Kodwa ngisho noma kungathiwa amandla amasha okukhiqiza ayabuyiselwa kwi-grid, lawo mandla alindeleke ukwehlisa ukucishwa kukagesi cishe eminye iminyaka emibili kuya kwemithathu.
“Kumele sincome ithimba lakwa-Eskom ngezimo ezinzima ngoba lenza umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu.”
“Kodwa ngingakuqinisekisa ukuthi ngokombono womhlaziyi wethu nangokomqondo wami wobunjiniyela asikakaphumi ebunzimeni okwamanje.
“Asikangeni phakathi nobusika, okuyisonto lesithathu likaNtulikazi noma elokuqala likaNcwaba. Njengamenje angeke siqinisekise ukuthi ngeke sidlule esigabeni sesithupha noma sidlule esigabeni sesishiyagalombili.”
Kwelinye lamasonto amatasatasa kubaphathi bakwa-Eskom bavele phambi kweKomidi Elimisiwe lePhalamende le-Public Accounts ukuze bathole imvume yokuthi umbuso uthathe u-R254 billion, noma isikweletu sika-R422 billion sakwa-Eskom.
UPadayachee utshele i-Newzroom Afrika ukuthi noma ngabe kukhona amandla amasha okukhiqiza avela emithonjeni yamandla avuselelekayo, izigaba eziphansi zokucisha ugesi zizoqhubeka eminye iminyaka emibili.
Khonamanjalo, uMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa utshele ingqungquthela ye-New Global Financing Pact Summit e-Paris, e-France ukuthi i-Just Energy Transition yakuleli izodla imali elinganiselwa ku-R1.8 trillion.