Dylan Bettencourt
Abantu baseNingizimu Afrika abalwa nobusika obuphazanyiswa ukuphela kukagesi bebengeke bakhuthazwe ngamazwi esikhulu sakwa-Eskom u-Andre de Ruyter ngoLwesithathu.
UDe Ruyter, oqokwe waba yi-CEO yenkampani okuyiyo kuphela ehlinzeka ngogesi ngasekupheleni kuka-2019, uthe le nkampani isenentaba enkulu okufanele iyikhuphuke.
Ngesikhathi ekhuluma, sinye kuphela isiteshi sikagesi kweziyi-17 zakwa-Eskom esisebenza ngokugcwele.
UDe Ruyter usole ukwehluleka eminyakeni eyishumi yokuphathwa kabi kwengqalasizinda nokuguga.
Ekhuluma nomethuli wezinhlelo emsakazweni uMandy Wiener ku-702, uthe: “Ngiyaxolisa esizweni ngobunzima esiqhubeka sibubangela ngenxa yokuphela kukagesi, kodwa sibekezeleleni, siyazama ukulingisa.”
Ebuzwa nguWiener ukuthi ngabe ukunqanyulwa kukagesi kungumphumela wokungaphathi kahle iziteshi ezindala zikagesi noma ukunakwa, uDe Ruyter uthe, “Ngicabanga ukuthi konke lokho okushilo kuyimbangelai.
“Kufana nemoto ongayinakekelanga kahle,” eqhubeka. “Uma manje isibhidlika, kufanele wenze umsebenzi omningi ukuze uyihlenge.”
NgoLwesithathu, u-Eskom umemezele ukunqanyulwa kukagesi wesigaba sesine ezweni lonke kusukela ngehora lesibili ntambama kuya kweleshumi ebusuku. Lokhu kungenxa yokonakala okuqhubekayo esiteshini sikagesi i-Medupi, kanye namayunithi amabili angaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi esiteshini samandla e+Duvha.
INingizimu Afrika izobuyela emuva kwisigaba sesibili ngeSonto lomhla ziyi-13 kuNhlangulana, njengoba kwamenyezelwa phambilini ngu-Eskom.
UWeiner uphinde wakhuluma ngezinsolo zakamuva zobandlululo eziye zavezwa kuDe Ruyter. Ubesolwa yilowo owayengu-Chief Procurement Officer wakwa-Eskom uSolly Tshitangano ngokuhluleka ukuthobela imigomo yokuthengwa nokuqashwa.
“Abantu abangaziyo nabantu engisebenza nabo bazovuma ukuthi angiziphathi ngendlela enobandlululo,” kusho uDe Ruyter etshela lo msakazi.
Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokubuyekezwa isikhathi eside yibhodi lakwa-Eskom, lezi zinsolo zichithiwe “zingenasisekelo” futhi “ziyindida,” futhi bachitha izinsolo ze-CEO zanoma yikuphi ukungaziphathi kahle mayelana nalolu daba.
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