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U-Eskom uthi unyaka owodwa wokuphakelwa kukagesi ukhombisa ukuthi ugesi kazwelonke uzinzile, yize kube nokucisha kancane obekungahleliwe kodwa iziteshi zikhombisa ukusebenza ezweni lonke.
USihlalo webhodi uMteto Nyati utusa abasebenzi bakwa-Eskom nohlelo lokuvuselela isizukulwane olwethulwa eminyakeni emithathu edlule ngokushintsha le nkampani ngemuva kweminyaka yokucinywa kukagesi.
U-Eskom umemezele ukuthi iNingizimu Afrika isiqede unyaka wonke ngokusemthethweni ngaphandle kokucishwa kukagesi, nokuyinto eyingqophamlando ngemuva kweminyaka yokucinywa kukagesi okuphazamise impilo yansuku zonke, amabhizinisi kanye nomnotho.
Kubantu abaningi baseNingizimu Afrika, ukucishwa kukagesi kwaba yiqiniso elibuhlungu, njengoba ezinye izindawo ngaphambilini bezibhekana namahora angu-16 ngaphandle kogesi ngesikhathi sokunqanyulwa kukagesi eSigabeni 8.
Lokhu kunqamuka kuthinte amakhaya, izikole, imisebenzi kanye nokuthenjwa kwabatshalizimali ezweni lonke.
Okhulumela u-Eskom uDaphne Mokwena uchaze ingqophamlando njengenguquko enkulu enkampanini ephehla ugesi kanye nezwe.
Uthe ukuphakelwa kukagesi okungaphazamiseki akukhombisi nje inqubekelaphambili yokusebenza, kodwa futhi kubuyisela ukwethenjwa komphakathi kugrid kazwelonke.
U-Eskom uphinde waveza ukuthi wonge u-R26.9 billion wezindleko zikadizili kule minyaka emithathu edlule.
USihlalo Webhodi uMteto Nyati ubonge impumelelo kubasebenzi bakwa-Eskom kanye nokuqaliswa kohlelo lokuvuselela kabusha ukukhiqiza olwethulwa eminyakeni emithathu edlule.
Uthe ubungcweti bezobuchwepheshe kanye nokuthuthukiswa kokulungiswa kwezinsiza kusiza ukuzinza uhlelo.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seGroup uDan Marokane uthe ukutholakala kukagesi ozinzile kudala isimo esiqinile sokukhula komnotho, ukutshalwa kwezimali, kanye nezinguquko zesikhathi esizayo zamandla eNingizimu Afrika.
U-Eskom uphinde wabika ngentuthuko enkulu yokusebenza, okuhlanganisa ukusebenza okungcono kwesiteshi sikagesi, ukucisha okungahleliwe okumbalwa, kanye nokwehliswa kokusetshenziswa kwemali kukadizili ngo-81%.
Inqubekelaphambili yalolu hlelo ize yaholela ekuthuthukisweni kwesilinganiso sesikweletu kusukela ku-Standard & Poor’s okokuqala ngqa eminyakeni engaphezu kweshumi.
Uma sibheka phambili, u-Eskom uthi uhlela ukuqhubeka nokwenza ngcono ukwethembeka ngenkathi yethula kancane kancane izixazululo zamandla ahlanzekile futhi andisa ukufinyelela kukagesi ezweni lonke.
Esithombeni esingenhla: U-Eskom.
Umthombo wesithombe: Ifayela