Idolobha laseGoli likhokhe u-R4.3 billion wesikweletu salo sikagesi esisasele ku-Eskom, kulandela ingcindezi eqhubekayo evela kuhulumeni kazwelonke kanye nesinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme esakhishwa ngoJuni 2024 esidinga ukuthi kukhokhwe okungenani u-R1.073 billion kanye nenzalo yama-akhawunti angakhokhelwanga.

Ukukhokhelwa Kwezikweletu Nezibopho Zokukhokha Eziqhubekayo

Ngokusho kukaVhahangwele Nemakonde, iDolobha laseGoli lenze inkokhelo engu-R4.3 billion njengengxenye yokuzibophezela kwalo okubanzi ekubhekaneni nesikweletu esiphelele ku-Eskom esisanda kukhuphukela ku-R5.2 billion. I-Eskom yasongela ngokuphazamiseka kokunikezwa kukagesi ekuqaleni kukaMeyi 2026, igcizelela ukuthi idolobha lizokhokha izikweletu zalo noma libeke engcupheni yokuphazamiseka.

Amaphepha enkantolo abonisa ukuthi iDolobha laseGoli kanye nomsabalalisi walo kagesi, iCity Power, bayalelwe ukuba bakhokhe imali engaphezu kwezigidigidi ezi-R1 zamaRandi ezikweletini ezisasele ngoJuni 2024. Kusukela lapho idolobha lizibophezele ekwenzeni izinkokhelo ezengeziwe ezifinyelela ku-R5.1 wamaRandi ngaphambi komhla zingama-21 kuNcwaba 2026, okubonisa ubukhulu bezibopho zezimali zeGoli zokuqinisekisa ukutholakala kukagesi kwezakhamuzi zalo.

Ukuphazamiseka Kwezinsizakalo kanye Nomthelela Womphakathi

Ngasekupheleni kukaMeyi 2026, i-Eskom yaqala ukucima izibani zomgwaqo ezingxenyeni ezithile zaseGoli ngemuva kokuba iCity Power ilahlekelwe yimali kuma-akhawunti athile abasebenzisi bamandla amancane, kubika i-Business Expander. Lokhu kunqanyulwa kuthinte ukuphepha komphakathi kanye nemisebenzi yansuku zonke ezindaweni ezithintekile, okugqamisa imiphumela yangempela yokucindezeleka kwezezimali komasipala.

Amabhizinisi endawo kanye nezakhamuzi ziveze ukukhathazeka ngokuthembeka kokuhlinzekwa kukagesi, njengoba izenzo ze-Eskom zibonise ukuzimisela kwenkampani ukuphoqelela ukukhokhwa kwezikweletu ngokunciphisa izinsizakalo. UNkosikhona Malinga-Mnisi uthe isicelo se-Eskom sokuba idolobha likhokhe izikweletu zalo eziphelele noma libhekane nokuphazamiseka kwezinsizakalo okuqhubekayo sisasebenza ngenkathi kusetshenziswa amashejuli okukhokha.

Ukubaluleka Okubanzi Kwezezimali Zikamasipala Nokunikezwa Kwamandla

Umzabalazo oqhubekayo weDolobha laseGoli nesikweletu sika-Eskom ugcizelela izinselelo eziqhubekayo omasipala baseNingizimu Afrika ababhekene nazo ekuxhaseni ukuhlinzekwa kukagesi. Izimali eziningi ezihilelekile kanye nosongo oluphindaphindwayo lokuphazamiseka kubeka ingcindezi kohulumeni basekhaya ukuthi baphathe izabelomali ngempumelelo futhi bagcine izibopho zabo ezikhungweni zikahulumeni zikazwelonke.

Ababukeli baphawula ukuthi inkokhelo kanye nokuzibophezela ekukhokheni ngo-Agasti 2026 kubalulekile ekugcineni ukunikezwa kukagesi okungaphazamiseki nokubuyisela ukuzethemba phakathi kwezakhamuzi kanye namabhizinisi ngokufanayo. Isikhathi esilandelayo sokukhokha simiselwe umhla zingama-21 ku-Agasti 2026, njengoba idolobha lisebenza ukugwema ukuphazamiseka okuqhubekayo kanye nezinyathelo zomthetho ezivela kwa-Eskom.