UBrian Molefe, oyilungu le Umkhonto weSizwe I-Party (MK) kanye nalowo owayeyi-CEO yakwa-Eskom, wethula inkulumo yakhe yokuqala ePhalamende, ezwakalisa ukukhathazeka okukhulu mayelana nesicelo sika-Eskom sokubuyiselwa emuva kwezigidigidi eziyisi-R8 esinqumweni semali engenayo esase sigunyazwe yiNational Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa). Le nkulumo yethulwe ngesikhathi somhlangano womhlangano wonke owawugxile ku-Eskom kanye nenkinga kagesi eqhubekayo ezweni.

UMolefe ungabaze uhlobo lwe-clawback engu-R8 billion, ephakamisa ukuthi bekungelona nje iphutha elincane, kodwa kukhombisa izinkinga ezijulile ngaphakathi kohlaka lokulinganisa imali ye-Nersa.

"Akuyona into encane futhi ayikwazi ukubizwa ngephutha," kuphawula uMolefe. "Kuyiphutha elibalulekile ekulinganisweni futhi kukhomba iphutha elibalulekile kumodeli yesilinganiso semali engenayo ye-Nersa."

Uphinde waveza nokuthi lolu daba ludlulele ngale kokungalungi kwezimali, nokudonsela ukunaka kwesakhiwo sokusebenza kwe-Eskom.

“Okubaluleke kakhulu, kukhomba iphutha elibalulekile endleleni yokusebenza yakwa-Eskom,”

UMolefe wengeze ngokuthi, ephakamisa ukukhathazeka ngokuthi insiza iphathwa kanjani, ikakhulukazi maqondana nezindleko zayo eziyinhloko: amalahle.

Amalahle njengezindleko ezinkulu zakwa-Eskom

UMolefe ugcizelele ukuthi amalahle aseyizindleko ezinkulu zokusebenza kwa-Eskom, cishe u-85% wamandla esizweni akhiqizwa ngamalahle. Kodwa-ke, ngokwenani lezezimali, amalahle akha amaphesenti amakhulu nakakhulu—cishe ngo-90%—kumodeli yokunquma imali engenayo ye-Nersa. Uthe lokhu kufaka ingcindezi enkulu ku-Eskom ukuthi ilawule izindleko zayo zokuthengwa kwamalahle ngendlela efanele.

Uphakamise ukuthi u-Eskom, njengomunye wabathengi abakhulu bamalahle, kufanele abe namandla kakhulu uma bexoxisana ngamanani nabaphakeli.

“U-Eskom, njengomthengi omkhulu wamalahle nabahlinzeki bempahla abaningi, bangaxoxisana nabo ngenani othenga ngalo amalahle,”

wathi.

Nokho ukhale ngokuthi akunjalo, waveza ukuthi u-Eskom uvame ukuzithola usemseni wabahlinzeka ngamalahle.

“Akumele u-Eskom ubize amanani embonini yamalahle kodwa kufanele ube ngumkhiqizi wamanani,”

UMolefe egcizelela. Uqhube wachaza ukuthi izikhulu zakwa-Eskom zivame ukuhluleka kanjani ukumelana nengcindezi evela ezinkampanini ezinothile ezimba amalahle, ezivame ukusebenzisa izindlela zepolitiki nezinye ukuze ziqinisekise ukuthi amanani entengo anyukile.

“Eqinisweni, okuphambene kuyiqiniso, njengoba izikhulu zakwa-Eskom azivamile ukumelana nokuxhashazwa kwezinkampani zezimayini ezinothile ezingananazi ukusebenzisa izindlela zezombusazwe nezinye zengcindezi ukuze ziphoqelele izikhulu zakwa-Eskom amanani entengo emba eqolo,”

UMolefe waphikisana.

Umthelela Kubathengi

Umphumela wokungakwazi kwe-Eskom ukuxoxisana ngamanani amalahle angcono, ngokusho kukaMolefe, ukuthi abathengi baseNingizimu Afrika, ikakhulukazi abampofu kakhulu, yibona abathwele kanzima ngenxa yamanani aphezulu kagesi. Uchaze lesi simo njengolunye uhlobo lokudluliswa kwengcebo isuka kubantu abajwayelekile iye ezinkampanini ezinothile ezimba amalahle.

“Intengo ephezulu kagesi ewumphumela iwukudluliswa kwemali ngo-Eskom kanye ne-Nersa evela kumakhasimende akwa-Eskom, ikakhulukazi ampofu, iye ezinkampanini ezicebile zezimayini zamalahle ezidlisa isifiso sazo esingasuthisi sokuthola inzuzo,”

Kusho uMolefe.

Uphinde wagxeka ukugunyazwa kweNersa ngo-R8 billion, athe kuzonyusa umthwalo wezezimali kubasebenzi baseNingizimu Afrika.

“U-R8 billion ogunyazwe yi-Nersa, ngamafuphi nje, yimali iNersa, njengomzila, ezoyithatha kubasebenzi abampofu baseNingizimu Afrika ukuze iyinike izinkampani zezimayini zamalahle ezicebe kakhulu ukuze zikwazi ukuqeda ukoma kwazo,”

wengeza.

I-Call for Regulatory Reform

UMolefe uphethe inkulumo yakhe ngokunxusa ukuthi kushintshwe indlela okulawulwa ngayo amanani amalahle. Uveze ukuthi akuyona intengo kagesi edinga ukulawulwa kodwa yintengo yamalahle uqobo.

“Yintengo yamalahle okufanele ilawulwe, hhayi intengo kagesi,”

Uqhube wathi uhulumeni, ngobunikazi bakhe obuphelele bakwa-Eskom, usenamandla okulawula imboni yezimayini zamalahle, njengoba enikeza izinkampani zezimayini amalayisensi bese ethenga amalahle kuzo ngo-Eskom.

Le nkulumo ayigcinanga nje ngokugqamisa ukukhathazeka kukaMolefe mayelana nokungasebenzi kahle kwe-Eskom kodwa iphinde yasikhanyisela ezindabeni ezibanzi embonini yamalahle kanye nokungalingani kwezomnotho okubhebhethekiswa uhlaka lwamanje lwamanani entengo.