AbakwaTransnet bazothola uxhaso luka-R47bn oluvela kuMgcinimafa Kazwelonke

UNgqongqoshe wezeziMali u-Enoch Godongwana kanye noMgcinimafa Kazwelonke bavumelene ngoxhaso lwesiqinisekiso sokuthenga ngesikweletu sika-R47bn kumachweba kanye nenkampani yezitimela iTransnet, okuyindlela ephumelelayo yokusiza ukudambisa izinselelo zezimali zenhlangano. Ngokubika kweTIMESLIVE, UMgcinimafa Kazwelonke uthe uGodongwana uvumelene nozakwabo ezinkampanini zikahulumeni, uPravin Gordhan, ukuthi banikeze uTransnet isiqiniseko segaranti ka-R47bn esizosebenza ngokushesha ukuze yeseke uhlelo lwayo lokubuyisela futhi ihlangabezane nezibopho zayo zezikweletu.

UTransnet unesikweletu sika-R135bn futhi wephule izivumelwano zezikweletu, okusho ukuthi awusakwazi ukuboleka emakethe. Omunye wabakweletwayo, iPublic Investment Corporation, ngenyanga edlule uyinike isinxephezelo sezinyanga ezine kwibhondi ka-R7bn okwakumele ivuthwe. UMgcinimafa Kazwelonke uthe uTransnet uzokwazi ukukhipha u-R22.8bn ngokushesha kulesi sikhungo ukubhekana nezinselelo ezikhona, okuhlanganisa nokukhokhela izikweletu ezivuthwayo. Ithe uhulumeni akakaze akucabangele ukutakulwa okuqondile njengoba isabelomali sika-2023/24 sesivaliwe kodwa unethemba lokuthi ukuqinisekiswa kwezikweletu kanye nokuqaliswa kohlelo lokubuyisela kabusha kuzosiza ekuxazululeni izinselelo zakwaTransnet.

AbakwaTransnet bacele uhulumeni ukuthi atakule ngo-R100bn ngqo, okuhlukaniseke phakathi kwesamba semali engu-R47bn kanye nokumuncwa kuka-R61bn esikweletini sabo, okufana ncamashí nesikweletu esanikezwa u-Eskom. Lokhu kunqatshwe nguGodongwana ngoNovemba ngesikhathi ethula isabelo-mali sesikhathi esimaphakathi. Uthe le nkampani kuzomele ikhombise ukuzibophezela ekufezeni umhlahlandlela wokuhanjiswa kwezimpahla nezinhlelo zayo zokuyibuyisela, ikakhulukazi isidingo sokuvula inethiwekhi yayo yezitimela namachweba kubadlali abazimele.

UMgcinimafa ubenethemba lokuthi isikhungo sika-R47bn kanye nohlelo lukaTransnet lokuyibuyisela kuzokwanela ukuxazulula izinselelo zenkampani. “Isivumelwano sohlaka lwesiqinisekiso phakathi koMgcinimafa Kazwelonke, umnyango wamabhizinisi kahulumeni, kanye noTransnet sizofaka imibandela eqinile yesiqiniseko eyolokhu ibuyekezwa futhi ichitshiyelwe uma kubonakala kunesidingo. Okunye ukuhoxiswa kwezimali kuzoncika ekutheni iTransnet ihlangabezane nale mibandela,” kusho isitatimende.