U-Eskom wenza kangcono selokhu kKwahamba inkosana yobumnyama u-De Ruyter

Inkampani kagesi eNingizimu Afrika, i-Eskom, ibhekene noshintsho olukhulu endleleni yokusebenza kwayo kulandela ukushiya kwalowo owayeyisikhulu esiphezulu u-André de Ruyter. U-De Ruyter, owahola u-Eskom kusukela ngoJanuwari 2020 waze wahamba ngasekuqaleni kuka-2024, washiya enokungabaza, ezwakalisa ukuthi le nkampani engaphansi kukahulumeni ngeke iphinde ibuyele esimweni sayo sangaphambili. Nokho, izenzakalo zamuva zisikisela okuhlukile.

Umhlaziyi wezamandla uSolwazi Hartmut Winkler, engxoxweni abe nayo neSABC, ukugcizelele ukuthi uMarokane uzoba nengcindezi enkulu emphakathini njengoba kungenzeka ukuthi abantu baseNingizimu Afrika bambeke icala ngokuphindelela kokucishwa kukagesi noma ukwehluleka ukwenza ngcono ukuhlinzekwa kukagesi.

Yize kunezinselelo ezinzima, ibhodi yakwa-Eskom, eholwa nguSihlalo uMteto Nyati, isanethemba ngobuholi bukaMarokane. UNyati uzwakalise ukumethemba uMarokane kuphela kodwa nasemizamweni ehlangene yabaphathi nabasebenzi bakwa-Eskom yokuqondisa inkampani iye ekusaseni elizinzile.

Enye yezinkinga ezibucayi uMarokane azizuza njengefa inkinga eqhubekayo yokwebiwa kukagesi, okube nomthelela omkhulu ekugcwalisweni kwama-transformer ezweni lonke.

Ngokusho kwabakwa-Eskom, u-94% walawa ma-transformer agcwele ngokweqile atholakala ezindaweni ezikhungethwe ukwebiwa kukagesi nokusetshenziswa budedengu kukagesi.

Lokhu kuphoqe insizakalo ukuthi isebenzise izindlela zokunciphisa umthwalo ukuze ivikele ingqalasizinda yayo ekuhlulekeni okungaba khona kanye nokuqhuma okungase kube yingozi ezimpilweni zabantu.

UMonde Bala, oyiGroup Executive for Distribution yakwa-Eskom, ugqamise ubungozi obuhambisana nokulayishwa ngokweqile ngenxa yokwebiwa kukagesi. “I-transformer yonakaliswe wukulayisha ngokweqile ingashiya indawo ingenawo ugesi kuze kuphele izinyanga eziyisithupha.

Ukuvikela impahla yakwa-Eskom kuyinzuzo yabo bonke abantu baseNingizimu Afrika,” kusho uBala, ethethelela isinqumo esinzima kodwa esidingekayo sokwehlisa ugesi.

Inselele yokwebiwa kukagesi igqama kakhulu ebusika, lapho isidingo samandla sikhuphuka, okwenza kube nzima kakhulu kunethiwekhi evele intekenteke.

Naphezu kwalezi zinselelo, u-Eskom usanda kugubha izinsuku ezingu-104 zilandelana ngaphandle kokucisha ugesi, ngenxa yomthamo owanele wokuphehla ugesi—ingqopha-mlando ebibonakala ingenakufinyelelwa eminyakeni yamuva nje.

Le mpumelelo, nokho, ibe nemiphumela ebingahlosiwe emakethe yamandla elanga, ebone ukwehla kokukhula ngenxa yokusimama obekungalindelekile ekuhlinzekweni kuka-Eskom.

Noma kunjalo, ukuzibophezela kuka-Eskom ekugcineni lo mfutho kusalokhu kuqinile, njengoba uNyati esho ngokuqiniseka ukuthi ukucishwa kukagesi mancane amathuba okuthi kubuye kuze kube u-2025.

Uhambo luka-Eskom emashumini ambalwa eminyaka adlule beluneziyaluyalu. Ngemva kokuziqhenya kweNingizimu Afrika, ngokuhlinzeka ngogesi onokwethenjelwa nothengekayo, u-Eskom usebhekane nezinselelo ezinkulu zokusebenza kanye nezezimali, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sikaDe Ruyter.

Isikhathi sakhe sibonakale ngezingqinamba ezehlukene, okuhlanganisa nokungakhokhelwa komasipala, okwenze le nkampani ingakwazi ukusebenza kahle.

Ecabanga ngesikhathi esebenza ngaso kwa-Eskom, u-De Ruyter uchaze le nkampani njengesesimweni “sokwehla kakhulu” ngesikhathi ethatha izintambo, futhi naphezu kwemizamo yakhe emihle, wagcina ephethe ngokuthi u-Eskom ngeke usakwazi ukuvuselwa esimweni sangaphambili.

Njengoba u-Dan Marokane engena kule ndima eyinselele, igalelo liphezulu. Uphethe amathemba ezigidi zabantu baseNingizimu Afrika ngokuphakelwa kukagesi okuthembekile nokuqhubekayo.

Ukuthi i-Eskom ingazinqoba ngempela yini izinkinga zayo ezijulile futhi ibuyise udumo lwayo lwangaphambilini kusazobonakala, kodwa ngaphansi kobuholi bukaMarokane, ikusasa libukeka linethemba.

Kusukela mhla lu-1 kuNdasa wezi-2024, u-Dan Marokane usethathe izintambo njengeGroup Chief Executive entsha yakwa-Eskom, kulandela ukufuna unyaka wonke ukuze abambe iqhaza elibalulekile. Ukuqokwa kukaMarokane kuza nokulindelwe okukhulu kanye nezinga eliphezulu ngokulinganayo lokubhekisisa.