NguJessie Gretener no-Olesya Dmitracova, CNN/Kushicilelwe 11:23 AM EST, Fri February 10, 2023
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UMengameli waseNingizimu Afrika u-Cyril Ramaphosa usememezele isimo senhlekelele kuzwelonke ngenxa yenkinga kagesi esesidonse isikhathi eside, wayibiza “ngengozi ekhona” emnothweni wase-Afrika othuthuke kakhulu.
Ebeka izinjongo zikahulumeni ezibalulekile zonyaka enkulumweni yesizwe ngoLwesine, uRamaphosa uthe le nkinga "iwusongo olukhona emnothweni nasemphakathini wezwe lethu" nokuthi "okubaluleke kakhulu kithi ukubuyisela ukuvikeleka kwamandla kagesi. .”
Abantu baseNingizimu Afrika babekezelele ukunqanyulwa kukagesi iminyaka, kodwa ngo-2022 kwaba nokucinywa kukagesi okuphindwe kabili kunanoma yimuphi omunye unyaka, njengoba izizinda eziguga zokuphehla ugesi ngamalahle zibhidlika kanye nenkampani kagesi engaphansi kukahulumeni i-Eskom izabalaza ukuthola imali yokuthenga udizili wamajenaretha aphuthumayo. .
Ukucisha umlilo eNingizimu Afrika - noma ukucishwa kukagesi njengoba kwaziwa endaweni - sekuthathe amahora angu-12 ngosuku. Ngenyanga edlule abantu baze belulekwa ukuthi bangcwabe abashonile zingakapheli izinsuku ezine ngemuva kokuthi iSouth African Funeral Practitioners Association ixwayise ngokuthi izidumbu zasemakhazeni ziyaqala ukonakala ngenxa yokunqamuka kukagesi.
Ukukhula kuyehla
Ukuphakelwa kukagesi ngezikhathi ezithile kuphazamisa amabhizinisi amancane futhi kubeka engcupheni ukukhula komnotho kanye nemisebenzi ezweni lapho izinga lokuntuleka kwemisebenzi selimi kuma-33%.
Ukukhula kwe-GDP yaseNingizimu Afrika kungenzeka kube ngaphezu kwesigamu kulo nyaka kuye ku-1.2%, isibikezelo se-International Monetary Fund, sibala ukushoda kukagesi okuhambisana nesidingo esibuthakathaka sangaphandle kanye “nezingqinamba zesakhiwo.”
Osomabhizinisi baseNingizimu Afrika kudingeke ukuthi basebenzise amathoshi neminye imithombo yokukhanya ngesikhathi kunqamuka ugesi njalo.
URamaphosa uthe ngoLwesine isimo senhlekelele sizoqala ngokushesha.
Lokho kuzovumela uhulumeni "ukuhlinzeka ngezinyathelo ezisebenzayo zokuxhasa amabhizinisi," kanye nokuhlinzekwa kwamandla kagesi engqalasizinda ebalulekile, njengezibhedlela nezindawo zokuhlanza amanzi, wengeza.
URamaphosa, owaphoqeleka ukuthi ahoxise uhambo lokuya kwiWorld Economic Forum eDavos, eSwitzerland, ngoJanuwari ngenxa yokucinywa kukagesi, uphinde wathi uzoqoka ungqongqoshe kagesi “onomthwalo ogcwele wokwengamela zonke izici zokusabela kukagesi. .”
Ngaphezu kwalokho, umongameli wethule izindlela zokulwa nenkohlakalo ngoLwesine “zokuqapha ukusetshenziswa kabi kwezimali ezidingekayo ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nale nhlekelele,” kanye nethimba lamaphoyisa aseNingizimu Afrika elizinikele “ukubhekana nenkohlakalo edlangile kanye nokweba eziteshini zikagesi eziningana.”
Ugesi omningi waseNingizimu Afrika uhlinzekwa ngabakwa-Eskom ngoxhaxha lweziteshi eziphehla ugesi ngamalahle osekuphele iminyaka zisetshenziswa ngokweqile futhi zinganakekelwa kahle. U-Eskom unamandla amancane okusekela, okwenza kube nzima ukukhipha amayunithi ungaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi ukwenza umsebenzi obalulekile wokulungisa.
Inhlangano isilahlekelwe yimali iminyaka futhi, naphezu kokwenyuka kwamanani entengo kumakhasimende, isathembele ekutakulweni kukahulumeni ukuze ihlale iqinile. Iminyaka yokungaphathi ngendlela kanye nenkohlakalo ehlelekile kukholakala ukuthi yizona zizathu ezibalulekile ezenze u-Eskom wehluleka ukugcina izibani zikhanya.
Ikhomishana ebiphenya kabanzi ebiholwa nguJaji Raymond Zondo ngenkohlakalo nokukhwabanisa ezinkampanini zikahulumeni eNingizimu Afrika iphethe ngokuthi amalungu ebhodi langaphambili lakwa-Eskom kumele ashushiswe ngenxa yokwehluleka kwabaphathi kanye “nesiko lenkohlakalo.”
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Feb-21-2023