U-Eskom unxuse amakhasimende abengawukhokheli ugesi ngenxa yokukokotelwa kwamamitha noma amathokheni angekho emthethweni—ukuba beze ngaphambili ukuze balungise ama-akhawunti abo. Inkampani ephehla ugesi ihlawumbisela ukuthi njengamanje bangu-1.7 million abasebenzisi bakagesi abangawukhokheli eNingizimu Afrika.
Ungqongqoshe kagesi namandla uKgosientsho Ramokgopa, ekhuluma esithangamini sabezindaba ngoLwesithathu, udalule ukuthi ukufuduka kwakamuva kwenombolo entsha yokubuyekezwa (KRN) sekuguqule abathengi abangu-400,000 ukuthi babe ngamakhasimende akhokhayo. Kodwa-ke, labo abakoktele amamitha abo abakwazanga ukushintsha.
“Kuyinhloso yethu ukuthi kusukela manje kuze kube uDisemba 13, laba bantu baphumele obala ukuze sikwazi ukulungisa ama-akhawunti abo. Lokhu kuzohlanganisa nokubhekana nezinhlawulo zokukhwabanisa, okufana nokuvuma icala,” kusho uRamokgopa.
Ungqongqoshe uphinde wamemezela ukuthi u-99% wabasebenzisi bakagesi wekhadi bawathuthukise ngempumelelo amamitha abo ngaphambi komnqamulajuqu wangomhla zingama-26 kuLwezi, baqinisekisa ukuthi ugesi uyaqhubeka. U-Eskom unxusa labo abasasele ekwephuleni umthetho ukuthi basebenzise leli thuba ukuze bagweme izinhlawulo nokunqanyulwa.