UNgqongqoshe kagesi uKgosientsho Ramokgopa uthe indlela esheshayo yokuqeda ukucinywa kukagesi wukuqinisekisa ukuthi u-Eskom usebenza ngendlela.
URamokgopa ubekhuluma nabezindaba ePitoli ngeSonto mayelana nokunqamuka kukagesi kwakamuva.
Phambilini ngeSonto, u-Eskom umemezele ukucishwa kukagesi kwesigaba sesithupha ngenxa yokuhluleka kaningi kwamayunithi esiteshini sikagesi iCamden, eMpumalanga.
UNgqongqoshe u-Ramokgopa uthe u-Eskom uthuthukisa uhlelo lokubuyisela ugesi ngoNdasa wezi-2023 oluzobhekana nenkinga yezwe.
Lolu hlelo lugxile ekulungiseni nasekunakekeleni iziteshi ezinkulu zikagesi.
Ngenxa yalokhu, u-Eskom ukwazile ukubona ukumiswa kokucisha ugesi izinsuku ezingu-300, okumakwe ngoJanuwari.
Kodwa-ke, uRamokgopa uthe mhla lulunye kuNhlolanja (February) ukungasebenzi kwamayunithi esiteshini saseMajuba kwaholela ekutheni kubuyiswe ukucishwa kukagesi.
“Ngakho-ke ingxenye esheshayo yokucisha ugesi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi siwuthola ngendlela u-Eskom. Ngasohlangothini luka-Eskom, okwenziwa ibhodi eliholwa nguDkt Mthethwa wukwamukela uhlelo lokuhlenga kabusha isizukulwane ngoMashi 2023. Lolo hlelo lokuhlenga kabusha kwesizukulwane lubalulekile ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi siyakwazi ukutshala izimali ekulungiseni okuhleliwe.”
Ungqongqoshe uthe u-Eskom usebenza kanzima ukuqeda ukucisha kukagesi ngokuphelele.