Daga Jessie Gretener da Olesya Dmitracova, CNN/An buga 11:23 AM EST, Juma'a 10 ga Fabrairu, 2023
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Shugaban kasar Afirka ta Kudu Cyril Ramaphosa ya ayyana wani yanayi na bala'i na kasa a matsayin martani ga matsalar makamashi da kasar ke fuskanta, yana mai kiranta da cewa "barazana ce mai wanzuwa" ga tattalin arzikin Afirka mafi ci gaba.
Da yake bayyana muhimman manufofin gwamnati na wannan shekara a wani jawabi ga al'ummar kasar jiya Alhamis, Ramaphosa ya ce rikicin "barazana ce ga tattalin arziki da zamantakewar al'ummar kasarmu" kuma "babban fifikonmu na gaggawa shi ne dawo da tsaron makamashi. .”
Al’ummar Afirka ta Kudu sun sha fama da yanke wutar lantarki na tsawon shekaru, amma a shekarar 2022 an samu rashin hasken wutar lantarki fiye da ninki biyu kamar na kowace shekara, yayin da tsofaffin kamfanonin samar da wutar lantarkin kwal suka lalace, kuma kamfanin samar da wutar lantarki na gwamnati Eskom ya kokarta wajen samun kudin sayen dizal don samar da janareta na gaggawa. .
Baƙar fata a Afirka ta Kudu - ko zubar da kaya kamar yadda aka san su a cikin gida - sun kasance na tsawon sa'o'i 12 a rana. A watan da ya gabata ma an shawarci mutane da su binne wadanda suka mutu a cikin kwanaki hudu bayan da kungiyar masu aikin jana'izar ta Afirka ta Kudu ta yi gargadin cewa gawarwakin na rube saboda rashin wutar lantarki da ake yi a kai a kai.
Girma yana raguwa
Rashin wutar lantarki na tsaka-tsaki yana lalata ƙananan ƴan kasuwa tare da kawo cikas ga ci gaban tattalin arziki da ayyukan yi a ƙasar da adadin rashin aikin yi ya kai kashi 33%.
Asusun ba da lamuni na duniya IMF ya yi hasashen karuwar GDPn Afirka ta Kudu da sama da rabi a bana zuwa kashi 1.2 cikin 100, yana mai nuni da karancin wutar lantarki tare da karancin bukatu na waje da kuma “matsalolin tsarin.”
Kasuwanci a Afirka ta Kudu sun yi amfani da tocila da sauran hanyoyin samun hasken wuta a lokuta da yawa.
Ramaphosa ya fada a ranar Alhamis cewa za a fara aikin bala'i na kasa da gaggawa.
Ya kara da cewa hakan zai baiwa gwamnati damar “samar da matakai masu amfani don tallafawa harkokin kasuwanci,” da kuma samar da wutar lantarki ga muhimman ababen more rayuwa, kamar asibitoci da cibiyoyin kula da ruwa, in ji shi.
Ramaphosa, wanda aka tilastawa soke tafiya zuwa taron shekara-shekara na tattalin arzikin duniya a Davos na kasar Switzerland, a watan Janairu, sakamakon katsewar wutar lantarki, ya kuma ce zai nada ministan wutar lantarki mai cikakken alhakin kula da duk wani bangare na amsa wutar lantarki. .”
Bugu da kari, shugaban ya kaddamar da matakan yaki da cin hanci a ranar Alhamis "don kiyaye duk wani cin zarafi na kudade da ake bukata don halartar wannan bala'i," da kuma tawagar 'yan sandan Afirka ta Kudu da ta sadaukar domin "magana da cin hanci da rashawa da kuma sata da ke yaduwa a tashoshin wutar lantarki da dama."
Mafi akasarin wutar lantarkin Afirka ta Kudu Eskom ne ke samar da shi ta hanyar tasoshin wutar lantarki da aka yi amfani da su fiye da kima kuma ba a kula da su tsawon shekaru. Eskom yana da ɗan ƙaramin ƙarfin ajiyar kuɗi, wanda ke sa da wahala ɗaukar raka'a a layi don yin aikin kulawa mai mahimmanci.
Mai amfani ya yi asarar kuɗi tsawon shekaru kuma, duk da ƙarin kuɗin fito na kwastomomi, har yanzu yana dogara ga bailouts na gwamnati don kasancewa mai ƙarfi. An yi imanin cewa shekaru da yawa na rashin kulawa da kuma cin hanci da rashawa sune manyan dalilan da ya sa Eskom ya kasa ci gaba da kunna fitilu.
Wani babban kwamitin bincike da mai shari’a Raymond Zondo ya jagoranta kan cin hanci da rashawa da zamba a ma’aikatun gwamnati a Afirka ta Kudu ya kammala da cewa ya kamata mambobin tsohuwar hukumar Eskom su fuskanci shari’a saboda gazawar gudanarwa da kuma “al’adar cin hanci da rashawa.”
- Rebecca Trenner ta ba da gudummawar bayar da rahoto.
Lokacin aikawa: Fabrairu-21-2023