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SELITHAMBENE kumengameli we-African National Congress neNingizimu Afrika uMnu uCyril Ramaphosa, njengoba iqembu lakhe  lizobanokhetho lwabaholi abasha ekupheleni kwangonyaka ozayo, kuthi maphakathi no-2029 kubenokhetho lwamalungu ePhalamende ezweni nezishayamthetho zezifundazwe.

LUKHULU oluhle olungenzeka eNingizimu Afrika. Sinabantu abakhaliphile abakwazi ukuzuza izinto ezinkulu, kusukela kwezemidlalo kuye ezinkampanini ezivelele emhlabeni. Ukukhuthaza abantu abavelele emabhizinisini nakuhulumeni ukuthi bagxile ekukhuliseni umnotho cishe ngo-3% kuzozala impumelelo.

AWUKAPHELI umbango wePublic Investment Corporation (iPIC), osekuneminyaka inenselelo yokuphatha ngendlela efanele. I-PIC ingamele imali engaphezu kwangoR3 trillion yezinkampani zikahulumeni, eningi kuyona ngeyempesheni yezisebenzi zikahulumeni ekwiGovernment Employees Pension Fund (iGEPF).

IZIBALO ezimbi ngokuntuleka kwemisebenzi ezishicilelwe ngesonto elidlule ziyinkomba yenkinga ebhebhethekayo, ikakhulu entsheni. Wuphawu lokuhluleka ukukhulisa umnotho ngezinga elanele ukwakha imisebenzi.

ININGIZIMU Afrika izozithola isesimweni esinzima kakhulu kwezomnotho nezepolitiki njengoba ineqoqo eliningi lezisebenzi ezintula umsebenzi.

NGESONTO elidlule inkantolo isiguqulile isinqumo sokumisa isikhulu sePublic Investment Corporation (iPIC) uMnu uPatrick Dlamini emsebenzini. Inqume ukuthi ibhodi eBImisile ibingenagunya lokwenza loko ngoba wungqongqoshe womNyango weziMali onegunya lokulwenza.

UMPHATHI weBhange lomBuso uMnu uLesetja Kganyago unombuzo osemqoka ngesimo somnotho weNingizimu Afrika. Ubuza ukuthi ngabe izwe limagange yini ukunyusa izinga lokukhula komnotho wezwe.

NGOLWESIHLANU umengameli uMnu uCyril Ramaphosa wamukele futhi uvumelane nombiko wokuqala wethimba eliphathiswe umsebenzi wokuhlela kabusha inkampani ephehla ugesi, i-Eskom Restructuring Task Team.

UNGQONGQOSHE womNyango weziMali uMnu u-Enoch Godongwana useshaye ingwijikhwebu ngesinqumo sakhe sangenyanga edlule sokugodla imali yesabelo somasipala abawu-69.

IZIKO leBusiness Leadership South Africa (iBLSA) eligada nelibuyekeza ukuthi ziqhubeka kanjani izinguquko ezinqala iBLSA Reform Tracker lithule umbiko omusha ngesonto elidlule. Angisho ukuthi kuyakhathaza okuvelile.

AMABHIZINISI amancane asungulwa noma aphethwe ngabantu besifazane awatholi ukusekwa ngezimali okufanele, kutholakala ukuthi asilele emuva kunamanye phezu kobufakazi beminyaka eyishumi bokuthi osomabhizinisi besifazane bamagange ukukhokhela izikweletu zabo ukudlula abanye osomabhizinisi.

UKUQUBUKA kwempi phakathi kwe-Israel ne-Iran sekuphinde kwabeka ubudlelwano neminotho yamazwe engcupheni futhi yiyonanto ewundabizekwayo.

I-PUBLIC Investment Corporation (iPIC), inkampani kahulumeni ephatha izimali zesikhwama sempesheni yezisebenzi zikahulumeni nezinye izimali ezinjenge-UIF, ngeke ibenokuthula uma kungaxazululwa izinto ezimbili.

SESIFIKE qathatha ekuweni komasipala. Isinqumo somNyango weziMali sokugodla isibonelelo somasipala abawu-69 silandela umbiko womcwaningimabhuku-jikelele osekuphele iminyaka engaphezu kweyishumi uveza ukuthi ukungasetshenziswa kwemali ngendlela (okuyiyonankomba enkulu yenkohlakalo) kunyukile unyaka nonyaka, kungenazinyathelo ezithathwayo.

ISINQUMO somGcinimafa sokugodla, noma singesesikhashana, imali yomasipala abawu-69, okubalwa kubona omasipala abakhulu, simqoka ngenxa yezizathu ezintathu.

KUTHUSILE ngesonto elidlule ukuzwa usihlalo webhodi le-Eskom uMnu uMteto Nyati esola iBusiness Leadership South Africa (iBLSA) neBusiness Unity South Africa (iBusa) ngokugxambukela okufana nosopolitiki, loku esineminyaka sikugxeka. Uqale washo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngaphambi kokusho emsakazweni.

UMA kukhulunywa ngemali abantu abaningi bangacabanga ukuthi kushiwo imali yamaphepha kuphela nenkece (uhlweza). Loku kwakuyiqiniso endulo.

NGESONTO elidlule umkhandlu weBusiness Leadership South Africa (iBLSA) uhlanganile ukubhunga ngocwaningo obelubheka isimo sedolobha laseGoli, oluthulwe wuNks uLael Bethlehem weGenesis Analytics. Imiphumela ishaqise kakhulu.

UKHETHO lomasipala ngoNovemba luzoba ngolubaluleke kakhulu emlandweni wezwe kusuka ngo-1994. Isizathu saloku yisimo sezimali somasipala baseNingizimu Afrika esintengayo nokuhluleka kwabo ukumelana nezidingo zemiphakathi. Akukacaci ukuthi sizolungiswa kanjani lesi simo.

NGEKE kulunge eNingizimu Afrika uma kungawa idolobha laseGoli. Indlela izinto ezenzeka ngayo ngogesi kulo mkhandlu isiyingozi ngempela. Isikweletu esiwuR5,3 billion leli dolobha elisikweleta i-Eskom asikhokheki ngendlela efanele kanti imiphumela yaloko icace bha ngesonto elidlule.

NGESONTO elidlule kuqopheke umlando eNingizimu Afrika emkhakheni wezamandla. I-ExxonMobil South Africa LNG neZululand Energy Terminal (iZET) basayine isisekelo sesivumelwano sokusungula isikhumulo se-liquified natural gas (iLNG) eRichards Bay, KwaZulu-Natali.

NGESONTO elidlule kubenezindaba ezimnandi ezintathu kanti zonke zisho into eyodwa. Ukusimama komnotho kubengaphezu kobekulindelekile. IBhange lomHlaba limemezele ukuthi iChweba laseThekwini lenze kangcono kunawo wonke emhlabeni. I-Fitch iphucule indawo eklelise iNingizimu Afrika okokuqala eminyakeni ewu-20. Uhlelo loguquko seluqala ukuthela izithelo.

UKUFUDUKA kwabantu besuka emazweni abazalelwa khona beya kwamanye amazwe lusematheni emhlabeni jikelele.

UDABA lokugoduka kwabantu bangaphandle, noseluphenduke insakavukela umchilo wesidwaba, ludinga isinono sekati ngoba wudaba olubukhali nhlangothi zonke njengenkemba.

IBHANGE lomBuso libhekene nomsebenzi onzima wokulwa nokwehla kwamandla emali, phecelezi, i-inflation.

NJENGOBA kuzoqala iNdebe yoMhlaba eNorth America kuleli sonto ngikhumbula ngesikhathi lo mqhudelwano useNingizimu Afrika ngo-2010. Umdlalo wokuqala uzophinde ubephakathi kweNingizimu Afrika neMexico, umdlalo wokuqala okwavulwa ngawo le midlalo ngesikhathi ilapha.

IZAKHAMUZI zaseNingizimu Afrika azizukukuthola ukuphefumula ngentengo kagesi okulindeleke ukuthi iqhubeke nokunyuka phezu kwezinguquko ezenziwa wuhulumeni ngokusebenza kwale mboni.

IBHANGE lomBuso lenze isinqumo esifanele ngesonto elidlule ngokunyusa imalimboleko ngo-25 basis points ngenxa yokunyuka kwamanani ezimpahla emhlabeni. Umphathi uMnu uLesetja Kganyago neKomiti eleNgamele uMgomo weMali abangabazanga.

KULOKU kudunguzela komnotho emhlabeni nokubhebhethekiswa yimpi yeMelika ne-Israyeli behlanganyela i-Iran kuzosishiya simathanjana. 

SIHALALISELA i-Eskom ngokuthi sekuphele unyaka ugesi ungakaze ucinywe. Wushintsho olumangalisayo lolo kunaseminyakeni emithathu edlule lapho kwaba kwacinywa khona ugesi izinsuku ezingu-300, nokwadala umonakalo omkhulu emnothweni.

INTSHA yaseNingizimu Afrika ithwele kanzima. Iningi layo alikho emsebenzini noma ezikhungweni zokuqeqeshelwa amakhono nezemfundo ephakeme.

IZINGUQUKO embonini yokuthutha izimpahla zimqoka empumelelweni yomnotho wethu. Asikwazi ukuncintisana ekudayiseni izimpahla kwamanye amazwe ngaphandle kwamachweba asebenzayo futhi okufinyeleleka kahle kuwona.

UBUKHULU bukamasipala bubalulekile kodwa ngezizathu ezihlukene. Omasipala abakhulu, ngokwendawo abanayo noma abantu abangaphansi kwabo, basesimweni esifanele ukuzakhela nokuziphathela izinhlelo ezidinga imali eningi okungaba ngeyamanzi nengqalasizinda yokuhambisa indle. Nokho uma bebakhulu babakude nezakhamuzi bese bengazihambisi kahle izidingo kubantu.

NGABE imigomo yethu iyakweseka ukukhulisa umnotho? Ungazitshela ukuthi kunjalo. Ukukhulisa umnotho yiyona kuphela indlela yokubhekana nezinselelo zethu – ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi, ububha nokungalingani.

USIZO uhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika olunika abathengi bakaphethroli nodizili luyisibonelo sobunzima obuthwelwe abantu abahluphekayo. Obunye balobu bunzima budalwa yindlela uhulumeni owenza izinto ngayo.

NOMA yiziphi izifiso iNingizimu Afrika enazo zokuvuselela izimboni zishabalala sibhekile. UmNyango wezoHwebo, iziMboni nokuNcintisana kufanele usihole ukushintsha izinto uma uthatha izimboni njengezibalulekile ekukhuleni komnotho weNingizimu Afrika. Uma uhluleka, kunesizukulwane saseNingizimu Afrika esizothwala kanzima.

UCWANINGO loqweqwe lukasomnotho waseNyuvesi yase-Stellenbosch ngekusasa lezomnotho nentuthuko yeNingizimu Afrika lukhomba ukuthi abaholi bezwe kufanele bacabangisise ukuthi yiziphi izinkinga abangakwazi ukwenza umehluko kuzona ngokushesha, yiziphi ezingathatha isikhathi.

NGESONTO elidlule kusijabulisile ukubanongqongqoshe womNyango wokuBambisana, ukuBusa nobuHoli beNdabuko uMnu uVelenkosini Hlabisa, obekhuluma noMkhandlu wethu ngenqubekelaphambili esibekhona ekushintsheni izinto komasipala.

ISINQUMO sikahulumeni sokwakha isikhumulo samabhanoyi esisha iKing Shaka International Airport eLa Mercy, eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natali, sesibeneqhaza elikhulu kwintuthuko yasenyakatho yaseThekwini kule minyaka engaphezu kweyishumi edlule.

IMBONI yezokuvakasha ingenye yezinto okucacile ukuthi singakhulisa umnotho ngazo futhi sakhe imisebenzi. Ngo-2025, kufike izivakashi ezingaphezulu ngo-10.5 million kunesibalo sezazifika ngaphambi kokubheduka kwe-Covid-19.

LONKE ushintsho olugcina luphumelele lutholakala kanzima. Kuqale kubewumzukuzuku luhlanganiswa, okufaka izinhlaka ezihlukene ngaphambi kokubawumthetho umphakathi obeka uvo ngawo, ngaphambi kokuphasiswa ePhalamende. Emva kwaloko, kuqala inselelo yokuthi usetshenziswe. 

SEKUPHELE iminyaka ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi abantu baseNingizimu Afrika bacwile ezikweletini, abongi ngendlela efanele futhi bayakhithiza.

UCWANINGO ngokuhleleka komnotho ngaphansi kukamasipala waseThekwini luveza imininingwane ebalulekile ngentuthuko yaleli dolobha nokubaluleka kwalo emnothweni wesifundazwe iKwaZulu-Natali.

KUYANGIJABULISA ukuthi uhulumeni usilalelile isicelo sokuthi uphungule umthwalo wokunyuka kakhulu kwamanani kawoyela ngokwehlisa okwesikhashana intela ebanjwa kuphethroli. 

IMIPHUMELA yempi ese-Iran isiveze igebe elikhulu eNingizimu Afrika ngesimo sikaphethroli nodizili. Zimbili izizathu zaleli gebe.

UKUBOSHWA kwezikhulu zamaphoyisa eziwu-11 ngesonto elidlule mayelana nethenda kaR360 million kuyinkomba yokuthi siphelile isikhathi sokuzicanasela. 

ISINQUMO seSABC sokuvala uhlelo lwethelevishini i-Face the Nation siyisikhumbuzo sodaba lweminyaka lokuthi le nkampani kahulumeni esakazela umphakathi kufanele ixhaswe kanjani.

IMPI eseMiddle East kungenzeka ilimaze umnotho emhlabeni kakhulu kuye nokuthi izoqhubeka isikhathi esingakanani. Amabhizinisi aseNingizimu Afrika asevele asebenzela ukunqanda umonakalo futhi sidinga osopolitiki ukuthi babambisane nathi.

SEKUKANINGI ukhomishana wamaphoyisa KwaZulu-Natali uNhlanhla Mkhwanazi ebeka izizathu athi ziwumsuka wokwanda kobugebengu obenziwa ikakhulu yintsha. Izizathu zakhe zihambisana neminye imininingwane ngesimo sempilo eNingizimu Afrika.

NGIMANGELE ngesonto elidlule ngesikhathi umqondisi-jikelele emNyangweni wamaNzi nokuThutha iNdle uMnu uSean Phillips ekhuluma “ngendlela izinto eziqhubeka nokubheda ngakhona” mayelana nokuhlinzeka amanzi komasipala abaningi.