Today, perhaps motivated by the desire to capture the attention of voters...
IsiXhosa:
... bantu beDA, abantu abavotayo ayingobantu abalahlekelwe zingqondo. Abona bantu banengqondo apha eMzantsi Afrika ngabavoti kwaye banijongile. Besime apha kunye kodwa ngoku loo moya wobunye umkile kuni.
English:
In our inquiry report, we urged the shareholder and board of directors to take decisive action to clean up Eskom and improve its financial position. We also named a number of individuals who had been involved in the state capture project and asked the Zondo Commission to investigate further. The Zondo Commission is still in progress and they are still investigating the issues of Eskom.
IsiXhosa:
Andinazi ngenyaniso emsulwa ukuba nifuna ntoni na.
English:
We are grateful to the Commission. It is doing very well.
Let me also remind South Africans that there is a man called Matshela Koko ... [Interjections.] ... a loyal servant, perhaps, of the Guptas. [Interjections.] Let me remind South Africans that Koko was caught lying, twice, on national television. Firstly, he denied that he signed a document authorising the prepayment agreement of almost R600 million to Gupta-owned Tegeta. Secondly, he claimed that he was unaware that his stepdaughter's company had scored a contract worth R1 billion at Eskom.
Today, the same Koko is very outspoken on Twitter, projecting himself as an expert on Eskom matters. Even worse, Koko, who is possibly a criminal, has been given a platform - even by our radio stations - to rubbish the current leadership of Eskom, which is doing so well to clean up the entity. This would be a very good joke, were circumstances not tragic.
Let me emphasise this point: It is the role and duty of the Minister of Public Enterprises, as the shareholder representative, to oversee the boards and management of
state-owned companies, SOCs, in the best interests of our country. If the Minister fails to account frankly and honestly to Parliament about the state of Eskom and its recovery plans, the committee will judge him harshly, as we have done with some of his predecessors.
Our role, as Parliament, is to exercise effective oversight over the executive in terms of our constitutional and democratic mandate. As the President and the Finance Minister have said, there is no doubt that drastic measures need to be taken to set Eskom and other state-owned enterprises, SOEs, on a new and sustainable trajectory.
IsiXhosa:
Siyayazi into esiyenzayo kwaye siqinisekile ngayo.
English:
We therefore call on all our business people, lenders, organised workers, and communities to be part of a constructive, national debate to find lasting solutions to the issue of Eskom. We call on the Minister and government to ensure that our people, particularly the
working class and the poor, will benefit from the reconfiguration of state- owned companies.
IsiXhosa:
Singumbutho weSizwe, sifuna ukukhumbuza uluntu ukuba sithi abantu ababekhokela kuphando lwemiba ka-Eskom kwaye sasisebenzisana noogxa bethu beminye imibutho, siyeke aba basiphikayo namhlanje. Sicela imibutho yabasebenzi isondelele kufutshane kwiNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yeSizwe ukuze sikwazi ukushukuxa le miba idla umzi.
Sicela urhulumente naye asondelele kufutshane kubahlali nabasebenzi ukuze kuboniswane side sifumane isisombululo kule ngxubkaxaka. Ukwenza izigrogriso nokuthukana emoyeni akusayi kusinceda ndawo. Urhulumente wethu uxhasa inkqubo yokuvelisa amandla ombane ngobuchule nobuchwephesha bale mihla. Obu buchule busenza sikwazi ukusindleka uluntu ngeenkonzo zombane ococekileyo. Eli nyathelo lenza ukuba ikamva labantwana bethu liqaqambe kwaye sisatsho nanamhlanje ukuba awukho omnye umbutho omawuvotelwe ngaphandle kwe-ANC. Yi-ANC yodwa ephilayo.