Dankie, Adjunkspeaker. Verder verwys hierdie dokument ook na 'n langtermynenergie-aanbodprogram wat benodig word en 'n langtermynenergiefinansieringsprogram waaraan die Departement van Finansies in die verlede nie genoeg aandag geskenk het nie, mnr Manuel.
Feit is dat die raad mnr Godsell se benadering om Eskom reg te ruk aanvaar het en mnr Maroga bereid was om te bedank. Die res is geskiedenis, maar ek dink dit dien vermeld te word dat die Swart Bestuursforum se opmerking in die media dat openbare ondernemings 'n slagpale vir swart bestuurders geword het nie waar is nie, en dat die ANC Jeugliga se kommentaar dat mnr Godsell rassistiese motiewe gehad het met mnr Maroga se vertrek ook van alle waarheid ontbloot is.
Dit blyk tog of dit 'n invloed gehad het op die politieke burokrasie van die ANC in Luthuli-huis, wat die aankondiging van mnr Maroga se bedanking vertraag het omdat die regering nie die raad van Eskom se besluit wou aanvaar nie. Die ANC het dus ingemeng sonder 'n mandaat van die staat as aandeelhouer ten spyte daarvan dat dit die raad se verantwoordelikheid is om die bestuur se prestasie te evalueer.
Die aankondiging deur die waarnemende voorsitter van Eskom, mnr Makwana, vandag, dat mnr Maroga se bedanking van 28 Oktober aanvaar is en dat hy nie meer die hoof uitvoerende beampte is nie, word deur die DA verwelkom. Die vertrouensbreuk tussen mnr Maroga en die raad sou Eskom se geloofwaardigheid net verder in gedrang bring en dit moeiliker maak om die R400 miljard te bekom wat nodig is vir uitbreiding.(Translation of Afrikaans paragraphs follows.)
[Dr S M VAN WYK: Thank you, Deputy Speaker. Furthermore, this document refers to a long-term energy supply programme that is required and a long- term energy funding programme to which the Department of Finance did not pay enough attention in the past, Mr Manuel.
The fact is that the board accepted Mr Godsell's approach to straightening out Eskom and that Mr Maroga was willing to resign. The rest is history, but I do think that it should be mentioned that the statement by the Black Management Forum, BMF, in the media that public enterprises have become slaughterhouses for black managers does not hold true, and that the statement by the ANC Youth League, ANCYL, that Mr Godsell was motivated by racism with regard to Mr Maroga's departure is also completely devoid of any truth.
Nevertheless, it appears that this had some influence on the political bureaucracy of the ANC in Luthuli House, who delayed the announcement of Mr Maroga's resignation, because the government did not want to accept the decision by the Eskom board. The ANC, therefore, interfered without a mandate from the state as a shareholder, despite its being the responsibility of the board to assess the performance of the management.
The DA welcomes the announcement today by the acting chairperson of Eskom, Mr Makwana, that Mr Maroga's resignation on 28 October has been accepted and that he is no longer the CEO. The loss of confidence between Mr Maroga and the board would have led to Eskom's credibility being even more in jeopardy and would have made it more difficult to acquire the R400 billion that is needed for expansion.]