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Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi uhulumeni acacise futhi engezelele ohlelweni lwakhe lokuboleka imali ukuze kweseke amabhizinisi amancane athintwe ukucinywa kukagesi. Ukukhululwa kwentela yelanga kufanele futhi kunwetshwe osizweni lwezezimali ukuze luhambisane nokugeleza kwemali yamabhizinisi amancane kanye nobukhulu bomthelela otholwe ngenxa yokucishwa kukagesi.
UMongameli Cyril Ramaphosa umemezele inqwaba yezinyathelo ezintsha zokulwa nenkinga kagesi ekhona ezweni enkulumeni yakhe yesizwe muva nje ngemuva kokuba izwe libe nezinsuku ezingaphezu kuka-200 zokucisha ugesi ngo-2022 futhi alukho usuku olulodwa ngaphandle kokucinywa kukagesi kusukela ekuqaleni kuka-2023.
Akudingeki ukuthi ngisho, inkinga kagesi yaqeda amabhizinisi amancane angakwazi ukukhokhela ukuphakelwa kukagesi ongathembekile.
URamaphosa uphinde wamemezela ukuthi uhlelo lwangonyaka odlule lwe-Covid-19 “bounce-back” ukusiza amabhizinisi ukuthi alulame kulolu bhubhane manje seluzosetshenziswa ukuwasiza ekutholeni uxhaso lukagesi welanga.
“UMgcinimafa Kazwelonke usebenzela ukulungisa uhlelo lokuboleka imali ukuze kusizwe osomabhizinisi abancane ukuthi batshale izimali zabo ezintweni ezisebenza ngelanga futhi uvumele amabhange nezikhungo zentuthuko yezezimali ukuthi ziboleke ngqo kulolu hlelo ukuze kube lula ukuqashiswa kwama-solar kumakhasimende,” usho kanje.
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Ngonyaka odlule, uhulumeni wethula uhlelo lokuboleka imali olwenziwa amabhange nezinye izikhungo zezimali futhi oluqinisekiswe nguhulumeni ezinkampanini ezidinga imali ukuze zilulame emiphumeleni yalolu bhubhane.
URamaphosa uthe uMnyango wezokuThuthukiswa kwamabhizinisi amancane uzosebenzisana noMgcinimafa Kazwelonke mayelana nokuthi lolu hlelo lungaqiniswa kanjani ukuze kusizwe osomabhizinisi abancane nabasafufusa kanye namabhizinisi asemgwaqweni.
Manje i-Inospace, umnikazi omkhulu waseNingizimu Afrika wamapaki ahlinzeka ngezinsiza, ifuna uhulumeni acacise ukuthi uhlelo lokubolekwa kwemali luzohlanganisani. “I-Inospace ikholelwa ukuthi uhulumeni kufanele ahlinzeke ngokushesha ngezimali kanye nezinsiza zokusiza amabhizinisi amancane ngezikweletu nezinkokhelo zawo ezikhona, athenge impahla eluhlaza futhi alawule ezinye izindleko zokusebenza nezokuthenga,” kusho u-Jacques Weber, i-COO ye-Inospace.
“Lokhu kungenelela kumele kuhlelwe ukuze kuhambisane namaphethini okungena nokuphuma kwemali kwamabhizinisi amancane kanye nomthelela okhona ngenxa yokucisha kukagesi.”
UWeber uthi ukukhululwa kwentela yelanga kungcono kunalutho, kodwa lokhu ngeke kusize amabhizinisi amancane ukuthi asinde noma abuyele emuva. “Ngakho-ke sicela uhulumeni ukuthi anikeze ngokushesha usizo lwezezimali olungenamibandela kuma-SME amabhizinisi asengozini enkulu yokuqedwa ukucishwa kukagesi okungapheli.”
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Umnyango wezokuthuthukiswa kwamabhizinisi amancane muva nje uthe, ngokubambisana nezinhlaka zomphakathi nezizimele, basebenzela uhlelo lokusiza ama-SMEs athintwe ukucinywa kukagesi. “Singazamukela izindlela “zokubuyisela emuva” ezihumusha osizweni lwezezimali,” kusho u-Weber.
Ama-SME ajwayele ukubizwa ngokuthi awumgogodla womnotho waseNingizimu Afrika futhi amele amabhizinisi angaphezu kwama-98%, aqasha abasebenzi abangafika ku-60% ngesamba somkhiqizo wasekhaya (GDP) esingama-39%.
UWeber uthi umnikelo wama-SME kufanele ukhule esikhathini esizayo, uqinise ukubaluleka kwawo emnothweni. “Kodwa-ke, lawa mabhizinisi nawo asengozini enkulu yokuntengantenga komnotho kanye nezingcindezi eziqhutshwa ngaphandle.”
Ngenkathi ukucishwa kukagesi kuqhubeka, izinkulungwane zama-SME zigqolozele umgqomo zicabanga ngemisebenzi yokuchitha, zehlisa ukukhiqizwa noma okungenzeka ukuthi ziyaphela. Ingxenye yezomnotho yama-SME ayinazo izindlela zokuphuma kugridi ngokusebenzisa ezinye izixazululo zamandla abizayo, esho.
Umnyango wezohwebo, izimboni kanye nokuncintisana wethule i-Intsimbi Future Production Technologies Initiative (IFPTI) ngo-2019 ukuze ubeke umkhakha wezokukhiqiza othuthukile wezwe emguqukweni wesine wezimboni.
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Ukuchithwa kwempahla akupheli maduze
“Phezu kokuba umengameli enethemba lokuqeda ukucinywa kukagesi, i-Inospace ikholelwa ukuthi le nkinga ngeke isheshe iphele. Le nkampani yethule iphrojekthi ye-Living with Load Shedding ukusiza amakhasimende ayo ukunciphisa ukuphazamiseka ekusebenzeni kwawo kwebhizinisi futhi kuxoxiswane ngamanani ancishisiwe nabahlinzeki bezinsizakalo abahlukahlukene bezinye izixazululo zamandla, okuhlanganisa amandla elanga, inverter kanye ne-generator izinketho, ukusiza ama-SMEs ngaphakathi kwephothifoliyo yawo.
I-Inospace iphinde yasungula isevisi ye-hotline ukuze inikeze amakhasimende iseluleko noma usizo oluphuthumayo futhi ifake izitshalo zelanga emapaki ayo ukuze kuncishiswe ukusetshenziswa kanye nesidingo esiphansi samagridi kagesi ahlukahlukene. Ngale phrojekthi, amaklayenti manje angafaka imishini yawo yelanga ezinikele ukuze ehlise izikweletu zikagesi.
“Izinkampani eziningi zisebenzisa i-solar njengendlela yokwenza inzuzo ethuthukisa isivuno, kodwa sizosebenzisa i-solar ukugcina amakhasimende ethu ebhizinisini. Amakhasimende ethu angahamba phakathi kwamapaki ezinto ezisetshenziswayo ukuze asebenzise izizinda zebhizinisi ezinamandla angu-24/7, okuwenza akwazi ukusebenza ngamashejuli nezigaba ezahlukene zokucishwa kukagesi.
“Ngaphandle komthamo wesizukulwane esisha esingeziwe ohlelweni, amathuba okuphuka okungahleliwe kwamayunithi aphehla ugesi azoqhubeka. Ukuhlelela ukucishwa kukagesi emisebenzini namasu ethu kuzobaluleka okungenani iminyaka embalwa,” kusho uWeber.
