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I-Reserve Bank inyuse irepo rate ngamanye amaphuzu angama-50 yafinyelela ku-8.25%, okuyizinga eliphezulu kakhulu kusukela ngo-2009.
Abathengi bangabonga ukucinywa kukagesi kanye nerandi elintekenteke ngomthwalo owengeziwe wezezimali phakathi nenhlekelele yezindleko zokuphila.
Lokhu kungokwesibili ukukhuphuka kwerepo rate yamaphuzu angama-50 kulo nyaka kanye nese-10 ezinyangeni eziyi-18. Kusho ukuthi izinga lokuboleka eliyinhloko lamabhange okuhweba manje selizoba ngu-11.75%.
UMbusi weBhange Lombuso laseNingizimu Afrika (Sarb), uLesetja Kganyago, umemezele isinqumo esivumelana ngazwi linye seMonetary Policy Committee (MPC) ngoLwesine.
Yize osomnotho bewuthandile umqondo wokwenyuswa kwamaphuzu angama-25 selokhu kwanyuswa amaphuzu angama-50 ngoMashi, baqale ukulindela ukwenyuka kwamaphuzu angama-50 ngemuva kokuwa kwerandi ngenxa yobungane bezwe neRussia nokubuyela kwe-load shedding ku-stage 5. 6.
Nakuba ukwehla kwamandla emali kwehle kancane ngo-Ephreli njengoba kumenyezelwe ngoLwesithathu, uKganyago uthe imiphumela ephezulu yokwehla kwamandla emali idale ukuthi kunyuke amathemba okwehla kwamandla emali, njengoba kulindeleke ukwehla kwamandla emali ngo-2023 kusekelwe ocwaningweni lwezimakethe luhlezi ku-5.9%.
“Ukwehla kwamandla emali kubikezelwa ukuthi kuzohlala ngaphezu komkhawulo ophezulu wezinga elihlosiwe lokwehla kwamandla emali kuze kube ikota yesithathu yalo nyaka futhi kuzobuyela ngokuqhubekayo endaweni emaphakathi nenani elihlosiwe ngekota yesibili ka-2025.”
FUNDA FUTHI: Ubuhlungu obungaphezulu kwerepo rate kubantu baseNingizimu Afrika kulindeleke kuleli sonto
Ukukhuphuka kwezinga le-repo ngenxa yokwehla kwamandla emali
UKganyago uthe ukwehla kwamandla emali okuqhubekayo kanye nezingozi eziphakeme zokusimama kwezimali kusaqhubeka nokuphawula ukukhula okuthuthukile emhlabeni jikelele kodwa izimo zomnotho waseNingizimu Afrika zisalokhu zimbi.
“Nakuba ukwenyuka kwamanani entengo kwehle emazweni amaningi omhlaba, ukwehla kwamandla emali okuyisisekelo kuyaqhubeka nokukhuphuka, okwenza ukwehla kwamandla emali okuthenga abathengi ukuba kwehle kakhulu. Silindele ukuthi izimakethe zezimali zomhlaba zihlale ziguquguquka futhi amazinga enqubomgomo anyusiwe.”
Ugcizelele ukuthi izithiyo zikagesi nezokusebenza zisalokhu zibophezele ekukhuleni kweNingizimu Afrika, zikhawulela umnotho kanye nokwenyuka kwezindleko. Ukusetshenziswa kwemali yasekhaya kulindeleke ukuthi kukhule ngesizotha kakhulu ngokwemibandela yangempela, ngokuhambisana nokukhuphuka okuhle kodwa okubuthakathaka kweholo langempela elilahlwayo.
“Ukukhula komnotho sekunesikhathi kuntengantenga futhi namathuba okukhula awakaqiniseki. Ukwenziwa ngcono kwezokuthutha kanye nokwehliswa okuqhubekayo kokucinywa kukagesi, noma ukwanda kwamandla kagesi avela kwezinye izindawo, kungakhuphula kakhulu ukukhula.”
Ubuthakathaka berandi buzoholela emananini aphezulu avela kwamanye amazwe kanye nokwehla kwamandla emali okuyisihloko esizodala ubungozi bokukhula. “Uma siphendukela emathembeni okwehla kwamandla emali, isibikezelo sethu samanje sokukhula sishiya igebe lomkhiqizo licishe libe ngu-zero kule minyaka emithathu ezayo. Lokhu kusho ingcindezi encane kakhulu ekhuphukayo emalini evela esilinganisweni sokukhula. Izidingo zezimali zangaphandle zaseNingizimu Afrika kulindeleke ukuthi zikhuphuke.”
Uveze ukuthi isibikezelo serandi esicatshangelwe ukuthi sizoqala ngo-R18.68 edoleni laseMelika ngekota yesibili, uma kuqhathaniswa no-R17.80 ngesikhathi somhlangano odlule. “Izimakethe zezimali kulindeleke ukuthi zihlale ziguquguquka futhi zizwela ukushaqeka okungajwayelekile. Ezingeni lomhlaba wonke, ukwenyuka kwamanani entengo yabathengi ngo-2023 kubikezelwa ukuthi kuzoba ku-7.0%, uma kuqhathaniswa no-8.7% ngo-2022.
FUNDA FUTHI: Nakuba ukwehla kwamandla emali kwehle ngo-Ephreli, amanani entengo asashunqa
Ukwehla kwamandla emali kokudla kusephezulu
Uma kuqhathaniswa nomhlangano odlule, ukwehla kwamandla emali kaphethiloli kanye nogesi, kanti nentengo yokudla iphezulu, kusho uKganyago. Ukwehla kwamandla emali kaphethiloli kulindeleke ukuthi kube -2.0% ngo-2023 (yehle isuka ku-0.6%), kuyilapho isibikezelo sentengo kagesi naso sehle ngo-11.6% kulo nyaka, 13.4% ngo-2024 futhi asishintshile ku-10.9% ngo-2025.
Kodwa-ke, ukwehla kwamandla emali entengo yokudla endaweni kuyabuyekezwa futhi, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yomthelela osilele wezinga lokushintshisana elibuthakathaka naphezu kwamanani okudla omhlaba ehla ngamadola.
UKganyago uxwayise ngokuthi ziyanda ubungozi embonweni wokwehla kwamandla emali. “Ukwehla kwamandla emali okudla kwasekhaya kusaqhubeka nokukhuphuka kanti nengozi yesimo sezulu esomile ezinyangeni ezizayo inyukile. Ukwehliswa kwemithwalo kungase kube nemiphumela yamanani abanzi ezindlekweni zokwenza ibhizinisi kanye nezindleko zokuphila, njengoba ukusetshenziswa kukadizili kukhuphuka. Uma kubhekwa ukwenyuka kwamanani entengo kaphethiloli okunamathelayo kanye nokudla, ingozi enkulu isahambisana nesibikezelo samaholo amaphakathi.”
Izimo zezomnotho nezezimali kulindeleke ukuthi zihlale ziguquguquka kakhulu esikhathini esizayo esibonakalayo futhi umbusi uthe kulesi simo esingaqinisekile, izinqumo zenqubomgomo yezimali zizoqhubeka zincike kudatha futhi zizwela ibhalansi yezingozi zombono.
