Adjunkspeaker, die Eskom-saga is net weereens 'n bewys van die ANC se magshonger om in die ekonomie in te meng en die ekonomie te beheer. Die ANC gebruik nou 'n rassekwessie om sy eie belange bo die belange van Suid-Afrika en sy mense te bevorder, deur met 'n skaakspel mnr Maroga in sy posisie terug te plaas. Daardeur, met die vertrek van mnr Bobby Godsell, verwelkom die ANC mnr Maroga se terugkeer, en dit gaan Suid- Afrika baie meer kos as die R50 miljard wat mnr Maroga Suid-Afrika gekos het.
Adjunkspeaker, die ANC wil nou vir ons kom s dat President Zuma nie in die proses ingemeng het nie. Maar die staat, as die alleenaandeelhouer in Eskom, het nie vir mnr Zuma 'n mandaat gegee om in te meng nie. En dit is die tweede grootste fout wat die ANC ten opsigte van Eskom gemaak het sedert mnr Mbeki Suid-Afrika om verskoning moes vra omdat die regering in 2001 nie die Witskrif van 1998 van die Departement van Mineraal- en Energiesake, wat hierdie krisis voorspel het, in berekening gebring het nie. Net so min het mnr Maroga hom in 2007 gesteur aan die waarskuwings oor die steenkoolkrisis wat Eskom tans ervaar.
Adjunkspeaker, die Minister moet aan hierdie Parlement kom verduidelik of mnr Zuma ingemeng het in die Eskom-saga en of die Minister die besluit van die raad benvloed het; of mnr Maroga net aangedui het dat hy gaan bedank, en of hy werklik bedank het en toe sy bedanking teruggetrek het.
Verder moet die Minister ook vir ons verduidelik of sy en President Zuma gebuig het voor druk van die Swart Bestuursforum, asook die ANC-jeugliga, en ons wil ook weet wat die inhoud is van die sterk bewoorde brief wat die Minister aan Eskom geskryf het, oor mnr Maroga, en laastens, hoe 'n raad van direkteure, wat mnr Maroga se bedanking aanvaar het, nou weer in die toekoms saam met mnr Maroga kan werk, want dit rym nie. Ek dank u. [Applous.] (Translation of Afrikaans member's statement follows.)
[Dr S M VAN DYK (DA): Deputy Speaker, the Eskom saga is once again proof of the ANC's hunger for power to interfere in the economy and to control it. The ANC is now using a racial issue to promote its own interests above that of South Africa and its people by making a chess move to reinstate Mr Maroga in his position. Hereby, with the departure of Mr Bobby Godsell, the ANC welcomes Mr Maroga's return, and it is going to cost South Africa much more than the R50 billion that Mr Maroga cost South Africa.
Deputy Speaker, the ANC now wants to tell us that President Zuma did not interfere in this process. But government, as the sole shareholder in Eskom, did not give Mr Zuma a mandate to interfere. And this is the second biggest mistake the ANC has made with regard to Eskom since Mr Mbeki had to apologise to South Africa in 2001 for government's failure to consider the 1998 White Paper of the Department of Minerals and Energy Affairs that predicted this crisis. In the same way Mr Maroga did not heed the warnings, in 2007, regarding the coal crisis that Eskom is currently facing.
Deputy Speaker, the Minister must explain to this Parliament whether Mr Zuma interfered in the Eskom saga and whether the Minister influenced the board's decision, whether Mr Maroga just indicated his intention to resign or whether he actually resigned and then withdrew his resignation.
Furthermore, the Minister must also explain to us whether she and President Zuma succumbed to the pressure of the Black Management Forum, as well as the ANC Youth League, and we also want to know what the content is of the strongly worded letter that the Minister wrote to Eskom about Mr Maroga and, finally, how a board of directors, who accepted Mr Maroga's resignation, will now be able to work with Mr Maroga in the future, because this is irreconcilable. I thank you. [Applause.]]