{"id":16733,"date":"2013-08-26T06:02:14","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T06:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.co.za\/?p=16733"},"modified":"2013-08-26T06:02:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T06:02:14","slug":"bhp-sal-veg-om-gesubsidieerde-krag-te-hou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/?p=16733","title":{"rendered":"BHP sal veg om gesubsidieerde krag te hou"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16734\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/xolani.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16734\" alt=\"Xolani Mkhwanazi, begryp blykbaar nie wat oneties beteken nie\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/xolani.jpg\" width=\"256\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xolani Mkhwanazi, begryp blykbaar nie wat oneties beteken nie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"A secret agreement with Eskom, details of which were long kept from the public, has provoked an outcry and put the national power utility under intense pressure to have it reviewed\">&#8216;n Geheime ooreenkoms wat Eskom onderteken het, en waarvan die besonderhede van die publiek weerhou word, gaan die nasionale kragvoorsiener onder geweldige druk plaas indien dit rugbaar raak, <\/span><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"A secret agreement with Eskom, details of which were long kept from the public, has provoked an outcry and put the national power utility under intense pressure to have it reviewed\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"A secret agreement with Eskom, details of which were long kept from the public, has provoked an outcry and put the national power utility under intense pressure to have it reviewed\">om dit te hersien<\/span><\/span>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"BHP Billiton will go to court if necessary to protect the special payment contract with Eskom that guarantees the global resource giant cut-rate electricity for its aluminium smelters until 2028.\">BHP Billiton sal egter hof toe gaan om die spesiale kontrak met Eskom &#8211; wat elektrisiteit spot<\/span><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"BHP Billiton will go to court if necessary to protect the special payment contract with Eskom that guarantees the global resource giant cut-rate electricity for its aluminium smelters until 2028.\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"BHP Billiton will go to court if necessary to protect the special payment contract with Eskom that guarantees the global resource giant cut-rate electricity for its aluminium smelters until 2028.\">goedkoop aan <\/span><\/span>sy aluminiumsmelters tot 2028 voorsien &#8211; te beskerm.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"The revelation of its secret agreement with the national power utility has provoked a public outcry and put Eskom, whose tariffs to other consumers rise cripplingly by the year, under intense pressure to have it reviewed.\">Eskom se tariewe vir gewone verbruikers styg deurgaans, maar BHP Billiton trek nog steeds voordeel uit krag wat onder markwaarde aan hulle verkoop word.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"In an interview after the release of the mining company's results this week, Xolani Mkhwanazi, who chairs the company in South Africa, warned that the biggest loser if its sweetheart deal with Eskom was terminated would be the country - not BHP Billiton.\">In &#8216;n onderhoud n\u00e1 die vrystelling van die mynmaatskappy se resultate van hierdie week, het die Suid-Afrikaanse voorsitter Xolani Mkhwanazi, gewaarsku dat die grootste verloorder die land gaan wees as die kontrak hersien word, en nie BHP Billiton nie.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"According to the latest results, South Africa is not terribly important to BHP, although Mkhwanazi disputes this.\">Volgens die jongste resultate, is Suid-Afrika nie baie belangrik vir BHP nie. S<\/span><span title=\"Its assets in South Africa form only 4% of its global assets.\">y bates in Suid-Afrika beloop slegs 4% van hul w\u00eareldwye bates. <\/span><span title=\"But Mkhwanazi says this percentage could come down further, which would have dire consequences for jobs and downstream businesses.\">Maar Mkhwanazi s\u00ea di\u00e9 persentasie kan verminder, wat ernstige gevolge vir werk en stroomaf-ondernemings sal h\u00ea.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"BHP's investment in Richards Bay, where two of its smelters are located, was &quot;the biggest investment South Africa has ever seen&quot;, he says.\">BHP se belegging in Richardsbaai, waar twee van sy smelters gele\u00eb is, is &#8220;die grootste belegging Suid-Afrika nog ooit gesien het,&#8221; s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"&quot;If the government is seen to be reneging on big investments, who would ever bring any money into this country?&quot;\">&#8220;As die regering gesien word om groot beleggingskontrakte nie na te kom nie, wie sal dan ooit geld in hierdie land bel\u00ea?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"BHP Billiton's image in the country has been badly damaged, but Mkhwanazi says the controversial contract was all Eskom's doing.\">BHP Billiton se beeld in die land is erg geknou, maar Mkhwanazi s\u00ea die omstrede kontrak is Eskom s&#8217;n.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"The original contract was signed in the early 1990s when there was a surplus of cheap electricity, which the government used as bait to attract foreign investment.\">Die oorspronklike kontrak is in die vroe\u00eb 1990&#8217;s <\/span><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"The original contract was signed in the early 1990s when there was a surplus of cheap electricity, which the government used as bait to attract foreign investment.\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"The original contract was signed in the early 1990s when there was a surplus of cheap electricity, which the government used as bait to attract foreign investment.\">onderteken <\/span><\/span>toe daar &#8216;n surplus goedkoop elektrisiteit was, wat die regering as aas gebruik het om buitelandse beleggings te lok. <\/span><span title=\"It was extended 10 years later, by which time there were clear warnings that South Africa would soon face severe power shortages.\">Dit is 10 jaar later uitgebrei, en teen daardie tyd was daar reeds duidelike waarskuwings dat Suid-Afrika ernstige kragtekorte in die <\/span><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"It was extended 10 years later, by which time there were clear warnings that South Africa would soon face severe power shortages.\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"It was extended 10 years later, by which time there were clear warnings that South Africa would soon face severe power shortages.\">gesig sou staar<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"The approval was given by the national energy regulator, headed by Mkhwanazi.\">Die destydse goedkeuring is gegee deur die Nasionale Energiereguleerder, onder leiding van die einste Mkhwanazi. I<\/span><span title=\"Then, in 2005, one year after leaving the regulator, he got a top executive job at BHP Billiton.\">n 2005, &#8216;n jaar nadat hy die reguleerder verlaat het, het hy &#8216;n toppos by BHP Billiton losgeslaan. <\/span><span title=\"In 2008 he became its chairman.\">In 2008 het hy voorsitter geword.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"Earlier this month, Eskom said the contract that the regulator approved would cost it R11.5-billion in liabilities during the term of the contract.\">Vroe\u00ebr hierdie maand, het Eskom ges\u00ea die kontrak wat die reguleerder goedgekeur het sal hulle R11.5 miljard in laste gedurende die termyn van die kontrak kos.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"Mkhwanazi says Eskom &quot;miscalculated&quot; and has only itself to blame, which seems like a disingenuous answer, given that he approved it when he was at the regulator.\">Mkhwanazi s\u00ea Eskom het hulself &#8220;misreken&#8221;. Vreemde antwoord, aangesien dit hyself was wat die ooreenkoms goedgekeur het.<\/span><span title=\"Is that not so?\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"&quot;The board [of the national energy regulator] approved it,&quot; he says - admittedly on his recommendation, but on the basis of information supplied by Eskom.\">&#8220;Die raad [van die Nasionale Energiereguleerder] het dit goedgekeur,&#8221; s\u00ea hy &#8211; weliswaar op sy aanbeveling, maar op grond van inligting wat deur Eskom verskaf is. <\/span><span title=\"Now it cannot renege.\">Dit kan nie nou verander nie.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"&quot;You don't sign a contract today based on your own assessment, and something was miscalculated or unforeseen and then five years later you say look, I'm getting out of here.&quot;\">&#8220;Jy teken nie &#8216;n kontrak vandag op grond van jou eie assessering, en as iets verkeerd bereken is of onvoorsiens gebeur en dan vyf jaar later s\u00ea jy kyk, ek wil hier uit nie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"BHP expects Eskom to honour its commitment and will consider legal action if it does not.\">BHP verwag van Eskom om die ooreenkoms na te kom en sal regstappe oorweeg indien dit nie gebeur nie.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"Mkhwanazi says BHP has honoured loss-making commitments to Eskom and expects Eskom to do the same for it.\">Mkhwanazi s\u00ea BHP kom hul verpligtinge aan Eskom na en verwag dat Eskom dieselfde doen.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"&quot;We supply more than 20% of Eskom's coal. Quite a few of those contracts have been money-losing since long before the aluminium contracts became an issue. But we never made these coal contracts an issue because we believe in contracts.&quot;\">&#8220;Ons glo in kontrakte.&#8221; <\/span><span title=\"The public has targeted the wrong villain, he says.\">Die publiek die verkeerde skurk geteiken het, s\u00ea hy.<\/span><span title=\"&quot;Eskom miscalculated in terms of the fundamentals supporting its application.&quot;\"> Hy s\u00ea die probleem is dat Eskom nie nuwe kragstasies gebou het nie.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"How crazy was it to approve a contract committing Eskom to supply electricity until 2028 at less than half the cost of producing it?\">Hoe mal was dit van Eskom om elektrisiteit te voorsien tot 2028 teen minder as die helfte van die koste van die vervaardiging daarvan?<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"&quot;If a power station had been built in 2001-02, we wouldn't be seeing these production prices,&quot; he says.\">Maar die feit is dat Suid-Afrikaanse verbruikers BHP Billiton subsidieer. Dit het rugbaar geraak na<\/span><span title=\"We all do now because of a court order forcing Eskom to release the details.\"> &#8216;n hofbevel om Eskom te dwing om die besonderhede bekend te maak. <\/span><span title=\"And it does not look good for BHP.\">En dit lyk nie goed vir BHP nie.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"&quot;It won't look good for the country if you try to change this contract, believe me,&quot; he says.\">&#8220;Dit sal nie goed lyk vir die land as jy probeer om die kontrak te verander nie, glo my,&#8221; s\u00ea <\/span><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"&quot;It won't look good for the country if you try to change this contract, believe me,&quot; he says.\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"Mkhwanazi says too much has been invested in them to shut them down and so they will keep going until the aluminium price turns - or the contracts are reviewed.\">Mkhwanazi<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><span title=\"Mkhwanazi says too much has been invested in them to shut them down and so they will keep going until the aluminium price turns - or the contracts are reviewed.\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"Was it ethical to accept a top job at BHP after doing them such a big favour?\">Was dit eties om &#8216;n toppos by BHP te aanvaar nadat hy hulle so &#8216;n groot guns gedoen het?<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"&quot;I didn't do any favour to anybody. The decision-making body at the regulator is the board. So it was not me, it was the board.&quot;\">&#8220;Dit was nie ek nie, dit was die raad.&#8221; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"&quot;I didn't do any favour to anybody. The decision-making body at the regulator is the board. So it was not me, it was the board.&quot;\">S<\/span><span title=\"Does it set a dangerous precedent if a regulator accepts a job from a company that benefited from his decisions?\">tel dit &#8216;n gevaarlike presedent as &#8216;n reguleerder &#8216;n werk by &#8216;n maatskappy aanvaar wat voordeel trek uit die besluite wat geneem is?<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"&quot;The regulator approved nothing from or on behalf of BHP. It approved an Eskom application. If I had gone to work for Eskom then you'd be right. There was never any interaction between BHP and the regulator.&quot;\">&#8220;Die reguleerder goedgekeur niks van of namens BHP dit goedgekeur &#8216;n Eskom-aansoek.. As ek gegaan het om te werk vir Eskom dan is jy reg sou wees. Daar was nooit enige interaksie tussen BHP en die reguleerder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"Mkhwanazi, 58, has an MSc and PhD in applied physics from the University of Lancaster in the UK.\">Mkhwanazi, 58, het &#8216;n MSc en PhD in fisika aan die Universiteit van Lancaster in die Verenigde Koninkryk.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"While lecturing in physics at the University of Swaziland, he worked for the ANC underground.\">Terwyl hy lesings in fisika aan die Universiteit van Swaziland gegee het, het hy vir die ANC ondergronds gewerk. <\/span><span title=\"A comrade was arrested by South African security forces, became an askari - in other words was turned - and betrayed him.\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"Notorious police hit squad commander Eugene de Kock was sent to get Mkhwanazi.\">Die berugte polisiebevelvoerder Eugene de Kock is gestuur om van Mkhwanazi ontslae te raak nadat &#8216;n hy deur &#8216;n vriend verraai is, maar De Kock het die verkeerde ou geteiken.<\/span><span title=\"He got the wrong guy who ended up, as did so many of those he came for, dead.\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"&quot;I don't want to think about that,&quot; says Mkhwanazi.\">&#8220;Ek wil nie daaroor dink nie,&#8221; s\u00ea Mkhwanazi. <\/span><span title=\"&quot;I tell you, I'm lucky.&quot;\">&#8220;Ek s\u00ea vir jou, ek is gelukkig.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span title=\"In 1988 he applied for asylum in Australia and lived in Perth until his return to South Africa in 1993.\">In 1988 het hy aansoek gedoen om asiel in Australi\u00eb en het in Perth gewoon tot en met sy terugkeer na Suid-Afrika in 1993. &#8211; timeslive.co.za<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;n Geheime ooreenkoms wat Eskom onderteken het, en waarvan die besonderhede van die publiek weerhou word, gaan die nasionale kragvoorsiener onder geweldige druk plaas indien dit rugbaar raak, om dit te hersien. 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