'Kumele sibe nokulawula ngokugcwele ukukhiqizwa nokusebenza kukagesi wethu. Kufanele siqinisekise ubukhosi bethu lapho sibhekene nemiphumela yempi kanye nezinselelo ezinkulu ezizayo... Kungakho ngiqinisekisa inhloso yombuso yokuba umnikazi we-100% wenhloko-dolobha ye-EDF,' u-Élisabeth Borne, uNdunankulu waseFrance, etshela iphalamende lase-France. enkulumweni yakhe yokuqala ethinta isimo sezwe ngoLwesithathu.
I-EDF yasungulwa ngo-1946, ngenxa yokufakwa kuzwelonke kwabakhiqizi bamandla abancane ababalelwa ku-1,700, abathuthi kanye nabasabalalisi. Uhulumeni wase-France wantanta kancane amasheya enkampani e-Paris Stock Exchange ebusika bango-2005, kodwa yagcina cishe ubunikazi bamaphesenti angamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nanhlanu. Impikiswano yokuvula i-EDF kumabhizinisi azimele yayiwumugqa ofanayo ongenangqondo esihlala sizwa ngawo wonke ama-privatisations—izoletha ukuphathwa okungcono nokutshalwa kwezimali. Njengoba kuhlale kwenzeka, kwavela okuphambene.
Kuso sonke isikhathi sobunzima bamandla, umbuso waseFrance uvikele umphakathi ezikweletini ezikhuphukayo esiye sabhekana nazo lapha, njengoba i-EDF ithatha izintambo ukuze kugcinwe ukukhuphuka kwezikweletu ngamaphesenti amane uma kuqhathaniswa nokunyuka kwamaphesenti angamashumi amahlanu nane e-UK— okulindeleke ukuthi inyuke nakakhulu ngo-Okthoba. Kodwa lokhu kube nzima ukuzulazula izingxenye zenkampani zilawulwa yimali yangasese. Ukubuyela kubunikazi bomphakathi obugcwele be-EDF kade kubizwe izinyunyana ezimele abasebenzi be-EDF, futhi ekuphenduleni inkinga yamandla umbuso waseFrance ugcine uvumile ukuletha.
E-France, i-EDF idlala indima enezici eziningi emkhakheni wezamandla wezwe, kodwa e-UK ukusebenzelana kwethu okuyinhloko nabo njengomphakeli wamandla, okusho ukuthi bathenga amandla emakethe futhi bawadayisele amakhasimende. Ngenkathi uhlelo lwethu lwamandla kagesi luthengiswa ngokuyimfihlo kusukela ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1980 kuya phambili, ukuhlinzekwa kwegesi nogesi kumakhasimende kwahlukaniswa futhi kwaphathwa yilokho okwakubizwa nge-'Big Six', i-EDF manje eseyinye yazo. Lokhu kuholele ekutheni kube nesiphithiphithi emakethe yokuphakelwa kwamandla ekupheleni kwabathengi, nezinkampani njengamanje ezigingqika kwesokunxele, kwesokudla, naphakathi nendawo—isimo besifana kusukela kwenziwa izinkampani ezizimele, kodwa inkinga yamanje yamandla yenze inkinga yaba yimbi kakhulu futhi yadalula ukuthi abantu basengozini kangakanani. ukwenziwa kwangasese kwenze uhlelo lwethu lwamandla.
Ngonyaka odlule, cishe amashumi amathathu ezinkampani eziphakela amandla e-UK ziye zangaphansi. Amakhasimende amaningi avela kulezi zinkampani ezizimele ezinikezela ngogesi ahlulekile adluliselwe kwabanye abahlinzeki, abathole u-£1.8 billion wemali yomphakathi ukuze bathathe amakhasimende engeziwe. Kepha inkampani enkulu kunazo zonke ukuthi yehlulekile, iBulb, isekelwa nguhulumeni - iyishiya isikhashana ngaphansi kobunikazi bombuso.
Lokhu kuzwakala kuthembisa. Kodwa-ke, esikhundleni sokuba ithathwe unomphela ezandleni zomphakathi, i-Bulb izothengiswa kwenye inkampani yamandla ezimele. Lokho kusho ukuthi ngemali engu-£2 billion yemali yomphakathi egcina iBulb isebenza, umphakathi ngeke ubone nzuzo. Kunalokho, inzuzo izozwakala kunoma iyiphi inkampani enkulu yamandla noma inkampani yokutshala imali ethenga inkampani. Ukwengeza inhlamba ekulimaleni, kuyilapho uBulb exhaswe ngemali yomphakathi, isikhulu sabo esiphezulu uHaydn Wood usathola iholo lakhe lika-£240,000.
Ngokusho kweCitizens Advice, imindeni yase-UK izokhokhiswa u-£164 eyengeziwe ngonyaka ngezikweletu zayo ukukhokhela abahlinzeki bamandla abawayo. Ukuzibophezela kukahulumeni kwezamandla azimele akugcini nje ngokusibiza kakhulu njengoba lezi zinkampani ezizimele zikhipha inzuzo ethe xaxa, futhi zengeza ezikweletini zethu uma zibhidlizwa. Kodwa akufanele kube ngale ndlela.
Isixazululo sale siphithiphithi sisobala: nikeza abantu ithuba lokukhetha umphakeli wamandla ophethwe esidlangalaleni. Kuwukumosha okukhulu ukuchitha imali yomphakathi ukutakula izinkampani ezizimele ungabuyiseli lutho. Ukudala inkampani yomphakathi ephakela amandla kuyindlela elula yokuthi uhulumeni anikeze abantu ithuba lokukhetha ngaphandle kokuthenga izinkampani ezikhona. Uma futhi izinkampani ezizimele zehluleka, amakhasimende azo angadluliselwa kumhlinzeki ophethwe ngumphakathi.
Asikaze sibe khona isikhathi esingcono sokudala inkampani ephakelayo ephethwe umphakathi abantu abangathembela kuyo, isebenzela umphakathi, hhayi abaninimasheya. Le nkampani ingenza isiqiniseko sokuthi abantu abakhishwa, ihlelele ukushintsha kwezintengo zamandla omhlaba, futhi itshale imali kumandla avuselelekayo.
Sekuyinkambiso kakade kwamanye amazwe. EJalimane, eFrance nase-Italy, abantu abaningi sebevele bethola amandla enkampanini ephethwe umphakathi. Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi amanani aphakathi kwamaphesenti angamashumi amabili namashumi amathathu aphansi kumasistimu anobunikazi bomphakathi. EJalimane, izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zabantu zinogesi kamasipala. E-France, izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zabantu bathola amandla abo ku-EDF, njengoba kushiwo ngaphambili yathatha impumelelo yokugcina isikweletu samandla senyukela kumaphesenti amane kuphela. Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi nathi silandele.
Ubunikazi bomphakathi akulona ikhambi, kodwa umphakeli wamandla ophethwe ngumphakathi usengasiza ukonga imali yemindeni futhi agcine izibani zikhanya kulobu busika. Ubufakazi esingaba ngcono kakhulu ngaphansi kobunikazi bomphakathi busobala. Isibonelo, ubunikazi bomphakathi bungase bungasisizi ukulawula intengo yomhlaba wonke yamandla, kodwa sizokwazi ukulawula ukuthi siyitshala kanjani kabusha inzuzo. Kunokuba sinyuse amanani kumakhasimende noma sitakule izinkampani zamandla ezizimele ezihlulekayo, singabe sehlisa umthwalo womphakathi ngokuxhasa izikweletu zawo zamandla. Ukwenziwa kwangasese bekufanele kwehlise amanani entengo kagesi emphakathini, nokho izikweletu zamandla zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-1996 ngokwemibandela yangempela phakathi kuka-2018 no-XNUMX futhi manje zikhuphuka ngokuqhubekayo, kuyilapho izinkampani zamandla ezizimele sezikhokhe izigidigidi zezabelo kubanikazi bamasheya bazo.
Yisikhathi sokusebenzisa amandla ethu ngendlela enengqondo futhi siqede ukubusa kwabaninimasheya. Ngeke sikwazi ukuvumela lokhu kuqagela okudlulele kokwenziwa kwezinto ezizimele ukuthi kusenze sibambe ongezansi—sidinga ukuletha ukunikezwa kwamandla ezandleni zomphakathi.
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