I-Guardian ilethe izindaba ezengeziwe mayelana nokusabalala kwezindawo zokukhosela intela ezinye zezinkampani ezinkulu zomhlaba ezisebenza emazweni asathuthuka. Kusukela ophenyweni lwe-ActionAid uqobo siyazi ukuthi lezi zindawo zokukhosela intela ngokuvamile zingahlinzeka ngezimoto zokugwema intela ezithinta abantu abampofu kakhulu emhlabeni.
Endabeni yenkampani yamazwe ngamazwe eyodwa nje ye-FTSE100 esisanda kuyiphenya - i-Associated British Foods, eyakha ushukela i-Ryvita ne-Silver Spoon - sithole ukuthi inkampani ibisebenzise izinkampani zentela ukuze igweme ngokusemthethweni intela eyanele yase-Zambia ukuze ifake izingane ezingu-48,000 esikoleni. IZambia iyizwe lapho cishe isigamu sabantwana behluleka ukuqeda imfundo yabo.
Imfihlo yendawo yentela ingase isetshenziselwe ukuphambukisa ukucutshungulwa kusuka ebangeni lemisebenzi engaphenduleki emazweni asathuthuka. I-Africa Progress Panel ka-Kofi Annan ngesonto eledlule yagqamisa izivumelwano zezimayini ezibandakanya izinkampani ezimbili ze-FTSE100 zamazwe ngamazwe, ezenziwe ngezinkampani zaseBritish Virgin Islands, ePanama naseGibraltar, leli thimba elithi ziphuce iDemocratic Republic of Congo imali elinganiselwa ku-$1.36bn - cishe kabili inani lezwe. izabelomali zezemfundo nezempilo zihlangene.
Kusukela eziqhingini zase-Caribbean eziseduze ezingenalutho kuya ezikhungweni zezimali ezinkulu, izindawo zokukhosela intela zinikeza itheku lengcebo kanye nenzuzo etholwa emhlabeni jikelele. Izindawo zokukhokha intela zihlinzeka ngemishini esemthethweni yabagwema intela, kanye nokuvikela abagwema intela ngokungemthetho, benqabela umnotho osathuthuka imali engenayo yomphakathi edingekayo ezibhedlela, izikole, amanzi ahlanzekile kanye nemigwaqo esebenzayo. Izibalo ziyamangaza. Ngokwe-Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development, amazwe asathuthuka alahlekelwa imali ephindwe kathathu yokukhosela intela unyaka ngamunye kunaleyo ayithola ngosizo.
Izibalo azikwazi, vele, ukukhombisa umthelela wentela wenkampani ngayinye yentela. Abanye bangase babe namabhizinisi angempela, futhi bangagwemi nje intela ezindaweni lapho kwenziwa khona ibhizinisi langempela. Kodwa leli yilona phuzu: ukubika kwebhizinisi kuyahluleka ukukhombisa ukuthengiselana kanye nezikweletu zentela zemisebenzi yezinkampani zamazwe ngamazwe ezindaweni eziningi zalezi zindawo. Futhi lezi zindawo ezifanayo zivame ukuphika lolu lwazi kuziphathimandla zentela ezingenazo izinsizakusebenza emazweni ampofu kakhulu emhlabeni.
Izakhiwo zentela zingaba cishe zonke izindawo, kodwa azilona iqiniso lemvelo ebhizinisini lanamuhla. Ifemu yezinsizakalo zezezimali i-Hargreaves Lansdown kanye nenkampani yezimayini iFresnillo, ngokwesibonelo, abanazo nhlobo izinkampani ezingaphansi kwendawo yokukhokha intela, naphezu kokusebenza emikhakheni engaziwa "ngaphesheya kolwandle". Abanye benza imizamo okungenani yokudalula izinhlaka zabo zentela emhlabeni wonke: lapho i-ActionAid ibuza imibuzo mayelana nezinkampani zabo zentela kuzo zonke izinkampani ze-FTSE100, eziyi-15 zaphendula ngemininingwane ebalulekile eyengeziwe.
Kodwa-ke sekukonke kunesikhuthazo esincane sokungabeki inzuzo kanye nempahla ezinkampanini zentela, noma ukudalula lezi zinzuzo nezimpahla, ngaphandle uma ohulumeni ngokwabo beqeda ukufihla kanye nemithetho yentela ehlukumezayo enikezwa yizindawo zentela. Amazwe amelwe ku-G8 kaJuni anenhlanganisela eyingqayizivele yesisindo sezomnotho nezepolitiki, umthwalo wemfanelo kanye negunya phezu kwenkinga. I-UK iyodwa inesibopho sendawo eyodwa kweziyisihlanu zentela emhlabeni, ngaphezu kwanoma yiliphi elinye izwe elilodwa emhlabeni. Nokho ngenkathi i-UK kanye namanye amazwe acebile esanda kuqala ukuphoqa izindawo zawo zentela ukuze adalule izimpahla zezezimali abakhokhi bentela abazithola phesheya kwezilwandle, lezi zivumelwano zisashiya amazwe asathuthuka emakhazeni.
I-G8 ingakwazi futhi kufanele izibophezele ekuqedeni ubunikazi obungaziwa bezinkampani nama-trust entela, nokwenza izindawo zentela zidalule ulwazi iziphathimandla zentela emhlabeni wonke eziludinga kakhulu. Ukuze kulungiswe ingxenye enkulu yale nkinga ulwazi olukhiqizayo kufanele lutholakale kuwo wonke amazwe - kuhlanganise nampofu kakhulu - kusukela ngosuku lokuqala.
Lapho uhulumeni wase-UK ebiza abaholi bamazwe acebe kakhulu emhlabeni engqungqutheleni ye-G8 ngoJuni, unethuba, intshisekelo kanye nomsebenzi wokwenza okuthile okungajwayelekile: ukubhekana nesinye sezithiyo ezinkulu ezicashile ekulweni nobubha ukuphela kwezindawo zokukhosela intela. Njengoba uDavid Cameron, uGeorge Osborne, uFranรงois Hollande, u-Angela Merkel, abanye abaholi bomhlaba nabakhokhi bentela abajwayelekile befuna ushintsho, leli ithuba kanye empilweni yonke. Akekho kithina - kusukela emazweni acebe kakhulu kuye emazweni ampofu kakhulu - ongakwazi ukukhokhela i-G8 ukuthi iphuthelwe.
URichard Miller ungumqondisi omkhulu we-ActionAid UK
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