I-Competition Tribunal igunyaze ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Vitol ne-Engen okubona kutshalwe izigidigidi e-SA

I-Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) igunyaze ukuhlanganiswa okuhlongozwayo lapho i-Vitol Emerald Bidco (Pty) Ltd (“Vitol”) ihlose ukuthenga i-Engen Ltd (“Engen”), ngaphansi kweqoqo lomncintiswano futhi izimo ezithakaselwa umphakathi.

Umyalelo we-Tribunal ulandela ukulalelwa kwecala ngoMashi 2024 lapho yezwa khona izethulo ezivela kuKhomishana Yezokuncintisana (“Commission”); amaqembu ahlanganisayo; uMnyango Wezohwebo, Izimboni kanye Nokuncintisana (“the dtic”); I-Sasol yaseNingizimu Afrika (“Sasol”); I-Astron Energy yaseNingizimu Afrika (“Astron Energy”); i-National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (“NUMSA”); kanye Nenyunyana Yamakhemikhali, Amandla, Ukuphrinta Amaphepha, I-Wood and Allied Workers Union (“CEPPWAWU”). Ngemuva kokulalelwa kwecala, iNkantolo yacela izethulo ezengeziwe kwiKhomishana, izinhlangothi ezihlangene, iSasol kanye ne-Astron Energy.

Ukuhlanganisa amaqembu

I-Vitol Group iyinkampani ezimele yokuthengisa nokuthengisa amandla. Ihlinzeka futhi isabalalise uwoyela ongahluziwe, imikhiqizo kaphethiloli kanye negesi yemvelo emhlabeni wonke. ENingizimu Afrika, ngokusebenzisa inkampani engaphansi kwayo, ibambe iqhaza ekuthengisweni kukawoyela ongahluziwe kanye nokuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo kawoyela ocolisisiwe ezinkampanini ezinkulu ezidayisa uwoyela kanye nakubadayisi/abadayisi abazimele. Okubalulekile ekuhlanganiseni ukuthi iVitol Group ilawula ngokuhlanganyela iBurgan Cape Terminal, indawo yokugcina nokusabalalisa impahla eKapa.

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Engen Group iyiqembu lamandla elizinze e-Afrika eligxile ekuhlinzekweni, ekusabalaliseni nasekukhangiseni imikhiqizo kaphethiloli okuhlanganisa, phakathi kokunye, uphethiloli, udizili, izinto zokuthambisa namakhemikhali. ENingizimu Afrika, ingenisa, ihlinzeka, futhi isabalalisa imikhiqizo kaphethiloli ecolisisiwe emakethe yokudayisa. Okubalulekile kulo msebenzi ukuthi i-Engen Group ingumnikazi futhi iqashisa izindawo zokugcina eThekwini naseKapa.

Izizathu ze-Tribunal’ zesinqumo sayo zizokhishwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.

Imibono yeKhomishana yokulimala nokukhathazeka

Ikhomishana, ehlola ukuhlangana okukhulu bese yenza izincomo ku-Tribunal ukuze kuthathwe isinqumo, ithole ukuthi ukuhlanganiswa okuhlongozwayo kuphakamise izikhalo ezihlukahlukene zokuncintisana:

  • Ukuvalwa kwekhasimende, njengoba i-Engen Group iyikhasimende elibalulekile lemikhiqizo ye-petroleum ecolisisiwe yasendaweni. Bathenga imikhiqizo ka-petroleum ecolisisiwe ezindaweni ezihluzwayo zendawo ezihlanganisa i-Astron Energy’s Cape Town refineries kanye ne-Sasol’s Natref and Secunda refineries;
  • Amaqembu ahlanganisayo’ umthamo omkhulu wamathangi okugcina eKapa naseThekwini kanye namandla eVitol Group okwazi ukuletha izimpahla kwamanye amazwe, okuphakamisa ukukhathazeka ngokuthi ukuhlanganiswa kungase kuholele ekutheni imikhiqizo kaphethiloli ecolisisiwe yakuleli isuswe ukuthengwa kwamanye amazwe, okungaba nomthelela omubi embonini ye-petrochemical kanye nezinye izindawo ezisele zasekhaya zokuhluza; kanye
  • Ukukhathazeka okungaba khona kokushintshisana ngolwazi okuhlobene nemakethe yegesi ye-petroleum ewuketshezi (“LPG”).

Ikhomishana iphinde yathola ukuthi ukuhlanganiswa okuhlongozwayo kuphakamise izithakazelo zomphakathi, ikakhulukazi umphumela wokuthengiselana ekuthuthukisweni kokusabalala kobunikazi kanye nomthelela wokuthengiselana ekuqashweni.

Isinqumo senkantolo

I-Tribunal, ngemva kokucubungula konke ukuthunyelwa, igunyaze ukuthengiselana ngaphansi kwakho kokubili ukuncintisana nezimo zentshisekelo yomphakathi. Kafushane, izimo zihlanganisa:

Umncintiswano

Ukuthengwa kwabacwengi basendaweni

Kubekwe imibandela maqondana nokuthengwa kwempahla kwa-Sasol kanye ne-Astron Energy ukuze kubhekwane nokukhathazeka ngokudliwa kwekhasimende kanye nomthelela wokuhlanganiswa kwemboni ye-petrochemical yaseNingizimu Afrika.

Sasol - I-Engen kanye nezinkampani ezingaphansi kwayo zizothenga imikhiqizo ethile ezinkampanini zakwaSasol eNatref naseSecunda ngokuhambisana nenkontileka yokuhlinzeka equkethe imigomo ebekwe ezimeni. Le migomo ihlanganisa izindaba ezifana nenani elincane lokuthengwa kwempahla, isikhathi senkontileka, imigomo yentengo, nezinhlinzeko zokuxazulula izingxabano.

Astron Energy - I-Engen izongena esivumelwaneni sokuhlinzeka nge-Astron Energy ngokwemibandela lapho i-Engen izothenga kwa-Astron imikhiqizo ethile ekhiqizwe yinkampani ehluza i-Astron Energy yaseKapa ngokwemigomo nemibandela ebekwe ku izimo. Izimo zihlobene nezindaba ezifana nenani elincane lokuthengwa kwempahla, isikhathi senkontileka, imigomo yentengo, nezinhlinzeko zokuxazulula izingxabano.

Intshisekelo yomphakathi

Ushintsho nobunikazi: ESOP

Zingakapheli izinyanga eziyi-6 ngemuva kosuku lokuvala lomsebenzi (usuku lapho umsebenzi ohlongozwayo uqaliswa ngawo), i-Vitol izoqinisekisa ukuthi i-EngI-Competition Tribunal igunyaze ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Vitol ne-Engen okubona kutshalwe izigidigidi e-SA

I-Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) igunyaze ukuhlanganiswa okuhlongozwayo lapho i-Vitol Emerald Bidco (Pty) Ltd (“Vitol”) ihlose ukuthenga i-Engen Ltd (“Engen”), ngaphansi kweqoqo lomncintiswano futhi izimo ezithakaselwa umphakathi.

Umyalelo we-Tribunal ulandela ukulalelwa kwecala ngoMashi 2024 lapho yezwa khona izethulo ezivela kuKhomishana Yezokuncintisana (“Commission”); amaqembu ahlanganisayo; uMnyango Wezohwebo, Izimboni kanye Nokuncintisana (“the dtic”); I-Sasol yaseNingizimu Afrika (“Sasol”); I-Astron Energy yaseNingizimu Afrika (“Astron Energy”); i-National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (“NUMSA”); kanye Nenyunyana Yamakhemikhali, Amandla, Ukuphrinta Amaphepha, I-Wood and Allied Workers Union (“CEPPWAWU”). Ngemuva kokulalelwa kwecala, iNkantolo yacela izethulo ezengeziwe kwiKhomishana, izinhlangothi ezihlangene, iSasol kanye ne-Astron Energy.

Ukuhlanganisa amaqembu

I-Vitol Group iyinkampani ezimele yokuthengisa nokuthengisa amandla. Ihlinzeka futhi isabalalise uwoyela ongahluziwe, imikhiqizo kaphethiloli kanye negesi yemvelo emhlabeni wonke. ENingizimu Afrika, ngokusebenzisa inkampani engaphansi kwayo, ibambe iqhaza ekuthengisweni kukawoyela ongahluziwe kanye nokuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo kawoyela ocolisisiwe ezinkampanini ezinkulu ezidayisa uwoyela kanye nakubadayisi/abadayisi abazimele. Okubalulekile ekuhlanganiseni ukuthi iVitol Group ilawula ngokuhlanganyela iBurgan Cape Terminal, indawo yokugcina nokusabalalisa impahla eKapa.

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Engen Group iyiqembu lamandla elizinze e-Afrika eligxile ekuhlinzekweni, ekusabalaliseni nasekukhangiseni imikhiqizo kaphethiloli okuhlanganisa, phakathi kokunye, uphethiloli, udizili, izinto zokuthambisa namakhemikhali. ENingizimu Afrika, ingenisa, ihlinzeka, futhi isabalalisa imikhiqizo kaphethiloli ecolisisiwe emakethe yokudayisa. Okubalulekile kulo msebenzi ukuthi i-Engen Group ingumnikazi futhi iqashisa izindawo zokugcina eThekwini naseKapa.

Izizathu ze-Tribunal’ zesinqumo sayo zizokhishwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.

Imibono yeKhomishana yokulimala nokukhathazeka

Ikhomishana, ehlola ukuhlangana okukhulu bese yenza izincomo ku-Tribunal ukuze kuthathwe isinqumo, ithole ukuthi ukuhlanganiswa okuhlongozwayo kuphakamise izikhalo ezihlukahlukene zokuncintisana:

  • Ukuvalwa kwekhasimende, njengoba i-Engen Group iyikhasimende elibalulekile lemikhiqizo ye-petroleum ecolisisiwe yasendaweni. Bathenga imikhiqizo ka-petroleum ecolisisiwe ezindaweni ezihluzwayo zendawo ezihlanganisa i-Astron Energy’s Cape Town refineries kanye ne-Sasol’s Natref and Secunda refineries;
  • Amaqembu ahlanganisayo’ umthamo omkhulu wamathangi okugcina eKapa naseThekwini kanye namandla eVitol Group okwazi ukuletha izimpahla kwamanye amazwe, okuphakamisa ukukhathazeka ngokuthi ukuhlanganiswa kungase kuholele ekutheni imikhiqizo kaphethiloli ecolisisiwe yakuleli isuswe ukuthengwa kwamanye amazwe, okungaba nomthelela omubi embonini ye-petrochemical kanye nezinye izindawo ezisele zasekhaya zokuhluza; kanye
  • Ukukhathazeka okungaba khona kokushintshisana ngolwazi okuhlobene nemakethe yegesi ye-petroleum ewuketshezi (“LPG”).

Ikhomishana iphinde yathola ukuthi ukuhlanganiswa okuhlongozwayo kuphakamise izithakazelo zomphakathi, ikakhulukazi umphumela wokuthengiselana ekuthuthukisweni kokusabalala kobunikazi kanye nomthelela wokuthengiselana ekuqashweni.

Isinqumo senkantolo

I-Tribunal, ngemva kokucubungula konke ukuthunyelwa, igunyaze ukuthengiselana ngaphansi kwakho kokubili ukuncintisana nezimo zentshisekelo yomphakathi. Kafushane, izimo zihlanganisa:

Umncintiswano

Ukuthengwa kwabacwengi basendaweni

Kubekwe imibandela maqondana nokuthengwa kwempahla kwa-Sasol kanye ne-Astron Energy ukuze kubhekwane nokukhathazeka ngokudliwa kwekhasimende kanye nomthelela wokuhlanganiswa kwemboni ye-petrochemical yaseNingizimu Afrika.

Sasol - I-Engen kanye nezinkampani ezingaphansi kwayo zizothenga imikhiqizo ethile ezinkampanini zakwaSasol eNatref naseSecunda ngokuhambisana nenkontileka yokuhlinzeka equkethe imigomo ebekwe ezimeni. Le migomo ihlanganisa izindaba ezifana nenani elincane lokuthengwa kwempahla, isikhathi senkontileka, imigomo yentengo, nezinhlinzeko zokuxazulula izingxabano.

Astron Energy - I-Engen izongena esivumelwaneni sokuhlinzeka nge-Astron Energy ngokwemibandela lapho i-Engen izothenga kwa-Astron imikhiqizo ethile ekhiqizwe yinkampani ehluza i-Astron Energy yaseKapa ngokwemigomo nemibandela ebekwe ku izimo. Izimo zihlobene nezindaba ezifana nenani elincane lokuthengwa kwempahla, isikhathi senkontileka, imigomo yentengo, nezinhlinzeko zokuxazulula izingxabano.

Intshisekelo yomphakathi

Ushintsho nobunikazi: ESOP

Zingakapheli izinyanga eziyi-6 ngemuva kosuku lokuvala lomsebenzi (usuku lapho umsebenzi ohlongozwayo uqaliswa ngawo), i-Vitol izoqinisekisa ukuthi i-Eng

Kukhishwe ngu:

Gillian de Gouveia, Umphathi Wezokuxhumana

Egameni leCompetition Tribunal yaseNingizimu Afrika

Iseli: +27 (0) 82 410 1195

I-imeyili: GillianD@comptrib.co.za

Twitter: @comptrib

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