by Trudi Makhaya | Mar 23, 2018 | competition policy, economic policy, Featured, public policy
CALL FOR PAPERS: 4th ANNUAL COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC REGULATION (ACER) WEEK, SOUTHERN AFRICA, CONFERENCE 19 & 20 July 2018, Johannesburg, South Africa The National Energy Regulator of South Africa, the Competition Commission South Africa and the University of...
by Trudi Makhaya | Mar 20, 2018 | competition policy, Featured
The Competition Tribunal has approved the merger of Netcare Group and mental health care provider Akeso Group subject to conditions relating to pricing and divestiture by Netcare of its Rand Hospital and Bell Street Hospitals to address concerns raised by the...
by Trudi Makhaya | Jun 21, 2017 | barriers to entry, competition policy, Media Release
Rooibos Limited, the largest processor of rooibos tea in South Africa, been referred to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution on charges relating to abuse of dominance by inducing rooibos tea farmers not to deal with rooibos tea processors it competes with. This...
by Trudi Makhaya | Jan 11, 2017 | competition policy
IT WAS a long-running battle that could no longer go on. The David in this story furiously hopped around Goliath, without much success, until the giant, for other reasons, ran out of steam. For most of the post-apartheid era, the pricing of steel has been...
by Trudi Makhaya | Jun 1, 2016 | competition policy, mergers and acquisitions, public policy
Press release from the Competition Commission: COMPETITION COMMISSION CONCLUDES ASSESSMENT OF AB INBEV/ SABMILLER MERGER The Competition Commission (Commission) has recommended to the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) that a large merger whereby Anheuser-Busch Inbev...
by Trudi Makhaya | Apr 15, 2016 | competition, competition policy, enterprise development, public policy, regulation, small business
Anheuser-Busch InBev released a media statement yesterday on its negotiations with the South African government on its proposed take-over of SAB Miller. The Competition Commission has an extension until the 05 May to conclude its investigation of this transaction and...
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