Tag: South Africa
South African Competition Head Steps Down
Just a day after the resignation of the chairman of communications regulator Icasa, another top regulator has resigned – this time at the Competition...
Baker McKenzie Looks To Revamp Johannesburg Firm
Baker McKenzie has unveiled a new Johannesburg leadership team more than nine months after implementing a ‘three-step plan’ to address management issues at the...
South African Firm To Pay Fine For Price-Gouging Stadium
Top South African firms accused of contract collusion to build a 2010 World Cup stadium in Cape Town have been ordered to pay almost...
The Increasing Importance Of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (“BBBEE”) In South...
By: Pieter Steyn (Kluwer Competition Blog)
One of the purposes of the South African Competition Act is stated in the Act to be to “promote a...
South Africa Weighs Measures To Break Up Big Tech
The Competition Commission told Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry that several critical sectors in the South African economy were still being dominated...
South African Watchdog Goes After Facebook For Abusing Its Dominance
Meta's Facebook and WhatsApp has been found to be anticompetitive by South Africa’s Competition Commission, which has referred the social giant to the Competition...
South Africa Publishes Guidelines For School Uniform Competition
The Competition Commission of South Africa has released guidelines to school governing bodies (SGBs), administrators, and schools to improve the competitiveness of the procurement...
South African Regulator Caps COVID Testing Prices
South Africa's Competition Commission has reached an agreement with two major laboratories Ampath and Lancet to reduce the price of Covid-19 PCR test prices...
South Africa To Unite 9 More Banks In Forex Trading Case
The need to properly spend public funds calls for nine banks accused of manipulating the rand-dollar exchange rate, to be joined in a case...
South Africa Calls For Competition Law Research Proposals
The Competition Commission has launched a multidisciplinary research grant programme aimed at promoting multidisciplinary research at South African tertiary institutions that can inform and...
