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Every year on December 5th, since 1980 when the United Nations Conference approved the United Nations Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business, competition agencies and consumer groups around the world commemorate World Competition Day (WCD…
The African Competition Forum (ACF), held its 2nd biennial conference on 11thto 12 October 2018 at Marrakech, Morocco, hosted by the Competition Council of Morocco. At the conference, a new Steering Committee was elected with South Africa as Chairperson and Tunisia and Mauritius as Vice Chairperson…
The Competition Authority has rejected an application for a buying group exemption from Choppies Distribution Centre and Payless Supermarket.
The applicants are enterprises trading in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and this makes them direct competitors. However, in terms of the…
Pursuant to section 60(4)(a)(ii) of the Competition Act, the Competition Authority has approved with conditions theproposed acquisition of the entire issued share capital in Saham S.A. by Sanlam Emerging Markets (Ireland) Limited (SEMIL)
In its decision announced on 26thSeptember 2018, the…
The Competition Authority invites stakeholders to a public hearing in relation to a proposed transaction which involves the acquisition of the entire issued share capital in Saham S.A. (“Saham Group”); by Sanlam Emerging Markets (Ireland) Limited (“SEMIL”).
The hearing will be held…
