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First Capital Bank Proposes to Acquire 100% Shares of Bank of India (Botswana)

The Competition Authority has received a merger notification for the proposed acquisition of 100% issued and paid up ordinary shares of Bank of India (Botswana) Ltd (BOIB) by First Capital Bank Ltd (FCBL). The acquiring enterprise, FCBL, is a company incorporated in accordance with the Laws of...

Ngami Motors Proposes to Acquire 50% Issued Shares of Dennis Service Station in Serowe

The Competition Authority has received a merger notification for the proposed acquisition by Ngami Motors (Pty) Ltd of 50% issued shares in Dennis Service Station in Serowe. The primary acquiring enterprise, Ngami Motors, is a company duly incorporated in accordance with the Laws of Botswana. Ngami...

Dennis Service Station Acquisition Unconditionally Approved

The Competition Authority has approved without any conditions the acquisition of an additional 50% of the issued shares in Dennis Service Station (1976) (Pty) Ltd by Gavin Blackbeard from Raymond Barnwell Watson. Announcing its decision on 25th January 2019, the Authority said it determined through...

Proposed Acquisition of Shares in Dennis Service Station in Serowe

The Competition Authority has received a merger notification for the proposed acquisition of an additional 50% of the issued shares in Dennis Service Station (1976) (Pty) Ltd (“Dennis Service Station”) by Gavin Blackbeard (“the purchaser”) from Raymond Barnwell Watson (“the seller”). The purchaser...

Competition Authority Festive Season Closure 2018/19

The Competition Authority will close for the Christmas and New Year Holidays at 5pm on Friday 21st December 2018. The office will reopen on Monday 7 th January 2019 at 8am. The Competition Commission and the Competition Authority wish all our valued customers happy and safe Christmas holidays; and...

Digital Economy, Innovation and Competition - Competition Authority Commemorates World Competition Day 2018

Every year on December 5 th , 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 (...

African Competition Forum Elects New Steering Committee

The African Competition Forum (ACF), held its 2nd biennial conference on 11 th to 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...

Competition Authority Rejects Choppies-Payless Buying Group Application

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 Competition...

Competition Authority Approves Saham-Sanlam Acquisition With Conditions

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 26 th September 2018, the...

Competition Authority to Hold Public Hearing on the Proposed Acquisition of Saham S.A. by Sanlam Emerging Markets (Ireland) Limited

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 on 31 st July...

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