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CCA and the Botswana Bureau of Standards to sign MoU

The Competition and Consumer Authority (CCA) and the Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) will on Wednesday 23rd September 2020 sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The CCA is established under Section 4 of the Competition Act No. 4 of 2018 with the principal objective of the prevention of, and...

ICN Annual Conference Starts 14th September

The International Competition Network (ICN) Annual Conference will take place 14th to 17th September 2020. Originally it was planned as an in-person conference in Los Angeles in May, but could not take place due to the corona virus pandemic. This will be the ICN’s first virtual annual conference...

GABCON’s Application Against the CCA Dismissed by the Competition and Consumer Tribunal

The Competition and Consumer Tribunal has dismissed with costs an application to file supplementary affidavits by Gaborone Container Terminal (GABCON) in an abuse of dominance case lodged by the Competition and Consumer Authority. GABCON had made an application challenging the jurisdiction of the...

Product Recall Surveillance Inspection on Canned 330ml Red Grape Liqui Fruit

Following the Ministry of Health and Wellness directive that a contaminated product (canned 330ml Liqui Fruit Red Grape Juice) should be recalled with immediate effect; the Competition and Consumer Authority, which is the primary consumer protection agency, undertook a surveillance inspection to...

CCA Approves Rainbow Primary School and Rainbow School Sale

Pursuant to section 53(4)(a)(ii) of the Competition Act, the Competition and Consumer Authority (“the Authority”) has approved the proposed sale by Rainbow Primary School (Pty) Ltd and Rainbow School (Pty) Ltd of their respective private school businesses to A-OP (Pty) Ltd. Announcing its decision...

Rainbow Primary School and Rainbow School Proposed Sale

Pursuant to section 49(1) of the Competition Act of 2018, the Competition and Consumer Authority (“the Authority”) has received a merger notification for the proposed sale by Rainbow Primary School (Pty) Ltd and Rainbow School (Pty) Ltd (together, “Rainbow Schools”) of their respective private...

Suspension of Services by the Competition and Consumer Authority in the Greater Gaborone Zone

The Greater Gaborone Zone has been placed under lock down with effect from midnight 30th July, up to 13th August 2020 as a result of the escalation of Covid-19 cases. In view of the lockdown, Competition and Consumer Authority offices in the Greater Gaborone Zone (Gaborone Head-office and Kanye)...

Participation in a Pyramid Scheme and Related Schemes is an Offence

The Competition and Consumer Authority (CCA) has observed, particularly on social media platforms, a number of business promotion models that promise high returns way above market rates within a short period of time. Even without anyone lodging a complaint with the CCA about these schemes, the...

Hearing of Abuse of Dominance Case Against Gabcon

The Competition and Consumer Tribunal today (7th July 2020) heard arguments on more points i n limineraised by GABCON in an abuse of dominance case involving the Competition and Consumer Authority and GABCON. On 6 th June, 2017, the Authority received a complaint from a group of private hauliers...

Payment of Storage Fees During Lockdown Complaints

The Competition and Consumer Authority (CCA) has been inundated with complaints from the business community, and members of the public, whose goods were transported in shipping containers which unfortunately arrived during the lockdown period. The inevitable consequence of the lockdown was that...

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