Tag: South Africa
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...
South Africa: Exemptions to Aid Consumers During and After Riots
By: Char van der Merwe & Gina Lodolo (African Antitrust)
On 15 July 2021, Ebrahim Patel, the Minister of Trade Industry and Competition, published a block...
South Africa Launches Probe Into Takealot, UberEats & Other Online Markets
The South Africa Competition Commission (Comp Comm) has the likes of Takealot, Airbnb, Uber Eats, and Google Play in its sights, as it’s preparing...
Cape Town Company Accused Of Excessive Pricing To Donate Face Masks
A medical equipment supplier accused of charging excessive prices for examination gloves has supplied a government department with 49,400 surgical face masks to the...
Uber Faces Class Action Suit In South Africa
Mbuyisa Moleele Attorneys, assisted by Leigh Day, are preparing a class action lawsuit to be filed in the Johannesburg Labour Court against Uber on...
EU Watchdog Set To Accept Aspen Concessions
EU antitrust regulators are set to accept South African pharmaceutical company Aspen’s concessions aimed at ending a three-year long investigation that could lead to...
South Africa Probes Price Of COVID-19 Treatment Remdesivir
The Competition Commission of South Africa, is investigating the price of US pharmaceutical manufacturer Gilead Science’s coronavirus treatment remdesivir and prices charged by generic...
