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Media

MDPMI to release provisional report on 24 February 2025

3 days

Media

Competition Commission delays provisional report on digital platforms to 2025

19 Dec 2024

Access Bank enters agreement to acquire 100% stake In South Africa based Bidvest Bank

Banking

Access Bank enters agreement to acquire 100% stake In South Africa based Bidvest Bank

Issued by The Publicity Workshop 17 Dec 2024

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Pharmaceuticals

Celgene to face Tribunal on charges of excessive pricing of cancer drug

17 Dec 2024

Pharmaceuticals

Cystic fibrosis drug access secured in South Africa

12 Dec 2024

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Employment Equity

Rise of ESOPs: Transforming business through employee ownership

Dhevarsha Ramjettan and Safiyya Pate 20 Nov 2024

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Competition Law

Kenya's competition watchdog fines Mogo Auto for unfair practices

Joyce Karanja and Michelle Karimi Kimonye 1 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf The results from the MDPMI consumer survey show that online platforms’ influence on news consumption

Media

MDPMI consumer survey shows 77% respondents access news on social media platforms

24 Oct 2024

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Competition Law

No stitches for snitches: Role of leniency in dismantling cartels

Nicholas De Decker 18 Oct 2024

Source: © Common Sense Education The Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) will publish its Provisional Report with initial findings, remedies, and recommendations in November 2024

Media

MDPMI provisional report to be released next month, November 2024

14 Oct 2024

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Competition Law

Impact of Malawi's new competition law on mergers - Part 1

Tamara Dini and Nazeera Mia 7 Aug 2024

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Competition Law

Draft block exemption regulations - relief for ports and rail industry

Angelo Tzarevski, Sphesihle Nxumalo and Clara Hansen 9 Jul 2024

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Competition Law

How will the new competition laws impact business?

Mark Garden, Clare-Alice Vertue & Annerita Maritz 5 Jul 2024

Media

#MDPMI Inquiry anounces supplementary processes

10 Apr 2024

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Competition Law

Unpacking the revised Public Interest Guidelines

Mark Garden, Dudu Mogapi and Monde Mbali 27 Mar 2024

Media

Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry to kick off month-long public hearings

4 Mar 2024

Source: © 123rf A Further Statement of Issues (FSOI) has been released by the Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI or Inquiry)

Media

Competition Commission's MDPMI identifies 6 additional themes, calls for FSOI

20 Dec 2023

TV

eMedia channels to stay on DStv... for now

19 Dec 2023

NHI

BUSA and B4SA challenge "unconstitutional" NHI Bill

7 Dec 2023

Source: © 123rf The Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) has been launched by the Competition Commission (Commission)

Online Media

Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) into media content distribution launches

18 Oct 2023

Competition Commission and Spar have reached a consent agreement

Retail

Competition Commission and Spar have reached a consent agreement

31 Aug 2023

Source: Standard Bank Group.

Banking

Standard Bank latest to shut the door on Sekunjalo-related accounts

4 Aug 2023

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Regulatory

Unilever signs multimillion-rand settlement agreement with Comp Commission

14 Jul 2023

Francis Wang’ombe Kariuki, MBS, Bowmans' new senior consultant in its Kenyan Competition Practice

Competition Law

#AfricaMonth: Bowmans' new heavy hitter, Francis Wang'ombe Kariuki, on the future of African competition law

Shan Radcliffe 30 May 2023

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Competition Law

Energy Block Exemptions published

25 May 2023

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Competition Law

Tribunal to prosecute SAPS' PPE supplier for price gouging

22 May 2023

NHI

NHI excludes asylum seekers from healthcare service coverage, legal advisers warn

Katja Hamilton 31 Mar 2023

Commission launches Fresh Produce Market Inquiry

Agro-processing

Commission launches Fresh Produce Market Inquiry

27 Mar 2023

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Competition Law

10 things you should know about the Fresh Produce Market Inquiry

Dominique Arteiro 20 Feb 2023

Takealot merchants accused of collusion, PPE price fixing referred for prosecution

Regulatory

Takealot merchants accused of collusion, PPE price fixing referred for prosecution

27 Jan 2023

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Trends

#BizTrends2023: Beefing up competition law

Lerisha Naidu, Angelo Tzarevski and Sphesihle Nxumalo 19 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Retailers

OBC Butchery accuses Spar of anti-competitive conduct in shopping malls

18 Nov 2022

Advertising

Competition Tribunal fines Corpcom Outdoor R1.38m for price fixing

18 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Insurance & Actuarial

SA's top insurers raided on suspicion of price fixing, collusion

Promit Mukherjee 25 Aug 2022

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Public Transport

Why the South African state should not subsidise minibus taxi owners

Andrew Kerr 4 Jul 2022

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Firms to pay R1.4m penalty for jumping the gun on merger

28 Jun 2022

Media

AIP takes legal action against MDDA and CCSA

20 Jun 2022

Source: ©expatcapetown

Media

Publishers slam state agency tasked with funding media

8 Jun 2022

Commission embarks on an outreach awareness drive at the Rand Show

Events & Conferencing

Commission embarks on an outreach awareness drive at the Rand Show

Issued by Rand Show 14 Apr 2022

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Competition Law

Pricing of essential food items remains key focus for authorities

Lerisha Naidu, Sphesihle Nxumalo and Jarryd Hartley 8 Apr 2022

PepsiCo sub-Saharan Africa launches R1.6bn BBBEE employee share ownership scheme

FMCG

PepsiCo sub-Saharan Africa launches R1.6bn BBBEE employee share ownership scheme

6 Apr 2022

Commission launches inquiry into fresh produce market

Agriculture

Commission launches inquiry into fresh produce market

30 Mar 2022

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Competition Law

Should anticompetitive conduct be treated as a human rights infringement?

Lerisha Naidu and Sphesihle Nxumalo 18 Mar 2022

Facebook prosecuted for abuse of dominance

Social Media

Facebook prosecuted for abuse of dominance

15 Mar 2022

Healthcare

Probe into Roche's inflated pricing of cancer-treatment drug

9 Feb 2022

Wesbank, Toyota Financial Services charged with collusion

Competition Law

Wesbank, Toyota Financial Services charged with collusion

3 Feb 2022

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Competition Law

Rapid Antigen Testing price lowered following Competition Commission investigation

24 Dec 2021

Healthcare

HFA hits back amid PCR-test price storm

Katja Hamilton 15 Dec 2021

Covid-19

PCR test prices hit record-low reduction in South Africa

13 Dec 2021