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Online intermediation platforms market inquiry – Short-term accommodation and travel service providers

The Online Intermediation Platforms Market Inquiry (OIPMI) calls on stakeholders including short-term accommodation providers, hotels, activity providers, and travel service providers to submit comments, by...

by Competition Commission South Africa

What is competition law?

Competition law is a branch of law built on the rules established with an aim to protect competition in the markets for goods and services....

by Mota Africa

Competition Commission raids premises of eight major long-term insurance companies

The Competition Commission is conducting search and seizure operations at the premises of eight insurance companies operating in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, and Western Cape provinces. The Commission...

by Competition Commission South Africa

Commission welcomes the decision by the Competition Appeal Court that Coca-Cola Beverages Africa was in breach of merger conditions

The Competition Commission South Africa (Commission) welcomes the decision of the Competition Appeal Court (CAC) handed down on 17 June 2022, to uphold an appeal...

by Competition Commission South Africa

ICASA’s proposed draft regulations tighten processes for shareholding changes of ICT licensees

In an attempt to “provide further clarity regarding ICASA’s standard terms with respect to individual licences and to enhance compliance, and to streamline the submission of documents to ICASA”, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)…

Provided By Eversheds Sutherland

by Kelly Hutchesson and Sibulele Siyaya

Commission urges airlines to be sensitive to the plight of consumers amid suspension of Comair flights

The Competition Commission of South Africa has noted the announcement made by Comair to effectively suspend all British Airways (operated by Comair Pty Ltd) and...

by Competition Commission South Africa

Computicket agrees to pay R11.3m as a second fine for alleged abuse of dominance

The Competition Commission (Commission), Computicket (Pty) Ltd (Computicket) and Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd (Shoprite) have on Wednesday 25 May 2022 reached a settlement agreement in...

by Competition Commission South Africa

SAPS face masks supplier, Tsutsumani fined R3.4 million for price gouging

The Competition Commission welcomes the decision by the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal), handed down on Thursday 28 April 2022, in which it found the South African...

by Competition Commission South Africa

Advertising watchdog gets its teeth back

A recent judgment handed down by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) regarding the powers of the Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB), which arose as a result of dispute between Colgate-Palmolive’s PROTEX brand and Bliss Brands’ SECUREX, has important consequences…

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by Andrew Papadopoulos