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The Competition Commission has supported the proposed takeover of AutoZone, helping save the company after it entered a business rescue earlier this year.

AutoZone has published a business rescue plan which the retailer hopes will help secure its future following a tumultuous four years.

Shoprite Holdings has signed an agreement to allow its rival, Pepkor to acquire its furniture stores.

Potential bidders have emerged for the acquisition of AutoZone, the large privately owned automotive parts retailer and wholesaler active in southern Africa that was placed in voluntary business rescue effective from 1 July 2024.

The JSE has publicly censured and levied a R3m fine on Eskom for its late reporting on issues like loans to related parties, such as board members.

PepsiCo SA is selling its popular Marmite and Bovril brands in SA, along with the business unit that produces them, to a privately owned Canadian-based company called Lallemand.

Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources & Energy, Sahlulele Luzipo, yesterday said Shell’s decision to divest from SA is a matter of concern and is not ideal as it comes at the end of their term.

Developments in the Steinhoff scandal – particularly the forfeiture of assets belonging to Markus Jooste’s former partner Berdine Odendaal – have set a significant legal precedent in the fight against corporate fraud in SA, said Fairbridges Wertheim Becker Attorneys’ Dhahini Naidu in a Business Day report.

In what BusinessLIVE calls a landmark judgment, the SCA on Wednesday said creditors cannot sue directors of a company directly.

Sipho Sono, he business rescue practitioner (BRP) of low-cost airline Mango, says he is proceeding with selling the airline after Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan failed to meet a deadline set by the High Court to make a decision on the proposed sale as required by the Public Finance Management Act.

Sagarmatha Technologies is suing President Cyril Ramaphosa and various organs of state and regulatory bodies for R50bn ($3bn).

Economist Thabi Leoka has resigned from the board of MTN SA amid questions over whether she has a PhD from the London School of Economics (LSE).

The Department of Public Enterprises is taking action to have 92 former directors of SOEs declared delinquent because of their alleged role in state capture.

In what a Business Day report calls a rare victory, a company’s creditor was given authorisation to bring an application against its directors to declare them unfit and personally liable in a trial involving more than R400m from an alleged unpaid load.