Legal Articles and Guides

There is just over a week left before the 7 August deadline for comment on the Competition Commission’s draft terms of reference for a franchise market inquiry (FMI) is reached.

An alleged cartel of companies that manufacture licence plates for vehicles sold across SA is being prosecuted for price fixing and exploiting small businesses and drivers.

The Competition Tribunal has dismissed Life Healthcare Group's (Life) bid to continue offering renal dialysis services to patients at five Mediclinic hospitals including Vergelegen, Morningside, Panorama, Potchefstroom and Newcastle, reports the Cape Times.

SA’s biggest furniture group, Lewis, has approached the Constitutional Court as it seeks to block Shoprite’s R3.2bn sale of its furniture business to Pepkor, reports News24.

Google will pay SA media houses R688m over the next five years after the tech company struck an agreement with the Competition Commission as the authority finalised its Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI).

The Competition Tribunal has found Cape Gate guilty of participating in price-fixing in the scrap metal market. Scrap metal, which includes waste metal from cans, household appliances, and other metal items, is a key input in the production of steel products by companies like Cape Gate.

JSE-listed Caxton and privately-run Capital Newspapers have announced that they are taking their legal battle directly to the Constitutional Court following the Competition Appeal Court’s ruling that allows Media24 to shut down several of its print publications, including Beeld, Rapport, City Press, and Daily Sun.

Bolstered by a Competition Commission finding that the banks that cut ties with the Sekunjalo Group had potentially violated competition law, Iqbal Survé and his companies have launched urgent legal action to force Nedbank to reopen their closed accounts, reports News24.

The EFF has added its voice to the growing number of political players weighing in on the Competition Tribunal’s decision to block Vodacom and Remgro’s fibre merger, denouncing Minister Parks Tau’s apparent support of the deal.

En commandite partnerships offer a strategic advantage in structuring transformation deals for government procurement, balancing BBBEE compliance with operational control. This article explores the legal benefits of en commandite partnerships, highlighting their role in attracting investment, managing risk, and ensuring long-term sustainability in public procurement projects, all while driving meaningful transformation in South Africa’s economy.

There has been widespread support from business and asset managers for the Department of Trade, Industry & Competition’s decision to file notice that it will appeal against the Competition Tribunal’s blocking of Vodacom and Remgro’s fibre merger, once the authority discloses its reasons for doing so.

Booking.com, the largest online travel agent in SA, has agreed to scrap rules over pricing as part of a settlement with the Competition Commission.

SA’s top anti-trust body has reached a settlement agreement of just over R14m with Dutch group Victron Energy over allegations it forced local distributors to make sure its products were not sold below a minimum price, reports Fin24.

Icasa has said a request by Blue Label Telecoms for the transfer of control of Cell C's licences, including its spectrum, is a mandatory step and standard procedure, reports Fin24.

The Competition Appeal Court (CAC) has thrown out the case against all but five of the 28 banks that were accused of colluding to fix the rand in the New York foreign exchange market more than a decade ago.