Legal Articles and Guides

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.

The Competition Tribunal has accepted MTN and data provider Rain’s requests to intervene in the hearings on whether to approve the merger between Vodacom and fibre providers Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa.

British multi-national bank Standard Chartered has admitted to its role in manipulating the dollar-rand exchange rate and has agreed to pay an administrative penalty of R42.7m, ending roughly eight years of litigation with SA’s competition authorities.

The Competition Commission’s ageing foreign exchange case is back in court yet again, with the banks charging that the commission must show that all 28 of them were part of the alleged ‘single overarching conspiracy’ to manipulate the rand before the case can go ahead.

SA’s competition tsar will next month tell the Constitutional Court that the SA arm of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) conjured up a plan to get rid of workers after a 2016 merger, contravening one of the key conditions set by authorities in approving the deal.

The Competition Commission has unconditionally approved the sale of five shopping malls, carrying a total transaction value of R3.9bn.

The Competition Appeal Court has upheld the Competition Commission’s decision to impose a R3.5m penalty on local business Tsutsumani Business Enterprises for marking-up the price of surgical masks by 87% in 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic hit SA.