The COMESA Competition Commission Issues Its First Partial Refusal to Grant Merging Parties Permission to Consummate Merger By Tyla Lee Coertzen On 2 September 2023, the COMESA Competition Commission released its decision to prohibit the proposed acquisition by Akzo Nobel N.V (“AkzoNobel”) of Kansai Plascon East Africa Proprietary Limited (“KPEA”) and Kansai Plascon Africa Limited […]
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Who Owns What? Mandatory publication of companies’ beneficial owners in RSA
The CIPC’s new beneficial owner registry: An effective mechanism to combat illicit flow of funds or another wasted opportunity? By Jemma Muller and Nicola Taljaard
Important Regulations recently published by the Department of Trade Industry and Competition to prepare for the upcoming release of the SACC’s final recommendations in respect of its various market inquiries.
By Gina Lodolo
CCC Celebrates ’10’ – a Decade of COMESA Competition Law
Anniversary of CCC’s 2013 Creation to be Celebrated, Developments Discussed Next week, African heads of state, ministers of trade and commerce, the secretary general of the 19-member state COMESA organization, Commissioners, and several heads of various competition agencies across the region, from Egypt to Eswatini & from Mauritius to Malawi, will join antitrust practitioners, legal […]
Criminal cartels & dilapidated energy networks: Will South Africa act?
A true challenge to the impartiality of the South African Competition Authority: Eskom and its Criminal Supplier Cartels – Let’s wait and see what SACC does now By Joshua Eveleigh Will South Africa’s antitrust watchdog, under the aegies of its relatively new head Doris Tshepe, investigate and prosecute flagrant cartel conduct, when it is practically presented […]
Market Inquiry here, Market Inquiry there, Market Inquiry everywhere!
3 Market Inquiries in as Many Months By Joshua Eveleigh and Nicholas Petzwinkler The South African Competition Commission (“SACC”) has not spared any time in demonstrating its bench strength by publishing three draft Terms of Reference for as many separate market inquiries within the first four months of 2023. This article provides a brief overview […]
