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Competition Policy
 
COMPETITION ENFORCEMENT

Transnet unit raises price, supply concerns at Actom-Savcio hearings

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The Competition Commission told a Competition Tribunal hearing on Tuesday that it stood by its initial conditions on the proposed merger of electrical equipment manufacturer Actom and electrical service, repair and import company Savcio. The...
07 Feb 12
 
 
CEMENT STATISTICS

Commission’s cement data restrictions questioned

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Construction development company Business & Marketing Intelligence (BMI) Building Strategy Research Unit principal consultant Dr Llewellyn Lewis has called on the Competition Commission to reverse its decision to prohibit the centralised...
 
 
Economic Crime

Senior management commit 36% of internal economic crimes in SA

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The prevalence of internal economic crimes committed by senior management in companies in South Africa has risen to 36% from 17% in 2009, reflecting these crimes’ requirements of sensitive information and sophisticated skills to perpetrate, says...
20 Jan 12
 
 
Competition Enforcement

Mining roof bolt cartel hearing to continue next week

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The Competition Tribunal will on Monday continue its hearings into the mining roof bolt cartel uncovered in 2009. Manufacturers Dywidag-Systems International (DSI) and Videx Wire Products, the remaining respondents in the case, will present their...
13 Jan 12
 
 
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Actom, Savcio merger hearing postponed

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The Competition Tribunal has postponed a hearing into the merger of electrical equipment manufacturer Actom and electrical service, repair and import company Savcio to next month, to allow Transnet Rail Engineering (TRE) time to submit its view on...
13 Jan 12
 
 
CORPORATE ACTIVITY

Competition bodies weigh PIC’s plan to convert Afrisam debt to equity

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South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has reserved judgment on a proposed merger involving the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and cement producer Afrisam, after the Competition Commission proposed that the deal be approved with certain...
14 Dec 11
 
 
TRADE

SA wants development goal to top agenda at WTO meeting

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South Africa will urge member countries of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) not to hijack the development goals of the Doha round at the upcoming Ministerial conference in Geneva, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said on Monday. Davies...
28 Nov 11
 
 
Business Rescue

Business rescue hampered by cumbersome licensing process

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Business rescue measures, brought into effect by the Companies Act (of 2008) in May, are not being effectively implemented because of a cumbersome business rescue practitioner licensing process, says Werksmans Attorneys director Eric Levenstein.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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