The Competition Tribunal on Monday announced that it had rebranded under a new logo and had redone its website to offer easier access to information for companies.
The revamped website offers users the latest case information and documentation, breaking news, as well as improving search capabilities and navigation.
Further, multiple language-support is slowly being introduced and the tribunal hopes to extend this to larger parts of the website over time. Currently, the frequently asked questions, mandate and role are available in isiZulu, Sepedi, English and Afrikaans. The rest of the website is available in English.
“The website offers legal practitioners, journalists, companies and anyone interested in the tribunal’s work access to a trove of documents directly sourced from the organisation’s primary portal for case information,” the statement said.
“Users may experience a brief interruption of access as the tribunal migrates to a new server,” it added.
The changes take place during the year of the organisation’s twentieth anniversary.
“It will be much easier and quicker for visitors to navigate through large amounts of data. The most important content – case-related information – is now located at the centre of the home page and multiple ‘clicks’ are no longer necessary to access it.
The new website also offers robust search functionality, enabling users to easily find the information they are looking for. Cases can be located easily by using search filters relating to any parties involved in a case; the type of case; the case number; the status of the case; key dates associated with the case; press releases; or related keywords.
“Orders (judgments) and reasons – as well as media releases – are assigned to a virtual case folder, which is also easy to access. While case files are available for viewing and downloading, the status of a case is immediately and clearly indicated through easy-to-understand icons.
“Another new feature allows users to easily follow specific cases. Users can subscribe to an event, which means they will receive notifications when a specific case is updated and when new documents relating to the case are uploaded to the website.
“Users can also subscribe to receive case media releases, other news or announcements, the tribunal’s e-newsletter and/or annual report,” the statement concluded.