On 12 September 2012 the Judge President of the Competition Appeal Court (CAC), Dennis Davis, while addressing Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Justice stated that there were too many levels of appeals in South Africa's judicial system.

The application of competition law to the healthcare sector came under scrutiny at a conference held at Webber Wentzel on 24 August 2012. Competition Commission (Commission) staff, economists and healthcare sector stakeholders discussed the particular features of the healthcare market; enforcement action in relation to hospital mergers and collective bargaining; and the possibility of a market inquiry into the sector.

Following the 6th annual Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, held in France in February 2011, it has become increasingly obvious that counterfeiting has become a worldwide pandemic.

Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition has promulgated, in terms of Section 15A of the Merchandise Marks Act, 1941 as amended ("MMA"), ...

The Competition Tribunal has recently given reasons for its conditional approval of the acquisition of the title and interest to the accounts and receivables relating to the South African private label store card portfolio of Edcon.

The COMESA Council of Ministers has significantly reduced the maximum merger filing fee and introduced thresholds for filings.

The Competition Commission's (Commission's) long-running complaint of anticompetitive behaviour against tea processor Rooibos Ltd (Rooibos), reached finality this week.

Africa's competition regulatory environment is as unique as it is diverse, with 54 countries and five regional bodies.

Prior to the Amendment the monetary thresholds for merger notifications for transactions in the Common Market are set at zero.

The Competition Commission of South Africa (the "Commission") conducted coordinated dawn raids at the premises of four scrap metal purchasing companies as part of an investigation into suspected price-fixing on Friday 13 February 2026.

The recent investment by RMB Ventures and Mohau Equity Partners in the Bulldog Group represents not just a strategic business move, but an example of a transformative transaction ...

On 20 September 2012 the Competition Tribunal conditionally approved the large merger involving Oceana Group Limited and V&A Cold Storage (Proprietary) Limited.

On 20 July 2012 the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) issued its reasons for the conditional approval of the intermediate merger between Synergy Income Fund Limited (Synergy) and Khuthala Alliance (Proprietary) Limited (Khuthala).

Tribunal issues reasons for the unconditional approval of the Life Healthcare and Joint Medical Holdings merger.

In a recent Open Secrets report on the ‘data war' between GovChat and Meta, the writers wrote an insightful analysis of the central issues and the potential risk to the ‘sanctity' of the personal information of South African citizens.