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The Competition Appeal Court recently examined the extent to which South Africa's Competition Commission must investigate complaints before declining to pursue them, and whether complainants can challenge such decisions. In Nevilles Tours and Logistics v The Competition Commission, the court addressed a bus operator's allegations of predatory and excessive pricing by dominant competitors, finding the Commission's initial investigation inadequate and setting new standards for meaningful inquiry.

Africa has witnessed the world's fastest increase in e-connectivity in recent years. Yet, with only around a quarter of its population with internet access,...

On 23 June 2023, the Minister of the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies published an invitation to provide written comments on the Electronic Communications...

The Competition Tribunal of Kenya handed down its first decision in May 2020 in a matter that entailed the review of various conditions imposed by the Competition Authority of Kenya in its approval of the merger between ...

The East African Community Competition Authority ("EACCA") has announced that, from 1 November 2025, it will begin accepting notifications of mergers with cross-border effects. This marks a significant development...

The Competition Act (‘Act') is first and foremost national in its focus. This is clear from its objects set out in the Act's Preamble and Purpose.

Practitioner Updates provide guidance on the Commission’s likely approach to policy matters, but are not binding on it or other competition authorities.

Computicket was found to have contravened section 8(d)(i) of the Competition Act 89 of 1998 which provides that "it is prohibited for a dominant firm to engage in any of the following ...

Judge Dennis Davis, the President of the Competition Appeal Court ("CAC"), dismissed the application by the Minister of Economic Development, the Minister of Trade and Industry and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to review and set aside the decision of the Competition Tribunal (the "Tribunal") to approve Walmart Stores Inc’s ("Walmart") acquisition of a 51% stake in Massmart Holdings Limited ("Massmart") (the "Tribunal’s May decision").

On Friday 23 January 2015, the Competition Commission published its Draft Guidelines on the Assessment of Public Interest Provisions in Merger Regulation under the Competition Act.

An amendment contained in the Constitution 17th Amendment Bill, is one which could potentially permanently alter the system of appeal in specialised courts.

On 12 August 2025, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr Mpho Parks Tau, published the Draft Block Exemption for the Promotion of Exports...

On 3 June 2024, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition published draft vertical restraint regulations for comment...

Legal service: Competition and antitrust The Constitutional Court recently handed down judgments in two competition law matters on Tuesday 26 June 2012

The Competition Commission (the "Commission") published its final pre-merger filing consultation guidelines (the "Guidelines") on 13 February 2026.

On 29 August 2019, at the 13th Annual Competition Law, Economics and Policy Conference a signing ceremony was held a new MoA between the Commission and the Independent

It may have been 20 years in the making but it is finally here! The President assented to the long-awaited Competition Act, 2023 ("the Act") on 2 February 2024.