Organisation: Competition Tribunal (South Africa)

South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has rejected behavioural, structural and public interest remedies from AkzoNobel as part of a decision confirming the prohibition of its acquisition of Kansai Paint’s African business.

22 November 2023

South Africa’s sole liquid cyanide producer and a Czech rival have failed in their bid to overturn the antitrust authority’s merger prohibition.

13 October 2023

South Africa’s largest mobile network operator cannot complete its acquisition of a major fibre telecommunications provider as it may deprive low-income consumers of price competition, the country’s antitrust enforcer has said.

09 August 2023

Airlink SA has accused South Africa’s competition authority of pursuing an “unremarkable” excessive pricing case against it by failing to compare its fares to rivals before referring it to the country’s specialist antitrust tribunal.

02 August 2023

Google, Apple, Booking.Com and Takealot are among companies facing a “raft of remedial action” following a market study in South Africa that echoes recent European antitrust developments.

01 August 2023

Google has warned South Africa’s Competition Tribunal that an interim measures request from a gambling business to restore access to the former’s advertising services would result in the technology company violating betting regulations.

19 July 2023

South Africa’s Competition Commission has urged the country’s specialist antitrust tribunal to fine a gas monopolist for charging excessive prices, after a jurisdictional dispute relating to the energy regulator prevented the enforcer from fully investigating the alleged infringement.

12 July 2023

South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has ruled it has primary jurisdiction to decide excessive pricing cases in the energy market absent an express provision for the sector regulator to hear such matters.

16 May 2023

South Africa’s Competition Commission has recommended that two minority shareholders divest their stake in a consortium seeking to acquire 51% of South African Airways from the country’s government.

15 May 2023

A government chatbot service has asked the Competition Tribunal of South Africa for permission to intervene in the national competition authority’s referral seeking maximum fines against Meta for allegedly blocking the online chatbot from using WhatsApp.

18 April 2023