Since President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a National State of Disaster on 15 March 2020, various government Ministers have issued regulations to deal with the emergency. ...more
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa declared a National State of Disaster on 15 March 2020 in a proactive attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19....more
Acting swiftly to try to contain the spread of Covid-19 in South Africa, on 15 March 2020 President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a National State of Disaster. Now the government has gone further - on 19 March 2020 regulations...more
Following the enactment of the Competition Amendment Act during 2019 and the subsequent promulgation of a number of the provisions, the latest tranche of sections of the Competition Amendment Act came into operation on 13...more
Read the latest news on antitrust, competition and economic regulation (ACER) in this Winter's edition of our quarterly ACER newsletter.
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4/3/2019
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Bid Rigging ,
CFIUS ,
Economic Development ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Government Shutdown ,
Hold-Separate Remedies ,
Merger Controls ,
No-Poaching ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Regulatory Standards ,
South Africa ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
The much-anticipated Competition Amendment Act 18 of 2018 (Amendment Act), has been signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa....more
On 1 December 2017, Minister of Economic Development published the Competition Amendment Bill (the Amendment Bill) for comment. Pursuant to input from various interested parties an updated version of the Amendment Bill was...more
7/18/2018
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Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Competition Act ,
Horizontal Mergers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Monopolization ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
South Africa ,
Vertical Mergers
On Thursday, 5 July 2018, the Competition Commission of South Africa held a press conference in relation to the release of the Health Market Inquiry (HMI) provisional report....more
Competition law is growing in Africa. According to a recent World Bank report, in 15 years the number of jurisdictions in Africa with competition law has almost trebled. A number of African countries have introduced or...more
The Minister of Economic Development Ebrahim Patel has announced amendments to the merger thresholds and an increase in the merger filing fees....more