Syndicates, sabotage, theft and inaction by those in the know has helped bring the state-owned power producer to its knees, hurting the country in the process
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Major international companies have been implicated in the collusion
Hyper-cartels now determine the global market, feeding the few and starving the many
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The Competition Tribunal has fined two bicycle dealers who denied being part of a cartel, but those who admitted guilt have got off scot-free.
Construction cartels, guilty of collusive practices could learn their fate as early as June, the Construction Industry Development Board has told MPs.
The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal investigate six companies in the glass sector for cartel behaviour.
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Apartheid’s economy has been built on cartels; that culture of collusion and criminality has left the deep structure of the siege years in place.
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/ 10 November 2010
Europe’s competition watchdog hit 11 airlines with nearly €800-million in fines on Tuesday for running a global cargo cartel.
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/ 6 September 2010
The Competition Commission has referred a complaint of collusive tendering and price-fixing in the tyre market to the Competition Tribunal.
South Africa’s oil companies are accused of running a bitumen cartel at the government’s expense, writes Lloyd Gedye.
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/ 23 October 2009
Chemicals giant could face billion-rand damages
claims, writes Lloyd Gedye.
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/ 20 September 2009
The Competition Commission is investigating cases against twelve wire manufacturers and four steel manufacturers for price-fixing.
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/ 4 September 2009
South African steel giants have been running a cartel for almost 10 years and divided up major private and public infrastructure projects among them.
Exposed: the construction industry is built on price- and market-fixing. Now the Competition Commission is investigating. Lloyd Gedye reports.
The Competition Commission says it has uncovered a ‘possible cartel operating among local bicycle retailers, aimed at increasing their margins’.
Alleged cartel behaviour by the fertiliser industry could open the way for civil lawsuits against large industry players such as Sasol.
Sasol on Friday accepted accountability for anti-competitive behaviour that led to an approximately R3-billion fine, but said it intends appealing.
Lloyd Gedye outlines the Competition Commission’s case against milk processors.