Eight insurance firms are being probed over price-fixing allegations. Legally, clients can claim for damages but experts say they should not hold their breath
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The companies are BrightRock Life, Discovery, FMI (a division of Bidvest Life) Hollard, Momentum, Old Mutual Insure, Professional Provident Society and Sanlam
The Bill seeks to close loopholes in the current Competition Act, and define contraventions and uncompetitive conduct by companies more explicitly
Amendments will be challenged if they curtail the state’s ability to promote local manufacturing
The business of sport in South Africa is coming under the focus of the Competition Commission on concerns that some practices may be uncompetitive
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The protection afforded by due process must be weighed against access to fair compensation, writes Kasturi Moodaliyar.
The battle to establish jurisprudence for competition law is becoming heated as the legal fraternity and the competition authorities face off.
A leadership tussle in the Competition Commission has led to a preliminary inquiry by the department of economic developmentm, writes Lloyd Gedye.
The strict conditions applied to Media24’s acquisition of The Witness by the Competition Tribunal reinforces concerns about the deal.
Oceana’s claim that consumers were not harmed in anticompetitive practices rings hollow, writes Lloyd Gedye.
With five key divisions of Sasol under investigation by competition authorities in SA and abroad, its senior management is in the firing line.
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/ 26 January 2009
The Competition Tribunal has written to Altech CEO Craig Venter demanding that he retract a statement made to a newspaper.