The Competition Commission has given three major construction firms the green light to enter into economic alliances with black-owned firms recommending that the deals be approved by the Competition Tribunal. Large construction firm Raubex is...
Independent South African aviation groups Airlink and Safair recently announced their intention to merge in order to share costs. In a statement released on Monday the companies said they would apply to the Competition Commission for approval to...
South Africa’s Competition Commission has announced reaching a settlement agreement with ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited (AMSA), finalising all pending investigations and prosecutions against AMSA. AMSA has admitted having been involved in the...
The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) is suing construction firms found guilty of collusion where the agency was affected. The roads agency has confirmed that it has lodged civil damages claims with the Gauteng Local Division High Court...
Skywise has sent a letter to Tembinkosi Bonakele, commissioner of the Competition Commission, asking that the low-cost airline’s case it has brought against Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) be expedited and referred to the Competition...
Despite constructions firms’ best intentions to get on the right side of the public sector’s perception they have been punched with a body shot from SARS. This follows the widely publicised affair of 15 companies paying a total fine of R1.46...
The practice of collusion was almost entrenched in South Africa’s construction and engineering industry, says the advocate who led the Competition Commission’s fast-track settlement process into collusion in the construction industry. Oliver Josie,...
Imperial Logistics has made an urgent request for the Competition Commission to initiate a market inquiry into the general state of competition in the domestic overnight express airfreight market. Cobus Rossouw, Imperial Logistics chief integration...
When Aveng Group CEO Roger Jardine joined Aveng Limited in 2008, part of his motivation was the importance of infrastructure as a key economic driver for the country and the contribution he personally was qualified to make. Then came the 2008...