African Rainbow Capital (Pty) Ltd v Ooba (Pty) Ltd (LM257MAR16) [2016] ZACT 84; [2016] 2 CPLR 794 (CT) (7 September 2016)
Court
Competition Tribunal
Case number
LM257Mar16
Judges
AW Wessels, Fiona Tregenna, Andiswa Ndoni
The Competition Tribunal conditionally approved ARC’s acquisition of a 30% stake in ooba, imposing behavioural conditions to address coordination and information-sharing risks.
Business Venture Investments No. 1658 (Pty) Ltd v AFGRI Operations Limited and Others (87/LM/Sep12) [2013] ZACT 30 (7 May 2013)
Court
Competition Tribunal
Case number
87/LM/Sep12
Judges
Andreas Wessels, Medi Mokuena, Merle Holden
The Tribunal found that the proposed joint venture between Afgri and Senwes, while presenting limited horizontal overlap in retail activities and no significant vertical foreclosure risks, raised a material risk of post-merger coordinated effects due to multimarket contact and a history of collusion. The Tribunal accepted the Commission's concerns regarding the potential for anti-competitive information exchange and the need for robust behavioural conditions. The Tribunal imposed enhanced conditions, including confidentiality agreements for directors and employees, a comprehensive compliance…
Calulo Investments (Pty) Ltd and Another v FFS Refineries (Pty) Ltd (91/LM/Oct12) [2013] ZACT 42 (19 April 2013)
Court
Competition Tribunal
Case number
91/LM/Oct12
Judges
A Wessels, M Mazwai, A Roskam
The Tribunal conditionally approved Calulo and Investec’s merger with FFS, imposing behavioural conditions to prevent input foreclosure in the brick market.
Actom (Pty) Ltd v Savcio Holdings (Pty) Ltd (70/LM/Aug11) [2012] ZACT 35; [2012] 2 CPLR 409 (CT) (8 May 2012)
Court
Competition Tribunal
Case number
70/LM/Aug11
Judges
Yasmin Carrim, Andreas Wessels, Takalani Madima
The Tribunal conditionally approved Actom’s merger with Savcio, imposing behavioural conditions on commutator and copper wire supply, cross-directorships, and monitoring.
Softline (Pty) Ltd and Another v Competition Commission of South Africa, In re: Softline (Pty) Ltd v Netcash (Pty) Ltd (82/AM/Dec10) [2011] ZACT 74 (30 September 2011)
Court
Competition Tribunal
Case number
82/AM/Dec10
Judges
Y Carrim, A Wessels, M Holden
The Competition Tribunal conditionally approved Softline’s acquisition of Netcash, finding that revised behavioural conditions adequately addressed technical foreclosure risks.