24 October 2025
Galito’s Mobile (Pty) Ltd v Tetz Investment (Pty) Ltd and Others, High Court (Limpopo Division), (unreported) 22 October 2025 tested the enforceability of restraint of trade clauses in a franchise agreement after a franchise relationship broke down. The court dismissed the franchisor’s bid to prevent former associates from operating as a competitor
Co-authored by Adriaan Lourens (candidate attorney) and Mohammed Dada (candidate attorney)
Earlier this year, the Committee responsible for Initial Determinations (CID), the adjudicative arm of the COMESA Competition Commission (CCC), approved a significant settlement reached between the CCC and a large multinational beverage company. This settlement follows an investigation by the Secretariat, the investigating arm
The Competition Amendment Bill proposes giving the Competition Commission broader powers, with more substantial remedies and the threshold for initiating a market inquiry has been lowered. Key changes include the expansion of the scope of market inquiries, the provision of a notification and consultation process with sector regulators and the granting of substantial powers to
On 1 August 2018, the Competition Commission called for final comments on its far-reaching Code of Conduct for Competition in the Automotive Industry. The code will materially impact a range of stakeholders, including motor insurers. This consultation is the last opportunity for stakeholders to comment before they decide whether or not to sign up to
A controversial introduction in the latest draft of the Competition Amendment Bill of 2018 is the inclusion of a section that requires the State President to constitute a standing committee of cabinet ministers and public officials to consider whether a merger, involving a foreign acquiring firm, will be adverse to national security interests in the
The Irish Independent has reported that the Irish Competition Commission has called out the head of Insurance Ireland (which represents 95% of the domestic market) for saying that car insurance rates were set to rise by 25% in 2016 and that there was “further upward pressure on premiums”.
The Commission said that statements of this