NEWS RELATED TO competition-commission

News

‘There will be consequences’: Ntshavheni slams private sector for trying to collapse SA with rand manipulation

Standard Chartered admits it manipulated the rand, agrees to R42 million fine

Unilever price-fixing: Competition Tribunal accepts R16m settlement

News

Govt’s cost-cutting plans ‘will hit poor South Africans more’

News

SA consumers alarmed by dramatic increases in food prices

Competition Commission: terms of reference for media and digital platforms inquiry

Sasol still awaits approval to sell cyanide business

Competition Commission to investigate steel market

Personal Finance

Unjustified price increases for essential food worries Competition Commission

Competition Commission guns for ChatGPT, other digital media platforms

Competition Commission’s school uniform guidelines changes a life

Competition commission to conduct inquiry into fresh produce market in SA

Personal Finance

Competition Commission’s school uniform guidelines seem to be making life easier for parents

School uniforms battle continues

Competition Commission raids Discovery, Hollard, Momentum, Old Mutual, and more

Cooking oil, bread price increases may be the work of opportunistic retailers

Tech giants won’t take kindly to Competition Commission’s move

News

Doris Tshepe appointed as new commissioner of Competition Commission

Competition Commission meeting with other airlines over Comair grounding flights

Construction companies settle multi-million-rand claim over World Cup stadium

Comair scandal: Steep hike in plane fares no surprise

Comair scandal: Commission warns of action over spike in ticket prices

Technology and Science

WhatsApp says GovChat & #LetsTalk violated terms of service

Competition Commission warns airlines against price gouging

Competition Commission wants Facebook and WhatsApp prosecuted for abusing dominance

Competition Commission charges Wesbank and Toyota Financial Services with collusion

Private pathologists agree to another Covid rapid antigen test price cut

New PCR test prices could squeeze small labs out of the market

SACP calls on government to protect citizens against unfair healthcare pricing

Profits from Covid test just pure capitalism

Covid test: Even reduced price is too much – or do I smell corruption?

News

Competition commissioner says Covid-19 test aren’t exorbitantly high

Daily news updates: Ramaphosa tests positive for Covid-19, PCR test price drops, drama at Abu Dhabi Prix

Competition Commission announces deal to lower price of Covid PCR test to R500

Competition Commission hands over Economy Concentration Tracker Report to Minister Patel

Competition Tribunal imposes strict conditions on sale of Burger King

Competition Commission calls for participation in online market inquiry

Buy local and shorten the supply chain

Food pricing report shows drop in number of farmers

Crime

Global spark plug supplier charged with collusion

New deal on car repairs: non-OEM workshops can now service your car

Here are your new options for servicing or repairing your car from 1 July

Is it really in ‘public interest’ to tell black owners they can’t sell to non-blacks?

Competition Commission launches inquiry into online shops

News

Competition Commission’s work made an impact during Covid-19 pandemic

Vodacom’s data price cuts actually part of Comp Comm agreement

Stumbling block in using third parties to service your car

Pick n Pay caps profit on ginger and garlic

Competition Commission: Prices of police masks was ‘gouging’

Isn’t it time we got rid of school uniforms?

Competition Commission and school governing bodies sign school uniform agreement

Funeral parlours facing backlash over excessive pricing claims

News

Cambridge Foods price-gouged on maize meal, Competition Tribunal confirms

Food Lover’s Market found guilty for excessive pricing for ginger

Cape Town chemical firm agrees to pay R600K for doubling price of hand sanitiser

Competition watchdog sues banks accused of forex rigging

Two companies inflating mask prices by 950% ordered to pay R1.5m penalty

Over 1,300 complaints received by Competition Commission on inflated prices

Competition Commission cracks down on mask suppliers who hiked prices by over 950%

MTN becomes last network to reach data price cut agreement with Competition Commission

Competition Commission slaps another company with R11m penalty over face mask prices

Dis-Chem charged for inflating mask prices from 28 March

News

CompCom names company facing prosecution for hiking prices

Time to snitch on price gougers

Crime

30 companies investigated for excessive price hikes

Action against price-gouging businesses already under way

Eleven companies are being investigated for charging exorbitant prices – Ebrahim Patel

Competition Commission ‘surprised’ by MTN’s announcement on data prices – report

News

Committee welcomes Vodacom agreement settlement on data prices

News

Government should subsidise taxis just like it did with buses and trains, says Competition Commission

‘No justification for govt to subsidise middle class,’ says CompCom on Gautrain

News

Prasa accused of selectively hiking bus operator fees at Park Station

News

Competition Commission extends Vodacom, MTN’s deadline for slashed data prices

Schools warned to adhere to school uniform price guidelines

We’re in talks with mobile operators for cheaper data – Ndabeni-Abrahams