John Oxenham

Surprise search and seizure visit at Unilever and Sime Darby in South Africa* The South African Competition Commission (“Commission”) has confirmed that it has conducted such a dawn raid operation at Unilever South Africa (Pty Ltd) (“Unilever”) and Sime Darby’s respective South African offices (...)

SA competition enforcer’s distribution monopoly case dismissed by Tribunal* South African Breweries distribution case dismissed The Competition Tribunal of South Africa has dismissed a monopolization case brought by the Competition Commission against South African Breweries (“SAB”). The (...)

Cable Cartel may lead to battle of the titans* The South African Competition Commission (the Commission) has recently referred its findings of cartel conduct against Alvern Cables, South Ocean Electric Wire Company (SOEW), Tulisa Cables, and Aberdare Cables who are all suppliers of power (...)

Commission’s fisheries merger conditions upheld on review by Tribunal* Competition Tribunal confirms Commission’s ruling on Oceana and Foodcorp merger Johannesburg-listed Ocean Group Limited is the largest fishing company in South Africa, whose fishing activities include inter alia the (...)

Kenya: Lafarge faces possible price-fixing penalties due to cross shareholding* East Africa back on antitrust enforcer’s mat in hybrid unilateral / collusion case The Kenyan Competition Authority has alleged that Lafarge has engaged in price-fixing due to the company’s cross-shareholding in (...)

Competition Commission concludes exclusive-lease investigation without taking action* The South African Competition Commission (“Commission”) has recently announced that it has concluded its investigation into the major retail grocery stores, namely Shoprite Holdings Ltd, Woolworths Holdings (...)

Quo vadis? Political interventionism in South African competition law* There has been a somewhat startling demonstration of diverging views regarding interventionism in competition matters between emerging and established jurisdictions. During the recent BRICS international competition (...)

South Africa- Supreme Court of Appeal upholds Competition Commission appeal relating to investigatory powers* The Supreme Court of Appeal (the “SCA”) upheld an appeal against a judgment of the Competition Appeal Court invalidating a complaint referred to the Competition Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) (...)

South African Competition Tribunal approves merger in record time of 4 hours* The South African Competition Tribunal received notice of, heard and approved the acquisition by construction firm, Stefanutti Stocks (Pty) Ltd, of Energotec, which is a division of First Strut (Pty) Ltd, and (...)

South Africa: Telkom fined again…* South Africa’s Competition Tribunal had a busy week last week tasked with considering the proposed penalties for the various construction companies and also confirming the second significant administrative penalty on South Africa’s incumbent provider of fixed (...)

South African Constitutional Court rules on appropriate test for class action relief for damages* ZA Constitutional Court broadens ambit of class-action relief As previously reported, the Supreme Court of Appeal (the “SCA”) handed down two judgments, in November 2012, in respect of the (...)

Tsogo Merger Unconditionally Approved* Unconditional approval of SA hotel deal The Competition Tribunal of South Africa (“Tribunal”) has unconditionally approved the merger of Southern Sun Hotel Interests (Pty) Ltd (“Southern Sun Hotel Interests”), which is a subsidiary of Tsogo Sun Holdings (...)