Towards a Competition Culture Advocacy and Outreach in the South African Competition Regime

Trudi Makhaya, Aug 27, 2012

When South Africa’s modern competition regime came into effect, the country did not have much of a competition culture to speak of. The economy was lumbering under the legacy of highly concentrated markets, international isolation, and the exclusion of the majority of the population from meaningful participation. The passage of the Competition Act and the launch of new competition authorities in 1999 marked a departure from this history.

Though there had been a