Crackdown on Cartels Highlights the Need for Competition Law Compliance in South Africa

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Heather Irvine, Mar 27, 2008

The South African Competition Commission intensified its efforts to combat cartel activity in 2007, and a number of cases involving price-fixing and market division in key sectors of the South African economy were referred to the Competition Tribunal for adjudication. Various factors have contributed to successful prosecutions:

• First, the Competition Commission is increasingly in a position to initiat