Browsing: competition tribunal

MultiChoice has hit back strongly at claims by another media group Caxton and by two public broadcasting advocacy groups that its 2013 deal with the SABC over the supply of two television

Media group Caxton and two public broadcasting advocacy groups, SOS: Support Public Broadcasting Coalition and Media Monitoring Africa, are challenging a 2013 deal between MultiChoice and the SABC that appears to have led to the latter abandoning its support of

The Competition Tribunal has approved MTN’s acquisition of a majority 50% stake in Internet service provider Afrihost without attaching any conditions to the deal. The approval follows the recommendation last week

Long-serving Datacentrix director Gary Morolo is stepping down as chairman and board member of the JSE-listed technology services company “with immediate effect”. Morolo, who joined Datacentrix 15 years ago and who served as its CEO, is leaving following news at the end of last month that the

The Competition Tribunal has approved what it’s described as a hostile bid by JSE-listed technology group Pinnacle to acquire a controlling interest in another listed technology company, Datacentrix, subject to conditions recommended by the Competition Commission. Pinnacle has

Don’t look now, but something profound is happening at Telkom. The new management team, led by group CEO Sipho Maseko and board chairman Jabu Mabuza, appears to be actively trying to change (well-founded) perceptions that the company is a litigious and rapacious

The Competition Tribunal has given “formal confirmation” to the settlement agreement reached between the Competition Commission and Telkom, the telecommunications operator said on Thursday. The agreement has been made an order of the tribunal, Telkom said. “This agreement

Competition cases, such as the two Telkom recently agreed to settle with South Africa’s Competition Commission, are outside the purview of the law, exploit public distrust of private-sector companies, enrich competition authorities and extract shareholder funds from companies by encouraging executives

The Competition Tribunal on Wednesday appeared set to agree to the terms of a settlement reached between the Competition Commission and Telkom concerning anticompetitive abuses by the operator between 2005 and 2007. The settlement includes payment