Mergers

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Key aspects of South Africa's new public interest guidelines

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Key aspects of South Africa's new public interest guidelines

Teboho Bosiu

According to the South African Competition Act, the competition authorities are obliged to consider public interest grounds in merger analysis. The guidelines which were recently finalised by the Competition Commission of South Africa, and gazetted in 2 June 2016, seek to provide guidance on how the Commission will evaluate public interest considerations when evaluating mergers.

Update: COMESA merger guidelines

Update: COMESA merger guidelines

Anthea Paelo

The COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) in October 2014 published merger guidelines to help clarify procedural issues regarding the notification of mergers. The CCC is relatively new having been established in January 2013. In the last year alone, the CCC has approved mergers worth over US$41 billion.