The Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg Professor Ihron
Rensburg and the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Financial Sciences
Professor Amanda Dempsey, cordially invite you to the professorial inauguration of
Professor Simon Roberts, Executive Director at the Centre for Competition, Regulation
and Economic Development. The topic of his address will be: “Markets, fairness and
capabilities”.
Two very different responses to Uber - Kenya and South Africa
The Daily Maverick Show interview on “SA banks collusion and corruption”
How big supermarket chains in southern Africa keep out small suppliers
This article is part of a series of studies titled “barriers to entry”, specifically looking at the expansion of regional supermarket chains in southern Africa. The article draws from studies that look at the spread of supermarkets in the region and how the market power of large firms in different sectors can hold back economic development.
‘Tackle big business on many fronts’
Populism will not fix problems of economy
New entrants struggling to break into South Africa's retail industry
South Africa must tackle dominant firms to achieve better wealth distribution
Reena das Nair: New entrants struggling to break into South Africa's retail industry
Lifting competition barriers will help the economy grow
THE structure of SA’s economy welcomes few entrants. It is highly concentrated with insiders firmly entrenched. Widening access to the economy, according to the results of a set of studies released this week, will require a concerted and collaborative effort by the government to alter the economic landscape, remove barriers to entry, enhance competition and foster inclusive growth.