The Competition Authority will close for the Christmas and New Year Holidays at noon on Friday 23 rd December 2016. The office will reopen on Monday 9 th January 2017 at 8am. The Competition Commission and the Competition Authority wish all our valued Stakeholders a merry Christmas and a prosperous...
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The Competition Authority of Botswana (CA) on December 5 th joined other competition agencies in observing World Competition Day. A panel discussion on the ‘Linkages between Competition and Intellectual Property” which is the theme for this year, was held to celebrate this day. Panelists included...
The Competition Authority will on Monday 5th December 2016, join the rest of the world to celebrate World Competition Day (WCD). Every year on December 5th civil society organisations, consumer and competition agencies celebrate World Competition Day under a chosen theme. This year the WCD theme is...
The Competition Authority invites members of the public to a hearing in relation to the proposed transaction which involves the acquisition of assets and cession of the main contracts belonging to 4MS Group Holdings (Pty) Ltd by Transport Holdings Ltd. The public hearing will be held on 9 th...
African countries can experience significant economic growth and poverty alleviation if competition in consumer markets and key sectors is increased. This is according to a report which was presented in Cape Town, South Africa, by the African Competition Forum (ACF) and the World Bank Group on 6 th...
The Competition Authority has approved with conditions the acquisition of the entire issued shareholding of Warbler Holdings (Pty) Ltd by Bluehearts (Pty) Ltd. Bluehearts, the acquiring enterprise, is a company solely owned by Mr. Ramachandran Ottapathu, the CEO of the Choppies Group. Warbler...
The Competition Authority in conjunction with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will on Tuesday 26 th July 2016 hold a national workshop on bid-rigging under the theme “Fighting Bid-Rigging in Public Procurement ”. The workshop, which will be held at Cresta Lodge in...
Pursuant to section 58(1) of the Competition Act (Cap 46:09), the Competition Authority invites members of the public to a hearing in relation to the proposed transaction which involves the acquisition of the entire issued shareholding of Warbler Holdings (Pty) Ltd in IT4Africa (Pty) Ltd; Goldtech...
The Competition Authority (CA) and the Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) today (16 th June 2016) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which formalises cooperation between the two institutions. Through the MoU, CA and CIPA pledge to cooperate and share relevant information...
Heads of SADC competition authorities will tomorrow (26 th May 2016) sign a joint Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in the enforcement of competition, which will be held at Masa Square Hotel in Gaborone at 17:30 Hours. Members of the press are cordially invited to the signing ceremony...