by Tenile Timmins | Mar 20, 2025 | Constitutional Issues, Healthcare, Private healthcare
The Health Market Inquiry (HMI) chaired by former Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo was a comprehensive investigation into South Africa’s private healthcare sector and aimed to understand why healthcare costs are so high, why competition in the market is limited and...
by Tenile Timmins | Mar 3, 2025 | Competition Commission, M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions
Before the enactment of the Amendment Act, section 118 of the Act defined a ‘regulated company’ as a profit company which is a party to an ‘affected transaction’ or an offer involving the securities of such company and which includes – (a) a public company; (b) a...
by Tenile Timmins | Mar 3, 2025 | Companies Act, Companies Amendment Act
Section 48 of the Act deals with the requisition of shares by a company or its subsidiaries from its shareholders. Before the Amendment Act, section 48 set out numerous prerequisites to be met in instances where a company intended to repurchase its own shares. The...
by Tenile Timmins | Mar 3, 2025 | BEE, ICASA, Satellite Internet, Starlink
What is ICASA?ICASA is the official regulator of the South African communications, broadcasting and postal services sectors and is tasked with inter alia developing regulations and issuing licences to telecommunications and broadcasting service providers. These rules...
by Tenile Timmins | Feb 27, 2025 | Competition Commission, Constitutional Court, Mergers & Acquisitions, Retrenchments
The dispute originated from a larger merger in 2016, which combined several South African companies into the single entity Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (Pty) Ltd (Coca-Cola). The merger was approved by the Competition Commission under the Competition Act 89 of...
