Author: Zakhele Mthembu

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Should consumer benefits guide merger decisions?

Even though we do not yet know the reasoning of the Tribunal as to why it blocked the merger between these two parties, we can be sure that its reasoning is premised on a failure on the part of the parties to satisfy one of the myriad requirements in section 12 of the Competition Act.

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The state is to blame for SA’s unemployment

The JSEC allows workers to choose to be exempt from certain provisions of SA’s various labour laws, allowing a South African to compete with the hypothetical immigrant on an even footing, without being inhibited by legislation.

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