Whether excessive pricing has been clarified and settled in South African Competition law

In South Africa, excessive pricing is regarded as one of the most harmful contraventions of the Competition Act as it has an explicit damaging impact on consumers. It is within the scope of abuse of dominance which directly contradicts the preamble of the Act which aims to “promote the efficiency, a…

http://www.polity.org.za/article/whether-excessive-pricing-has-been-clarified-and-settled-in-south-african-competition-law-2017-05-03

Competition Commission is looking for precedent setting excessive pricing case

The South African Competition Commission recently referred a supplier of the main ingredient in bricks used in the construction of affordable housing to the Competition Tribunal for charging excessive prices. The Commission said that the supplier of clinker ash for bricks, Afrimat and its two subsid…

http://www.polity.org.za/article/competition-commission-is-looking-for-precedent-setting-excessive-pricing-case-2017-04-25