A new dispensation for excessive pricing in the South African competition amendment act

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2023

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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

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The Competition Act, 89 of 1998 (‘the 1998 Act’) was enacted as the law governing competition law in South Africa. Prior to its amendment, the provisions on excessive pricing were contained in section 8(a) of the 1998 Act which prohibited ‘dominant firms from charging excessive prices to the detriment of consumers’. The 1998 Act was amended by the Competition Act 18 of 2018 (‘the Amendment Act’). Central to these amendments was a change in approach to excessive pricing. In particular, the Amendment Act introduced a new test for excessive pricing and added new provisions to determine cases of excessive pricing. The purpose of this research report is to evaluate the new provisions of excessive pricing and to assess whether the newly introduced test for determining excessive pricing provides a clearer framework for competition authorities. The Report further discusses some of the seminal cases on excessive pricing decided pre and post the Amendment Act

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A research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Laws by Coursework and Research Report at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,2023

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The Competition Act, 89 of 1998, Law governing, Competition law in South Africa, Amendment, UCTD

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Mokoena, Moleboheng Andronica. (2023). A new dispensation for excessive pricing in the South African competition amendment act [Master’s dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WireDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/38650

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