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Competition Authority Launch

For some time, Botswana has not had a dedicated competition law regime and competition in certain sectors has been governed only by industry-specific legislation, such as the Industrial Development Act, the Trade and Liquor Act, the Consumer Protection Act and the Companies Act. In 2009 the...

The Competition Authority Celebrates its First Anniversary and Launches Website

The Competition Authority has in its first year of operation strived to guard against complacency and mediocrity even though competition law is new to Botswana. This was said by the Chief Executive Officer Mr Thula Kaira at a news conference on Tuesday 24th April 2012 to mark the Authority’s first...

Commemoration of the UN Set of Principles and Rules on Competition

The Competition Commission and the Competition Authority in Botswana joined the competition family to commemorate the UN Set of Principles and Rules on Competition. Under Resolution 35/63 on 5 December 1980, the UN General Assembly adopted The Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and...

The Competition Authority has entered into mutual settlement agreements with BOMAID and AON Holdings

This is after BOMAID and AON Holdings respectively filed notices of appeal to the competition Commission against the determination of the Authority in mergers notifications they filed. AON Holdings and BOMAID were both aggrieved by the determination of the Authority. The Authority had in December...

Competition Authority hosts Seconds National Stakeholders Conference

The Competition Authority and the Competition Commission held the second National Stakeholders Conference in Gaborone on March 15th at the Gaborone e International Convention Centre. The Conference held under the theme, ‘Towards a Culture of Fair Competition’ was an effort by the two bodies to...

The Competition Commission can now adjudicate over cases

The public and the business community are informed that the Competition Commission can now sit to determine cases brought before it. This follows the publication of the Rules for the Conduct of Proceedings of the Competition Commission in the Government Gazette. The Rules set out the procedures to...

The Competition Authority meets Bank of Botswana

The Competition Authority and Bank of Botswana Management met on March 7th 2013 for purposes of making presentations to each other about their respective mandates. This meeting was essential as it is a precursor to the negotiations of the M emorandum of Understanding that both agencies will enter...

Competition Authority turns two

The Competition Authority (CA) will this Thursday (April 18, 2013) be celebrating its second year anniversary. It was on this day two years ago that the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Competition Authority, Mr Thula Kaira, reported for duty as the first and the only employee of the...

Competition Authority receives Choppies/Supersave/Megasave Merger Notification

The Competition Authority has received a merger notification between Choppies Enterprises Limited [Choppies], Supasave (Pty) Ltd and Megasave (Pty) Ltd. The proposed merger is in terms of Choppies acquiring all issued shares of Supasave and Megasave. Choppies is a service provider of fast moving...

Competition Authority at the BOCCIM Northern Trade Fair

In an effort to spread the message of Fair Competition, the Competition Authority participated at the Botswana Confederation of Commerce, Industry and Manpower (BOCCIM) Northern Trade Fair which was held if Francistown from May 29 th to June 1 st 2013. The theme for the Fair was “Unlocking...

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