Government aims to strengthen competition legislation this year with the intention of becoming more “proactive” around anti-competitive outcomes and behaviour. 13 Feb 2008
Hot on the heels of being fined for colluding on the price of bread, consumer goods giant Tiger Brands' health-care unit Adcock Ingram and several smaller health-care groups are in the spotlight for the same offence. 12 Feb 2008
Union calls for CEOs of Premier Foods, Pioneer Foods and Foodcorp to go over the bread-price fixing scandal. 8 Feb 2008
The Competition Tribunal has set down dates for hearings regarding the milk price fixing issue. 8 Feb 2008
Pick n Pay wants Government to look again at how the price of of fuel is regulated in South Africa. 6 Feb 2008
Consumers are unlikely to be the direct beneficiaries of the competition trial into the milk price-fixing scam. 5 Feb 2008
The Competition Commission goes after the price-fixers. 4 Feb 2008
Hot on the heals of news that the South African public has been ripped off for years on the price of bread, comes the news that eight dairy companies are in the spotlight, accused of fixing the price of milk. 31 Jan 2008
The practice of retaining borrowers' bankcards will no longer be tolerated in the credit industry. 31 Jan 2008
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Director-General for the United Nations, Jacques Diouf, has arrived in Addis Ababa for a working visit during which he will also attend the 10th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) to be held this week. 30 Jan 2008
This week the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism will publish regulations concerning abalone diving restrictions in a bid to protect wild resources. 29 Jan 2008
Some stores in East London have been caught selling underweight loaves of bread. 28 Jan 2008
While Business Unity South Africa (Busa) says it supports inflation targeting in SA – and recognises that CPIX is currently still outside the target range of 3-6%, the organisation has also issued a statement in which it says it believes that the Reserve Bank should not increase interest rates again at the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting this week. 28 Jan 2008
"Legitimate digital sales will accelerate, because the removal of DRM takes away a major impediment to the mass-market adoption of digital tracks," said Phil Leigh, senior analyst with Inside Digital Media. "That will remove a big incentive for using pirated tracks." 28 Jan 2008
The South African Bureau of Standards vowed to clamp down on retailers flouting bread production rules. 24 Jan 2008
Approximately 82,000 discs containing pirated copies of films, TV series and console and PC games were destroyed by SAFACT at a facility in Kyasands. 21 Jan 2008
Following an investigation into the illegal copying and selling of movies a complaint was laid by SAFACT with the Commercial Crime Unit of the SAPS in Pretoria. 21 Jan 2008
The Johannesburg Labour Court has instructed the sheriff to attach properties of two Bloemfontein Kwik Spar outlets, for auction to recover over R400,000 in outstanding employee salaries. 18 Jan 2008
The Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) is a statutory development agency for promoting, supporting and ensuring media development and diversity, set up as a partnership between the South African Government and major print and broadcasting media companies, in terms of the MDDA Act No. 14 of 2002. 11 Jan 2008
"Scraping" is the practice of taking data from other online firms and reorganizing or improving on it. The article's lead anecdote shows that scraping is risky business--you can either have an instant Web business or an instant lawsuit, depending on the case. 3 Jan 2008
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