The signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with Pick n Pay confirms that the retailer has capped its gross profit margin for ginger and garlic...
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and the initial stockpiling of food and other items, government regulation of the prices of basic food and medical goods has received significant attention...
Willem H. Boshoff 14 May 2020
Healthcare is one of our economy's sectors most carefully scrutinised by local and international investors. This interest is unlikely to decrease in 2020, with the government's announcement of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill...
Madelein Barkhuizen 7 Jan 2020
Concerns raised by the Hospital Association of SA (Hasa) over contradictions in the NHI and the Medical Schemes Amendment that could lead to potential job losses has raised the ire of the national health minister...
Jasson Urbach 27 Feb 2019
The land based Public Passenger Transport Market Inquiry public hearings will be held in Tshwane and Johannesburg this week, says the Competition Commission...
Aspen Pharmacare is conducting a review of its global nutritionals business, with a view to entering into a strategic partnership or possibly a sale...
Imagine buying a solar panel from a hardware store, mounting it on your roof, then selling the green electricity you produce at a price you set...
Srinivasan Keshav 15 Jan 2018
A bumper harvest of Irish potatoes has pushed the prices of potatoes low, with dealers scrambling to come up with mechanisms to stabilise the prices and avoid losses to farmers...
Emmanuel Ntirenganya 27 Dec 2017
The Manufacturing Circle has launched a plan containing constructive and actionable steps to create an environment in which manufacturing in South Africa can thrive...
In 2004, the government introduced transparent pricing for medicines, including a single exit price for medicines sold in the private sector, to put a stop to discounts and additional levies on medicines...
Icasa is consulting the National Consumer Commission and the Competition Commission to find ways in which mobile data can be made more affordable...
Despite unprecedented economic challenges, the South African generics industry is expected to grow in 2017...
Compared to other technologies, smartphone usage is still in relative infancy, but growing as network access increases and real data prices fall. However, some feel that the rate of progress is not rapid enough...
Luke Muller 22 Dec 2016
Cellphone and smartphone usage is one of South Africa's great development success stories. Mobile telecommunications and smartphones have enabled...
Luke Muller 21 Dec 2016
Pharmacists should have a say in legislation affecting medicine pricing and not allow other parts of the supply chain to set the rules...
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has finally signed off on draft tariffs proposed by the airports regulator, providing relief to Airports Company SA...
A final five-year airport tariff is at last on the cards, which state-run Acsa hopes will reduce the possibility of it defaulting on its R11bn debt book...
Africa's biggest generic drug manufacturer, Aspen Pharmacare, is still cautiously eyeing the infant milk market in China despite its growth slowdown, company CEO Stephen Saad said Wednesday...
Coenraad Bezuidenhout, executive director of the Manufacturing Circle, answers questions such as why manufacturing production has decreased this year in South Africa, what are some of the main challenges the industry is facing, and what can be done to overcome such challenges...
Evan-Lee Courie 3 Jun 2015
Price regulation may not be appropriate in South Africa's private healthcare sector, says competition law specialist, Anthony Norton of Nortons Inc. He stressed that competition authorities should as a general rule be wary of seeking to be involved in the regulation of market prices.
Large mobile companies in SA continue to face intense scrutiny with Parliament saying on Friday (2 August) that it was only through legislative means that the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) can ensure reasonable pricing and market structure in the sector.
Bekezela Phakathi 5 Aug 2013
South Africa's communications regulator is failing to perform and allowing mobile service companies to "rip off" the poor, MPs said on Wednesday (31 July).
A potential inquiry by the Competition Commission of the private healthcare sector would need to be holistic if it were to get to the bottom of what is driving increased expenditure or costs in the broader sector.
South African banks have been waiting, perhaps with some anxiety, for final details of how a new financial services watchdog will expect them to treat their customers fairly, and what they can expect if they don't.
Water scarcity left 1.4 billion people living in “closed basin” regions in 2008, though that number is expected to grow to 1.8 billion by 2025, according to Worldwatch Institute, an independent research organisation that focuses on global sustainability issues.
Amy Lieberman 20 Aug 2009
Imagine if legal services were price-regulated: NHN.
Consumers may be able to challenge suppliers if the price seems to be unfair.
Sanchia Temkin 20 Jun 2008
The Department of Health has welcomed the decision by Netcare to reduce its charges for anaesthetic gases according to the single exit price legislation.
Gabi Khumalo 18 Feb 2008
Medi-Clinic Southern Africa (MCSA) wishes to comment on the issues pertaining to the increases in private hospital tariffs, which were highlighted in recent media reports.