South Africa’s Competition Tribunal dismissed an application brought by a respondent against the Competition Commission of South Africa to recover costs incurred in preparing to oppose a consolidation application brought, and later withdrawn, by the commission.

The Competition Tribunal has dismissed an application for interim relief brought under the Competition Act, by Reclamation Technology Group (RTG) against Gallo Africa 

South Africa’s Competition Commission is given a lot of leeway by the Competition Tribunal in its investigation powers

With 23 specialists, Webber Wentzel Bowens has the largest competition practice in South Africa. The firm augmented its practice this year by bringing three partners from within the firm – dispute resolution specialists Stuart McCafferty and Nick Alp, and mining specialist Peter Leon. Their sideways move puts Webber Wentzel second-equal on the GCR 100 leader board for lateral hires.

South African firm Bowman Gilfillan boosted its competition practice this year, recruiting partner Jean Meijer from Cliffe Dekker and promoting two specialists internally. Tamara Dini in Cape Town and Lulama Mtanga in Johannesburg joined the partnership in March 2007. Besides Meijer, the group boasts two other Who’s Who nominees: Derek Lotter and practice leader Robert Legh.

On 6 September, South Africa’s Competition Tribunal imposed a record 691.8 million rand (US$100 million) administrative penalty on Mittal Steel South Africa for charging an excessive price, to the detriment of consumers

South Africa’s Competition Appeal Court recently considered whether it had theappropriate jurisdiction to review decisions of the Competition Commission directly.

South Africa's Competition Tribunal recently applied the 'failing firm' defence to approve a merger in the market for the provision of private healthcare

Competition specialist Jocelyn Katz is joining Edward Nathan's Johannesburg office. Katz left Webber Wentzel Bowens, where she was also a partner, on 6 October.