Amendment of Competition Act borders on redundancy‚ may drive cartels underground‚ lawyer
19 May 2016 - 16:57
While the amendment of the Competition Act from May 1 allows for directors and managers of businesses to be held criminally liable for a company’s collusive behaviour‚ this appears to be a duplication of enforcement and borders on redundancy. This is the view of Maphanga Maseko‚ associate in competition law at TGR Attorneys‚ who says the amendment may make the task of uncovering cartels much harder in the future.
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