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Competition Authority Hosts Fourth National Competition Conference

The Competition Authority will hold the Fourth Annual National Competition Conference at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) on Thursday 26th March, 2015. The conference will be held under the theme; ‘ ’Competition and the Supply Chain’’ . The conference will be officially opened by...

Botswana and South African Competition Agencies Enhance Cooperation

The Competition Authority (CA) on 13 th March 2015 hosted staff from the Competition Commission of South Africa, (CompCom). Through such visits, the two competition agencies aim to build rapport amongst staff and enhance cooperation in areas such as information sharing. CA and Compcom staff held a...

CA Consults with Representatives of Merging Parties

The Competition Authority today (11 th February 2015) met with representatives of merging parties to brief them on the merger notification, merger assessment and merger determination processes as well as to receive feedback from them on their experiences and expectations, with the aim of improving...

Festive Season Closure

The Competition Authority will be closed for business between Monday 22 nd December 2014 and Friday 2 nd January 2015. That means the last working day will be Friday, 19 th December 2014 at 12.30pm, while the first working day of the new year will be Monday, 5 th January 2015 at 8am. The...

Competition Authority Commemorates World Competition Day

The Competition Authority today (5 th December) joined other competition agencies and civil society organisations in commemorating World Competition Day under the theme 'Competition Issues in Public Procurement'. To observe the day, the Authority hosted a panel discussion this morning based on the...

CA Staff Urged to Play Role in Prevention, Redress and Removal of HIV and AIDS

In line with their mandate of preventing, redressing and removing anti-competitive practices in the economy, staff of the Competition Authority have been urged to borrow the same language of ‘prevention’, ‘redressing’ and ‘removal’ and extend the same principles to the fight against HIV and AIDS...

Competition Authority Staff Awards 2014

The Competition Authority held its second annual Staff Awards on November 28 th to reward staff members and teams for the good work they did throughout the year. The CEO, Mr. Thula Kaira, presented the award winners with certificates and plaques. The Director of Mergers and Monopolies Ms. Magdeline...

Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry visits the Competition Authority

The new Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry, Honourable Sadique Kebonang, visited the offices of the Competition Authority and Competition Commission today (November 26 th) , and met with staff as part of his consultation and familiarisation tour of Departments and Parastatals under the...

Competition Authority Intervenes to Level the Playing Field

Over the past few months, the Competition Authority (CA) has intervened in a number of cases of anti-competitive conduct. Through the CA’s interventions, the market place in the supply of physiotherapy equipment and electrical hardware has been made more accessible for players that were hitherto...

CA Briefs UB Students on how Competition Benefits the Consumer

Innovative product delivery, quality products, a wider choice and lower prices have been identified as some of the benefits of competition to the consumer. In a lecture to University of Botswana students on November 7th, the Director of Communications and Advocacy, Mr. Gideon Nkala, said...

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