Latest News

CA Rejects Choppies Buying Group Exemption Application

At its Exemptions Review Committee Meeting held on 16 th September 2014, the Competition Authority determined to reject the application for an exemption from the provisions of the Competition Act by Choppies Distribution Centre (Pty) Ltd, Payless Supermarket (Pty) Ltd and Woodblock (Pty) Ltd. This...

BNP Paribas and Atlas Mara Acquisitions Approved

The Competition Authority has unconditionally authorised the proposed acquisition of 50% of the issued share capital in RCS Investment Holdings Limited by BNP Paribas Personal Finance S. A., as well as the proposed acquisition of 100% control In African Banking Corporation Holdings Limited By Atlas...

Parastatals Trained to Detect and Prevent Bid-rigging

Parastatals officers involved in public procurement have been trained to detect and prevent bid rigging in tenders. The training took place at a training workshop for parastatals organised by the Competition Authority this week. Giving the keynote address at the workshop the Executive Director of...

Competition Authority Scoops most media visible parastatal award

The Competition Authority has scooped the Most Media Visible Parastatal Award at the annual Ministry of Trade and Industry Awards. This was one of two awards for parastatals at the MTI Awards which were held on 5th June at the Gaborone International Convention Centre. The Citizen Entrepreneurial...

Market Study Reveals Competition Concerns in Botswana's Poultry Industry

The findings of three regional market studies were recently presented by the African Competition Forum (ACF) at the annual meeting of the International Competition Network (ICN) in Marrakesh, Morocco. The market studies were in the Cement, Sugar and Poultry Sectors, and were conducted under the...

CA Attends Kgatleng District Open and Market Day in Ramotlabaki

The Competition Authority graced the Kgatleng District Open and Market Day which was held in Ramotlabaki village and used the day as an opportunity to educate the locals about its mandate. The event was held at the Ramotlabaki Kgotla on May 28th. When welcoming the guests, the chief of the village...

The Competition Authority and the NBFIRA pave way for cooperation

The Competition Authority continues to forge bilateral cooperation with sector regulators in an effort to create a culture of competition and compliance with Botswana’s competition law and policy. On December 6th, 2012, the CA met with the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (...

South Sudan Benchmarks with the Competition Authority

The Competition Authority hosted a delegation from South Sudan on Thursday October 25 th , which was visiting Botswana on a bench-marking mission under the auspices of the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre. The delegation which comprised senior government officials and an official from the...

Taking Competition Law and Policy to the People

The Competition Authority and the Competition Commission held the second National Stakeholders Conference in Francistown at Cresta Marang Gardens on Tuesday September 25, 2012. The Conference held under the theme, ‘Creating Wealth through Fair Competition’ was part of the advocacy programme to...

Mozambican Minister Visits the Competition Authority

The Mozambican Minister of Trade and Industry, Honourable Armando Inroga visited the Competition Authority on August 3 rd ,2012 while on an official benchmarking visit to Botswana. Mozambique is in the process of setting up a Competition Authority and found it fit to visit the Authority in order to...

Latest News

Pages

Search form