Efficient transport links are critical to enhancing the integration of markets in Southern Africa. This paper assesses the structure of markets, competition, and prices and costs of road transportation between urban hubs in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Key findings are...

This working paper forms part of South Africa's contributions to the BRICS Joint Working Group on Food and Agro-processing's overarching report on ‘The Global Food Value Chain and Competition Law and Policy in BRICS countries'. Constituted by the competition authorities of the BRICS countries,...

The strategies and investments of large firms can impact the growth and industrial development trajectory of economies. In the context of South Africa's deindustrialisation and the current policy direction towards growing the manufacturing sector, this study assesses the investments and...

This paper evaluates Transnet's attempt to engender local manufacturing through the procurement of 1,064 rail locomotives from four international bidders. Research based on interviews with rail industry stakeholders, although undertaken at an early stage of the procurement effort, shows that...

Following a comparative perspective, we assess the abuse of dominance provisions in competition law in Chile and South Africa. Unlike the institutional structure, that is similar in both countries, the legal provisions proscribing anti-competitive arrangements and conduct differ substantially....

The uncovering of several cartels and exclusionary practices by the Commission in the food and agro-processing sector has shown that the liberalization of the sector in 1996 did not necessarily increase competition and bring the benefits to consumers envisaged at the time. This paper draws on...

We assess the relationships between the strategies of large corporations, increased participation and investment in improved productive capabilities, and competition through a case study of South Africa. South Africa is a particularly pertinent case study as the economic reform process...

The South African economy is characterized by concentrated industries, which pose particular challenges for the increased participation agenda. One such industry is the beer industry, where the competition authorities have failed to address market power and the structure of the industry...

This study examines barriers to entry in the South African retail banking informed by Capitec's experiences as an entrant. In some ways Capitec's experience is exceptional. It surged ahead early attempts to bank the excluded from banks such as Ubank (former Teba Bank) and the Mzansi initiative....

Fixed to mobile substitution is a trend that is reshaping the telecommunications industry. Telkom's response to this trend, for example, has been to build a mobile network to recapture revenues lost to mobile operators. The question is, to what extent are fixed and mobile networks substitutes,...