The University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development (CCRED) will be hosting an online launch of the book titled Fighting Cross- Border Cartels: The Perspective of the Young and Small Competition Authorities by Dr. Pierre Horna

Since the 2012 Marikana killings there has been a boom in scholarship about labour relations in the South African mining sector, focused primarily on the ability of workers to organise and the role of state violence in policing strikes. Quality of life issues in mining communities are usually explored only insofar as they affect these labour relations. This focus is incomplete, because it ignores the way that services and infrastructure in mining communities affect local residents who have no formal links to the mine.

A Public Lecture to be presented by Professor Stefano Ponte, Professor of International Political Economy at the Copenhagen Business School.

Strong growth in global demand for fresh fruit presents opportunities to grow exports, increase participation of emerging black farmers and create employment. However, challenges of market access and readiness, particularly phytosanitary standards, limited technical skills and capabilities, including logistics bottlenecks, limit this potential.

The Competition amendment Bill has sparked debate on the role of competition in delivering increased participation and economic transformation. This is not surprising given that the nature of competitive rivalry and the identity of market participants are central to the quality of growth that can be achieved.

Agreeing upon and sustaining cartel outcomes requires some form of communication between competitors. The role of information exchange in dampening competition or facilitating cartel conduct is a contentious topic and one that the Competition Commission continues to face as firms find more creative and sophisticated ways to collude.

The Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development (CCRED) invites you to a Public Platform on 'Ownership, control and investment in South Africa – 23 years on'.

The public lecture will be presented by Prof. Massimo Motta (Barcelona GSE). The lecture would be on the Standards for Merger Review focusing on Key Insights from European Cases.