The key changes from the promulgated 2010 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2010) can be summed up in three short statements.
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South Africa: The Competition Amendment Bill, 2018 introduced in Parliament: National security considerations
Section 18A applies to those mergers that must be notified to the Competition Commission (Commission) in terms of Section 13A(1) of the Act.
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A “market inquiry” is a formal inquiry in respect of the general state of competition in a market for particular goods or services.
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In the circumstances, the reasons for the proposed changes appear misdirected and there are no apparent grounds.
Continue readingSouth Africa: Perspectives on risk allocation under the new FIDIC
Now that the new FIDIC suite of contracts has been in circulation for a few months, industry players are starting to look at the bolts.
Continue readingSouth Africa: The proposed amendments to the exemption provisions of the Competition Act, 89 of 1998
A clear focus of the Bill is to address two persistent structural constraints on the South African economy.
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