2014/15 Annual Report

Annual Report 2014/15
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LIST OF TABLES (CONTINUED)
Table 13: Presentations at conferences 59
Table 14: Sample of stakeholder engagements and presentations 65
made in 2014/15
Table 15: Agencies involved in Competitive Dynamics and Regional 66
Trade Flows research programme
Table 16: Commission publications and website visits over a 68
five-year period
Table 17: Comparative breakdown of staff complement,
72
2009/10-2014/15
Table 18: Study loan programmes registered for 2014/15 73
Table 19: Breakdown of Graduate Trainees per Institution 74
Table 20: Meetings of the Risk and Audit Committees held 78
during the financial year
Table 21: Strategic risks and mitigating actions 80
Table 22: Planned outputs and results of the Commission’s 83
programmes for the 2014/15 financial year
LIST OF CASE STUDIES’ BOXES
Case Study 1: New entrant in the milling industry 15
Case Study 2: Hearing of the predatory pricing complaint Against 27
Media 24
Case Study 3: Exemptions granted to the National Hospital Network 29
Case Study 4: Exemptions granted to Squid and Lobster Industries 29
Case Study 5: Phase 2 Construction Fast Track Settlement process 31
Case Study 6: Dawn Raids conducted in 2014/15 32
Case Study 7: Price fixing, market division and collusive tendering in 33
respect of electric cables
Case Study 8: Fixing the purchase price of scrap metal 33
LIST OF CASE STUDIES’ BOXES (CONTINUED)
Case Study 9: Price-fixing in the pelagic fishing market 33
Case Study 10: Preventing market dominance in the merger involving 37
HCI and Atterbell
Case Study 11: Merger involving Tsogo Sun and Sunwest and 38
Worcester Casino
Case Study 12: Merger involving Ferro Industrial Products and 38
Arkema Resins
Case Study 13: Employment considerations in mergers in the furniture 45
industry
Case Study 14: The right to the record of the Commission’s decision 47
to initiate a complaint
Case Study 15: The right to the record of the Commission’s decision 48
to refer a complaint to the Tribunal
Case Study 16: Review of the Commission’s decision to grant 48
conditional immunity in terms of the Corporate Leniency Policy
Case Study 17: Safeguarding the rights of consumers to bring civil 52
claims for damages
Case Study 18: Inputs into Policy & Regulation 56
Case Study 19: The Netcare Judgement 61
Case Study 20: School Uniform Advocacy 63
Case Study 21: Supermarket retailers 64
Case Study 22: EDD Deputy Minister Outreach Programme 65
Case Study 23: Regional skills training with the US Federal Trade 67
Commission and Department of Justice
Case Study 24: Public seminar of on the contribution and impact 69
competition policy on socio-economic rights
Case Study 25: 8th Annual Conference and 15-Year Celebration 69