�Bid-rigging� companies ordered to file defences

The companies, Creative Business Solutions, trading as Bread and Butter Foods and Rabbit Group were dragged before the commission by the Competition Authority (CA) being accused of colluding on a P114 million tender to supply schools across the country with sugar beans from China.

Bread and Butter Foods was awarded tenders for Palapye, Selebi Phikwe, Francistown and Maun while Rabbit Group was awarded tenders for Lobatse, Gaborone and Mahalapye.