CA seeks to tighten screws on cartels
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Currently, bid-rigging is not a criminal conduct under Botswana laws, according to Duncan Morotsi, director of legal and enforcement. Giving a presentation at the national bid-rigging workshop that was held in Gaborone on Tuesday, he said the law should be amended to punish those officials found to be engaged in aiding or abetting the conduct.
Morotsi noted that the Competition Act prohibits horizontal agreements, directly or indirectly fixing a purchasing or selling price or dividing markets by allocating customers, suppliers territories or specific type of goods. It also prohibits bid-rigging, which the director described as “hardcore cartel behaviour”.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...