Competition Authority faces possible lawsuit

Tebelelo Pule
Tebelelo Pule

In a possible unpredicted move, the Competition and Consumer Authority (CCA) faces a potential defamation lawsuit from the likes of Choppies Stores, Ramachandran Ottapathu and Dr Zein Kebonang.

The claims arise from a report that was commissioned by the Board of the CCA on the merger approval involving Choppies Enterprises and Payless.

Extracts from the report published by Sunday Standard this week accused Ottapathu, popularly known as Ram, of corruption and Kebonang of being a beneficial holder of Payless shares.

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