Dis-Chem argues it acted within the law in hiking mask prices
10 May 2020 - 18:30
The law still needs to be followed even during the “terrible time” of the coronavirus pandemic, lawyers for Dis-Chem and another firm charged with excessive pricing have argued in their defence.
The Competition Commission has charged Dis-Chem, SA's second largest pharmaceutical retailer, and Babelegi, a small industrial clothing firm in Rosslyn, with excessive pricing of face masks under section 8 of the Competition Act...
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