COMPETITION COMMISSION
Publishing body ‘co-operating’ with book price-fixing probe
It said Pasa and its members had allegedly agreed to fix prices and trading conditions for pre-school to grade 12 books‚
The Publishers’ Association of SA (Pasa) says it is co-operating with an investigation by the Competition Commission into possible cartel behaviour by the local publishing industry. The commission announced on Wednesday that it would investigate Pasa and its 91 members for allegedly fixing the price of books. "Pasa … notes that its constitution and code of conduct do not allow the association and its members to get involved or participate in anticompetitive practices‚" Pasa executive director Mpuka Radinku said in a statement on Thursday. Announcing the investigation on Wednesday‚ the commission said commissioner Tembinkosi Bonakele "received information pointing to the fact that the association and its members who are publishers‚ book importers and sellers of books to government departments‚ educational institutions‚ retailers among others‚ may have been involved in fixing prices of books in contravention of the Competition Act". It said Pasa and its members had allegedly agreed to...
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