Price gouging during Covid-19 and lessons for Namibia
The SA Competition Commission has been very successful in closing down such behaviour, write Sivuyise Lutshiti and Tshidi Malete
23 June 2020 - 12:18
Concerns over suspected outbreaks of price gouging are preoccupying competition regulators around the world as the Covid-19 pandemic up-ends economies and disrupts supply chains.
Competition authorities within and outside Africa have been inundated with complaints about excessive and arguably unjustifiable price increases on essential food, healthcare and emergency care items...
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