BADGER
MICHAEL AVERY: Political meddling taints Competition Commission as it aims to salvage banks case
Deputy commissioner Hardin Ratshisusu, cartels manager Makgale Mohlala and legal representative Ndzabandzaba Attorneys have much to answer for
After carefully reading judge Dennis Davis’ comprehensive, detailed laceration of the Competition Commission’s last-ditch attempt to salvage its long-running complaint against a group of 28 local and foreign banks, I was left perplexed: why on earth has the commission pursued this case?
It also got me thinking about whatever happened to that forensic investigation into the commission’s dodgy procurement practices. The probe, announced in 2019, was set to go back three years, prompted by the Treasury’s concern about the commission’s frequent overspending, discoveries of improper expenditure by the auditor-general, and media reports about the commission’s suspect procurement habits involving Bryanston-based law firm Ndzabandzaba Attorneys. ..
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