Price guard dogs bite big and small
Competition officials make even the little shops pay fines
31 May 2020 - 00:00
One small pharmacy in Cape Town will pay R1,059 to the Solidarity Fund for a possible breach of the competition regulations; another settled on R612.
These are hardly the big players the competition authorities usually go after for excessive pricing, nor are the fines large...
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