PROFILE: Competition Tribunal chair Mondo Mazwai
The first black woman chair may face an even tougher environment than her predecessors, now that business has gone on the defensive
You might have thought that after 20 years the "new" competition authorities would have settled into something of a groove, with each new day bringing challenges not too different from the previous day’s. You might also have thought the recently appointed Competition Tribunal chair, Mondo Mazwai, would have a reasonably comfortable slot to fit into.As it happens, just as with almost every other aspect of SA life, there’s no sign of a comfortable groove at the competition authorities. By some accounts it’s possible Mazwai is facing an even tougher environment than her two predecessors. (Did we mention she is the first black woman chair?)Business, the tribunal’s primary customer base, as it were, has abandoned the tentative, slightly deferential approach it used in the early days. It is now full-on defensive.Consider the recent swipe by Naspers chair Koos Bekker, who told shareholders at the group’s AGM that the SA authorities’ increasing competition scrutiny was not sensible in the c...
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