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Merger Alert: Pharmacare Ltd t/a Aspen Pharmacare and certain rights held by Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd

Posted 16 July 2025

The Tribunal has approved a merger that will see Pharmacare Ltd, trading as Aspen Pharmacare, acquire the promotion, sales, marketing and distribution rights to 17 branded pharmaceutical products held by Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd. The approval is subject to employment-related conditions... Continue reading

Merger Alert: K2025069797 (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd and the student housing immovable properties and rental enterprises trading under the name “My Space @”, represented by My Space Hostel (Pty) Ltd

Posted 11 July 2025

The Tribunal has unconditionally approved the proposed merger whereby NewCo will acquire various student housing properties and rental enterprises from My Space Hostel (Pty) Ltd... Continue reading

Tribunal Dismisses Collusion Case Against Crossmoor Transport

Posted 11 July 2025

The Tribunal has dismissed a price fixing and collusive tendering case against X-Moor Transport, trading as Crossmoor Transport (Pty) Ltd, brought by the Competition Commission. At the close of the Commission’s case, Crossmoor applied for absolution from the instance... Continue reading

Merger Alert: Outcome of mergers decided by the Tribunal - 4 July 2025

Posted 04 July 2025

The Tribunal has conditionally approved the proposed merger in which Fedgroup Smart Agri Fund (Pty) Ltd will acquire a specified percentage of the issued share capital of Forward Finance Holdings (Pty) Ltd. Following the merger, Fedgroup will own and exercise sole control over FFH and its subsidiaries... Continue reading

Tribunal releases public version of reasons in Vodacom/Maziv merger decision

Posted 24 June 2025

The Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) has today, Tuesday 24 June 2025, published the public version of its Reasons for prohibiting the proposed merger between Vodacom (Pty) Ltd and Maziv (Pty) Ltd. Continue reading

Merger Alert: Outcome of mergers decided by the Tribunal - 12 June 2025

Posted 12 June 2025

The Tribunal has conditionally approved the proposed merger in which Fidelity Security Services (Pty) Ltd will initially acquire a specified percentage of the issued share capital of SSG Holdings (Pty) Ltd. Following the implementation of the merger, Fidelity will exercise sole control over SSG... Continue reading

Merger Alert: Main Street 2075 (Pty) Ltd And Rance Timber (Pty) Ltd

Posted 04 June 2025

The Competition Tribunal has approved the proposed merger in which New Forests Asia (Singapore) Pte. Ltd will acquire sole control of Rance Timber (Pty) Ltd through the special purpose vehicle, Main Street 2075 (Pty) Ltd. The Tribunal’s approval is subject to public interest conditions relating to a greater spread of ownership... Continue reading

Merger Alert: Apex Capital Partners Ltd and DRA Global Ltd

Posted 29 May 2025

The Tribunal’s approval is subject to public interest conditions relating to employment and a greater spread of ownership. Continue reading

Merger Alert: RMB Ventures Nine (Pty) Ltd and Vertium Bio (Pty) Ltd

Posted 23 May 2025

The Tribunal has unconditionally approved the proposed merger in which RMBV Nine will acquire shares in Vertium. The acquiring group operates in the financial sector offering retail, commercial, corporate and investment banking services. Vertium operates through two wholly owned subsidiaries. One is engaged in the manufacture and supply of biological agricultural products... Continue reading

Merger Alert: Fedbond Nominees (Pty) Ltd And Phoenix Property Fund SA (Pty) Ltd

Posted 21 May 2025

The Competition Tribunal has unconditionally approved the proposed merger in which Fedbond Nominees (Pty) Ltd intends to acquire various rentable retail properties from Phoenix Property Fund SA (Pty) Ltd... Continue reading

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Type	Case #	Parties	Date	Press Release
Large Merger	LM162Feb25	Main Street 2075 And Rance Timber	2025-06-04	Download
Large Merger	LM178Mar25	Apex Capital Partners And DRA Global	2025-05-29	Download
Large Merger	LM195Mar25	RMB Ventures Nine And Vertium Bio	2025-05-23	Download
Large Merger	LM010Apr25	Fedbond Nominees And Phoenix Property Fund SA	2025-05-21	Download
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