Category: <span>Competition</span>

Gaborone Container Terminal Proprietary Limited (“Gabcon”)is a company that operates as an international container terminal business in Botswana.

Now that we have discussed the abusive conducts, the question we need to ask is what can the Competition and Consumer Authority (“CCA”) do about it?

Dominant businesses have a duty to avoid abusive conduct due to their effects on competitors and stakeholders. Examples of common abuses are:

Picture a bully that is bigger than you. That bully can use his/her/ their strength to overpower you and force you to do things that you do not want to do. That is what happens when a company abuses its dominance.

When identifying a product market, therearegenerally3categories of competitive products a business should consider:

Competition drives the economic development of a country through the enhancement of growth and productivity. The Competition Act which establishes the Competition and Consumer Authority(“the Authority”), regulates the Botswana competition sphere for purposes of encouraging competition, amongst businesses whilst curbing anti-competitive practices like rigging, collusion and price fixing.

BBL has developed an extensive competition practice which contributes to knowledge initiatives in this sector and has been involved in leading competition law both locally and globally. More on this can be accessed here.