Competition Authority levels the playing field :: Mmegi Online

Over the past few months the Competition Authority has intervened in a number of anti-competitive conducts. Through the Competition Authority interventions, the market place in the supply of physiotherapy equipment and electrical hardware has been made more accessible for players that were hitherto denied entry.

In the first instance, the Competition Authority (CA) received a complaint about an alleged anti-competitive conduct by a certain local enterprise in the business of physiotherapy and massage that utilises the Ceragem equipment/technology. According to the complainant, the sole distributor of Ceragem equipment in Botswana had refused to supply the complainant with the equipment. The distributor was appointed by the principal supplier in South Africa.

The complainant had also desired to start a Cerahouse business for physiotherapy and massage using the modern technology of Ceragem. Unfortunately, its business intention was frustrated by the appointed distributor who refused to supply the complainant with Ceragem technology and equipment (Refusal to deal). When the complainant’s efforts were spurned, they approached the Authority for assistance.

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