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title: "Competitions Commission wants to settle with SAB"
description: "After an investigation that spanned six years, the Competitions Commission approached the South African Breweries (SAB) for settlement talks after only one day of hearings at the Competitions Tribunal. The Competitions Commission brought a case of price-fixing and anti-competitive practices which include discounts to chosen distributors in order to push independant operators out of the market. The about-turn is strongly suggestive that the commission does not have a strong-enough case against SAB. Read more: BusinessDay and Business Report ."
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Business Maverick"
author: "Andy Rice"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/andyrice/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-08-12-competitions-commission-wants-to-settle-with-sab/"
published: "2010-08-12T09:27:08"
updated: "2013-02-01T20:03:10"
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# Competitions Commission wants to settle with SAB

> After an investigation that spanned six years, the Competitions Commission approached the South African Breweries (SAB) for settlement talks after only one day of hearings at the Competitions Tribunal. The Competitions Commission brought a case of price-fixing and anti-competitive practices which include discounts to chosen distributors in order to push independant operators out of the market. The about-turn is strongly suggestive that the commission does not have a strong-enough case against SAB. Read more: [BusinessDay](http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=117723) and [Business Report](http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5598391&fSectionId=563&fSetId=662).

By Andy Rice · Published 12 August 2010, 11:27 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 22:03 SAST

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