I-Competition Tribunal yelula ukukhululeka kwesikhashana kwe-Depansum ngokumelene ne-Visa

I-Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”), okwesibili, yelule ukukhululwa kwesikhashana okunikezwe i-Depansum Pty (Ltd) (“Depansum”) ngokumelene ne-Visa Inc. (“Visa”) kanye ne-Visa Sub-Saharan Africa Pty (Ltd) (“Visa SA”) ngo-February 2024. Lokhu, empeleni kungase kungabi yi-VisaedNhit Limited, kusho ukuthi i-VisaedN Limited (i-pro“ icubungula okwenziwayo kwe-Depansum.

I-Depansum ihlinzeka ngezixazululo zokucubungula izinkokhelo ze-e-commerce eNingizimu Afrika kubathengisi abazinze phesheya kolwandle. Isola ukuthi i-Visa ne-Visa SA basungula imithetho ethathwa njengenkontileka eyisibopho phakathi kwe-Visa namalungu ayo (kuhlanganise namabhange), nokuthi i-Visa isebenzisa le mithetho ukuze ivimbele amabhange (kulokhu, i-Nedbank) ekusebenziseni uhlelo lokukhokha lwe-Depansum. I-Depansum isola ukuthi lokhu kuziphatha kuhlanganisa ukuhlukumeza ukubusa futhi kuphula uMthetho Wezokuncintisana, wama-89 ka-1998, njengoba uchitshiyelwe.

I-Visa iziphikisile lezi zinsolo futhi yaphikisana nesicelo sesikhashana se-Depansum sokusiza. Phakathi kokunye, izinsolo zokuthi imisebenzi ye-Depansum ye-ejenti yokuqoqa (yabathengisi bangaphandle) eNingizimu Afrika yephula imithetho yezwe yokulawula ukuhwebelana. I-Visa yaphikisa ngokuthi yayingakulungele ukuvumela inethiwekhi yayo yokukhokha ukuthi ihlotshaniswe nokuziphatha okungekho emthethweni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Visa yaphikisa ngokuthi i-Depansum yehlulekile ukukhombisa ukuthi ukuphoqelela kwe-Visa imithetho yayo kwakuphambene nokuncintisana noma ukuthi yayinemiphumela ephikisana nokuncintisana.

Ngomhla ziyi-14 kuZibandlela 2023, iNkundla yezwa isicelo sosizo sesikhashana esilethwe yi-Depansum ngokumelene ne-Visa ne-Visa SA. I-Nedbank ibalulwe njengabantu abanentshisekelo esicelweni sesikhashana sokukhululwa kanti iDepansum ayizange ifune ukusiza iNedbank. Umyalelo wokusiza wesikhashana wanikezwa okokuqala mhla ziyi-19 kuNhlolanja wezi-2024 kwathi ngesicelo, wanwetshwa mhla ziyi-16 kuNcwaba wezi-2024 kwezinye izinyanga eziyisithupha. I-Depansum yabe isifuna ukwelulwa kwesibili komyalelo wokusiza wesikhashana. Njengamanje lolu daba lusadluliswa kwi-CAC. Isicelo sokunwetshwa kwesibili asizange siphikiswe njengoba i-Visa kanye ne-Visa SA bavuma ukunwetshwa okwengeziwe. Umyalelo wokusiza wesikhashana we-Tribunal, okhishwe ngo-February 2024, ungafinyelelwa lapha.

Kukhishwe ngu:

Gillian de Gouveia, Umphathi Wezokuxhumana

Egameni leCompetition Tribunal yaseNingizimu Afrika

Iseli: +27 (0) 82 410 1195

I-imeyili: GillianD@comptrib.co.za

Twitter: @comptrib