I-Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) igunyaze ngokunemibandela ukuhlanganiswa okukhulu okuhlongozwayo lapho i-Afrimat Ltd (“Afrimat”) ihlose ukuthola yonke imali ekhishiwe yesheya ye-Lafarge South Africa Holdings (Pty) Ltd (“Lafarge”). Ngemuva kokuhlanganiswa, i-Afrimat izolawula iLafarge.

Izinqubo

Isinqumo sesiGungu silandela ukulalelwa kwecala lokuhlanganiswa kwecala ngoLwesihlanu, zi-5 kuMbasa wezi-2024, lapho yalalela khona izethulo zeKhomishini Yezokuncintisana kanye namaqembu ahlanganisiwe. Lokhu kwandulelwa ukulalela kweNkantolo yezicelo zezicelo ezintathu zokungenelela: (i) Lenvalco Readymix (Pty) Ltd (“Lenvalco”); (ii) Letsoela Investment Holding Trust (“Letsoela”) kanye noNchakha Moloi N.O (“Nchakha”); kanye (iii) Nomphakathi we-Barolong Boo Tau Rapulana kanye noMkhandlu Wendabuko we-Barolong Boo Tau Rapulana (ebizwa ndawonye ngokuthi “uMphakathi wase-Barolong”), ngokulandelana. Emuva kokulalelwa kweNkantolo yokulalela izicelo zokungenelela, ezaphikiswa izinhlangothi ezihlanganisiwe, iNkantolo yanikeza iLenvalco kanye neBarolong Community imvume yokubamba iqhaza ezinqubweni zokuhlanganisa. Isicelo sokungenelela sikaLetsoela noNchakha sachithwa. I-Lenvalco kanye ne-Barolong Community ngemuva kwalokho bakuhoxisile ukubamba iqhaza kwabo futhi ukuhlangana kwaqhubeka ngaphandle kokuphikiswa.

Amaqembu ahlanganisayo

I-Afrimat, inkampani yomphakathi esohlwini lweJohannesburg Stock Exchange (“JSE”), ilawula amafemu amaningana abandakanyeka ezimakethe zezimayini nezokwakha. I-Afrimat inezigaba ezinhlanu, okuyilezi: (i) izinto zokwakha; (ii) amaminerali ezimbonini; (iii) izimpahla ngobuningi; (iv) izinsiza zezimayini; kanye (v) nezinto zesikhathi esizayo nezinsimbi. Okuhambisana nokuhlanganiswa yimisebenzi ye-Afrimat emakethe yokwakha lapho ingumkhiqizi kanye nabaphakeli, phakathi kokunye, ama-aggregate ajwayelekile kanye nokhonkolo osulungile. I-Lafarge, ngokufanayo, ingumkhiqizi kanye nomphakeli, phakathi kokunye, ama-aggregate ajwayelekile kanye nokhonkolo osulungile.

Ama-aggregate ajwayelekile ayizinto ezibalulekile zokusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo ehlukahlukene yokwakha efana nokhonkolo osulungile, itiyela nosimende. Ukhonkolo olungele ukuxutshwa usetshenziswa ikakhulukazi kumaphrojekthi amakhulu wobunjiniyela bomphakathi kanye nengqalasizinda.

Izimo

I-Tribunal igunyaze ukuhlanganiswa kuncike ezimweni ezihilela, phakathi kokunye, ikhambi lesakhiwo elibandakanya izinhlangothi ezihlanganisayo ezilahla izinkwali ezihlanganisiwe ezijwayelekile kanye nokusebenza okuxubile kumafemu aphethwe yi-HDP. Ukuze kubhekwane nezinkinga ezithinta umphakathi, isiGungu sigunyaze ukuhlanganiswa kuncike ekumisweni kweminyaka emithathu kokudilizwa okuhlobene nokuhlanganiswa kanye nezinye izinyathelo zokuvikela ukuqashwa. Imibandela ingafinyelelwa ngewebhusayithi ye-Tribunal ethi https://www.comptrib.co.za/case-detail/20477

Izizathu ze-Tribunal ngesinqumo sayo zizokhishwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.

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

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