I-Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”), okwesithathu, yelule usizo lwesikhashana olunikezwe i-Depansum Pty (Ltd) (“Depansum”) ngokumelene ne-Visa Inc. kanye ne-Visa Sub-Saharan Africa Pty (Ltd) (ngokuhlangene, “i-Visa”) ngokohlelo lwayo lwangomhla ziyi-19 kuNhlolanja wezi-2024.

I-Tribunal inwebise ukukhululwa kwesikhashana kuze kube yisikhathi sokuqala salokhu okulandelayo: ukuphothulwa kokulalelwa kwe-Tribunal ngezinqubo ezinqatshelwe okusolwa i-Depansum; umphumela wesikhalo se-Visa ngokumelene nokunikezwa kwesikhashana sokukhululwa, okusalindwe ngaphambi kweNkantolo Yokudluliswa Kwamacala Ngokuncintisana, uma kuphumelela; noma izinyanga eziyisithupha kusukela ngosuku lwalo myalelo.

Izinsolo ezenziwe yi-Depansum ngokumelene ne-Visa ziyisihloko sophenyo oluqhubekayo lweKhomishini Yezokuncintisana.

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I-Depansum ihlinzeka ngezixazululo zokucubungula izinkokhelo ze-e-commerce eNingizimu Afrika kubathengisi abazinze phesheya kolwandle. Isola ukuthi i-Visa yasungula 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 kwephula uMthetho Wezokuncintisana.

I-Visa iziphikisa lezi zinsolo futhi yaphikisana nesicelo sesikhashana sikaDepansum sokusiza. Phakathi kokunye, kusolakala ukuthi imisebenzi ye-ejenti eqoqayo yendawo ye-Depansum (yabathengisi bangaphandle) eNingizimu Afrika yephula imithetho yokulawula ukuhwebelana. IVisa ithe ibingakakulungeli ukuvumela inethiwekhi yayo yokukhokha ukuthi ihambisane nokuziphatha okungekho emthethweni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, yathi i-Depansum yehlulekile ukukhombisa ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwe-Visa kwemithetho yayo kwakuphikisana nokuncintisana noma kunemiphumela ephikisana nokuncintisana.

Ngemva kokulalelwa kwecala, i-Tribunal yanikeza i-Depansum impumuzo yesikhashana ngemva kokuthola ukuthi, phakathi kokunye: I-Visa’s conduct prima facie ifuna ukunxenxa i-Nedbank ukuthi ingabhekani ne-Depansum; kukhona i-prima facie ukulimala kwabathengi kuleli cala; futhi ibhalansi yokwenza lula ithanda i-Depansum. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Tribunal iphethe ngokuthi kwakungafaneleki ukuthi izame ukucacisa izindaba eziphikisanayo zokulawula ukushintshaniswa phakathi kwezinhlangothi.

Umyalelo wokusiza wesikhashana wanikezwa okokuqala mhla ziyi-19 kuNhlolanja wezi-2024 nasezicelweni ezimbili ezalandela nezihlukene, zanwetshwa mhla ziyi-16 kuNcwaba wezi-2024 nezi-13 kuNhlolanja wezi-2025, ngokulandelana kwazo, ezinye izikhathi eziyizinyanga eziyisithupha. Izicelo zokunweba azizange ziphikiswe. Umyalelo wokusiza wesikhashana we-Tribunal, okhishwe ngo-February 2024, futhi izizathu zingafinyelelwa kuwebhusayithi ye-Tribunal: Inombolo yekesi: IR080Aug23/EXT158Feb25

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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