Singobani
I-Competition Tribunal iyindikimba yokwahlulela ezimele esungulwe ngokwesigaba sama-26 soMthetho Wokuncintisana, uNombolo 89 we-1998 (uMthetho). Inegunya lokuphatha iRiphabhulikhi yonkana yaseNingizimu Afrika. Isebenzisa imisebenzi yayo ngokuhambisana noMthetho, uMthethosisekelo futhi ngaphandle kokwesaba, ukwenzelela noma ukubandlulula.
I-Competition Tribunal ingesinye seziphathimandla ezizimele ezintathu ezasungulwa ngokoMthetho. Lezi izi:
- IKhomishana Yezokuncintisana, okuyigunya eliphenyayo nelokuqinisekisa ukuthotshelwa komthetho
- i-Competition Tribunal, ehlulela ngezindaba ezidluliselwe kuyo yiKhomishana Yezokuncintisana, kanye
- iNkantolo Yokudluliswa Kwamacala Ngokuncintisana, ecubungula izikhalo noma ukubuyekezwa okuphikisa izinqumo ze-Tribunal.
Kungani sasungulwa
Ngaphambi kwalo Mthetho, ukuncintisana kwezomnotho bekunganyelwe yibhodi lemincintiswano elizimele, elaluleka uNgqongqoshe Wezohwebo Nezimboni.
Ngemuva konyaka we-1994, ukubhekana nokungalingani kwesikhathi esedlule kanye nokuqinisekisa ukufinyelela emnothweni kwaba yinto ehamba phambili.
Uhulumeni omusha wentando yeningi uhlose ukuguqula imithetho yokuncintisana, njengoba kushiwo ku-White Paper on Reconstruction and Development. Ngo-1998, uMthetho Wezokuncintisana, onguNombolo 89 we-1998, washintsha Ibhodi Lokuncintisana wafaka izinhlaka ezintathu ezizimele: Ikhomishana Yezokuncintisana, INkantolo Yezokuncintisana, kanye neNkantolo Yokudluliswa Kwamacala Yezokuncintisana. Iphinde yagunyaza amafemu ukuthi azise lezi zindikimba ngokuhlangana nokutholwa okungaphezu komkhawulo othile.
Esikwenzayo
Umthetho Wokuncintisana ulawula izindawo ezimbili ezibanzi zokuncintisana:
- ukuhlanganiswa nokutholwa, kanye
- imikhuba enqatshelwe (ukuziphatha okungahambisani nokuncintisana).
Kuzo zonke izindaba, i-Competition Tribunal izobamba ukulalelwa okuvulekele umphakathi. Cishe kuwo wonke amacala, ngaphandle kwamacala ambalwa ohlobo lwenqubo, amalungu amathathu e-Tribunal kufanele alalele icala futhi athathe isinqumo. I-Competition Tribunal iyadingeka ukuthi:
- ukunikeza ukukhululwa, ukugunyaza noma ukwenqabela ukuhlanganiswa okukhulu (okunemibandela noma ngaphandle kwemibandela) noma ukuvimbela ukuhlanganiswa
- ahlulele maqondana nanoma yikuphi ukuziphatha okunqatshelwe ngokwesahluko 2 noma 3 soMthetho, futhi
- inikeze umyalelo wezindleko ngokwesigaba sama-57 soMthetho ezindabeni ezethulwe kuyo yiKhomishana Yokuncintisana.
Uma i-Competition Tribunal isifike esinqumweni, kudingeka ukuthi ishicilele izizathu zayo kusayithi.
