FIGHTING HIGH PRICES: SOLUTIONS
By Rob Rose
For years, lawmakers have grappled with the problem of how to tackle excessive prices without unduly interfering in a market. Import parity pricing is just one way monopolies abuse their position to make the big bucks. A Wits study on...

MITTAL SHOWS NERVES OF STEEL

Mittal is deadlocked with government over pricing, despite its willingness to negotiate. Isn't Mittal's sentiment just posturing? Nku Nyembezi-Heita: There is a perception that we're fairly inflexible and unbending. I'm not sure how it ...

PUMPING PLASTIC MARGINS
By Rob Rose
Sasol, once described as a "lone and hungry wolf" by the Competition Tribunal, may be SA' s biggest beneficiary of the import parity pricing (IPP) principle. But there are omin ous signals that this easy ride may come to an end. ...