LML4802
ASSIGNMENT 1
DUE: 7 APRIL 2025
, ASSIGNMENT 01
FIRST SEMESTER
Your assignment should not exceed TWO typed pages. The page restriction
excludes the title page and bibliography. DO NOT REPEAT THE QUESTION. PAGES
BEYOND THE PAGE LIMIT WILL NOT BE MARKED.
Question
This question is based on mergers.
Vodacom Ltd intends to acquire a stake in Business Venture Investments No 2213 (Pty)
Ltd, also known as ‘Maziv’. The Competition Commission and Competition Tribunal have
already decided on this proposed merger. Therefore, the evaluation must be focused on
your analysis and not a repeat of what the competition authorities have stated.
Conduct focused research on the companies guided by various provisions of merger
control. Thereafter, identify and classify the type of merger, apply the relevant factors
considered for evaluation of the merger and make a recommendation in relation to the
merger as the competition commission and/or any conditions. You must not discuss the
procedure and notification provisions of merger regulations. In your evaluation of the
merger, you must focus on the application of the relevant factors. Do not just list factors
without linking them to the facts that you have researched.
ASSIGNMENT 1
DUE: 7 APRIL 2025
, ASSIGNMENT 01
FIRST SEMESTER
Your assignment should not exceed TWO typed pages. The page restriction
excludes the title page and bibliography. DO NOT REPEAT THE QUESTION. PAGES
BEYOND THE PAGE LIMIT WILL NOT BE MARKED.
Question
This question is based on mergers.
Vodacom Ltd intends to acquire a stake in Business Venture Investments No 2213 (Pty)
Ltd, also known as ‘Maziv’. The Competition Commission and Competition Tribunal have
already decided on this proposed merger. Therefore, the evaluation must be focused on
your analysis and not a repeat of what the competition authorities have stated.
Conduct focused research on the companies guided by various provisions of merger
control. Thereafter, identify and classify the type of merger, apply the relevant factors
considered for evaluation of the merger and make a recommendation in relation to the
merger as the competition commission and/or any conditions. You must not discuss the
procedure and notification provisions of merger regulations. In your evaluation of the
merger, you must focus on the application of the relevant factors. Do not just list factors
without linking them to the facts that you have researched.
