Opening the South African economy: barriers to entry & competition

Introduction: Challenges to a more open economy / Sumayya Goga and Thando Vilakazi

Key competition challenges in the South African economy: Large firms, concentration and lack of dynamism / Jason Bell and Sumayya Goga.

Part one: Entering markets: What do rivals require?. Entry challenges in vertically integrated industries: Insights from three agro-processing value chains in South Africa / Maria Nkhonjera ; Barriers to entry in concentrated industries: A case study of Soweto Gold / Pamela Mondiwa ; Confronting entry barriers in South Africa's grocery retail sector / Shingie Chisoro-Dube and Reena das Nair ; Contesting the skies: Entry and rivalry in the South African airline industry / Thando Vilakazi ; South African community newspaper publishers: The effects of exclusionary strategies on independent firms / Avias Ngwenya ; The competition implications of recent developments in the liquid fuels supply chain / Anthea Paelo, Genna Robb and Thando Vilakazi.

Part two:

Regulating for rivalry in network industries. Bridging the digital divide in South Africa: Case studies in incumbency versus competition / Genna Robb ; Competition, barriers through different business models: Mobile money in South Africa and Kenya / Anthea Paelo.

Part three: Reviewing policies for inclusion in South Africa.

Assissing the record of competition law enforcement in opening up the economy / Simon Roberts ; Lost opportunities? Barriers to entry and Transnet's procurement of 1064 locomotives / Rod Crompton and Lauralyn Kaziboni ; Black economic empowerment and barriers to entry / Pamela Mondiwa and Simon Roberts