26 Oct 2011The Competition Appeals court hearings into the Wal-Mart/Massmart merger turned mainly around labour and economic efficiency issues that the giant US retailer could bring into the local market.
On Friday, 21 October 2011, the second day of the hearings, arguments were presented from Wal-Mart/Massmart, three government ministers and trade union Saccawu, that the Competition Tribunal's approval was correct, or that it should have stronger conditions, or that it should be overturned completely.
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