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To promote competition in the economy Have regard to:

◦ Employment◦ Small businesses owned by HDI◦ Impact on a particular sector◦ Ability to compete internationally

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Expeditious decision making Transparency Fairness Efficiency

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No changes to mandate therefore no changes to strategic plan

Annual Performance Plan 2013 -2014 – second year of Strategic Plan

Highlight main areas in this presentation

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Tribunal members

The Tribunal as at January 2013 consisted of 11 members appointed by the President of South Africa

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Ms Mondo Mazwai – Lawyer

Mr Imraan Valodia – Economist

Mr Anton Roskam- Lawyer

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Mr. Norman Manoim – Lawyer (Chair) Ms. Yasmin Carrim – Lawyer Mr. Andreas Wessels – Economist Ms. Andiswa Ndoni - Lawyer Dr. Takalani Madima – Lawyer Prof. Merle Holden – Economist Ms. Medi Mokuena – Lawyer Mr. Lawrence Reyburn - Lawyer

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Terms of 7 members including Chair will expire in July 2014

We will be engaging with the Ministry to ensure that the functioning of the CT is not unduly affected by delays

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Economist appointed in January 2013

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Determine right structure to:To promote the efficiency and

achievement of the Tribunal’s strategic objectives

Ensure the appropriate skills and capacity in the 3 divisions

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3 phases:

Gap analysis Job profiling and gradingBenchmarking exercise

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To be finalised by end June 2013

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Will the amendments affect us?

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Only if more matters are referred to us by the Commission as a

result of its enquiry

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Case management system

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CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Electronic document management system that facilitates the tracking of

all cases and yield performance information

Officially launched in February 2013

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Customer Survey

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CUSTOMER SURVEY

Aim is to understand stakeholder needs and improve Tribunal performance;

Appointed Plus94 to do in-depth interviews and telephonic surveys;

Project completion date is 20 May 2013

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CUSTOMER SURVEY

Assessing: judicial process the conduct of hearings decision making and issuing document management human resources external communication

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Internships – continue to focus on :

Partnership with University of Pretoria for case management internshipInternship under Senior Economist (University of Johannesburg and Witwatersrand)Internships in Corporate Services (Technikons and Universities – Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town)

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Office spaceOn-going development of CMS –

Phase 2Implementation of gap analysis

recommendations

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OUR EFFICENCY DETERMINES OUR PERFORMANCE

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Strategic Focus Area 1: TRIBUNAL HEARINGS AND DECISIONSTRIBUNAL HEARINGS AND DECISIONS

Goal Statement: Hold hearings and adjudicating matters brought before the Tribunal.Hold hearings and adjudicating matters brought before the Tribunal.

Strategic Outcome: Promote and maintain competition within South Africa through the implementation Promote and maintain competition within South Africa through the implementation of the Competition Act.of the Competition Act.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE OUTPUTTARGETS

2013/14

To promote and maintain competition within South Africa by holding hearings and

adjudicating matters brought before the Tribunal that pertain to large and intermediate mergers,

interim relief cases, procedural matters, opposed as well as unopposed prohibited

practices within the adopted delivery timeframes.

Large Mergers and reconsidered mergers:

Orders98% of orders issued within 10 business days of the last hearing date

Reasons for decision documents 56% of "reason for decisions" issued within 20 business days of order being issued

Opposed Prohibited Practices:

Order and reasons for decision documents 80% of orders and reasons for decisions issued within 60 business days of the hearing date

Strategic Focus Area 2: STAKEHOLDER AWARENESS STAKEHOLDER AWARENESS 

Goal Statement: Communicate the activities and decisions of the Competition Tribunal Communicate the activities and decisions of the Competition Tribunal effectively.effectively.

Strategic Outcome:Educate and create awareness of Competition Matters to the Tribunal's stakeholders.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE OUTPUT

TARGETS

2013/14

To educate and to create awareness of competition matters to our stakeholders by

communicating the activities and decisions of the Competition Tribunal by way of the internet, press releases, the Government Gazette as well

as internal publications within the adopted delivery timeframes.

"Reasons for Decision" documents 97% of reasons for decisions posted on the Tribunal website within 24 hours of release

Tribunal Tribunes producedThree Tribunal Tribunes distributed to 50 stakeholders by 31 March 2014

Strategic Focus Area 3 OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESSOPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS

Goal Statement:Enhance the expertise of Tribunal staff.Enhance the expertise of Tribunal staff.

Improve the service of the Tribunal to our customers.Improve the service of the Tribunal to our customers.

Strategic Outcome:Strengthen the Tribunal's organisational capability and performance to deliver on its legislative mandate

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE OUTPUT

TARGETS

2013/14

To enhance the expertise of Tribunal members and staff by sending them on planned International as well as local conferences and training courses.

Training feedback formTribunal members and research staff attend

75% of the budgeted international and national conferences/workshops/training courses by 31

March 2014

FINANCES

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We aim to pay within 30 daysNB because most of our

suppliers are small2 payment cycles per month

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Aim to continue to get an unqualified audit

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Total budget for 2013/2014 – R 33.08 m

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Category Budget %

FILING FEES 9 775 000 29.55

EDD Grant 16 945 000 51.22

BAL BFWD 5 763 689 17.42

INTEREST RECEIVED 600 000 1.81

Total R 33 083 689 100 %

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WHAT DOES IT COST US TO ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVES?

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Category Budget %

Strategic Focus 1 – Tribunal hearings and decisions

R 18 294 006 55.30

Strategic Focus 2 – Stakeholder awareness

R 641 938 1.94

Strategic Focus 3 – Operational Efficiency

R 1 457 745 4.41

Competition Appeal Court R 682 679 2.06

Facilities R 1 835 413 5.55

Capital R 500 500 1.51

Support Services R 9 671 408 29.23

Total R 33 083 689 100 %

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Expenditure Category %

Personnel 61.70

Administration 6.17

Training 4.70

Professional Services 18.31

Appeal Court 2.06

Capital 7.06

Total 100

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  2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

 Current year budget          

INCOME            

EDD GRANT REQUIRED 0 0 0  25 426 245 27 331 302COMMITTED EDD GRANT 15 600 000 16 945 000 18 100 000 19 102 000 0 0FEES RECEIVED 11 531 500 9 775 000 10 654 000 11 507 000 11 507 000 11 507 000

BAL BFWD 3 380 545 5 763 689 4 931 600 4 802 344 0 0INTEREST RECEIVED 600 000 600 000 500 000 400 000 300 000 300 000

TOTAL INCOME 31 112 045 33 083 689 34 185 600 35 811 344 37 233 245 39 138 302

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2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018Current year budget

 EXPENDITURE           

PERSONNEL 18 322 766 20 411 664 21 460 953 22 662 766 23 931 881 25 272 066

TRAINING 1 678 374 1 554 872 1 524 060 1 494 667 1 563 422 1 635 339PROF SERVICES 5 775 798 5 974 932 6 243 704 6 464 414 6 761 777 7 072 819RECRUIT COSTS 132 592 83 307 87 389 91 409 95 613 100 012ADMIN EXPENSES 2 034 352 2 040 322 2 130 197 2 071 936 2 167 245 2 266 939FACIL AND CAPITAL 2 511 019 2 335 914 2 029 167 2 295 856 1 944 305 1 981 369

TOTAL 30 454 902 32 401 011 33 475 470 35 081 048 36 464 244 38 328 544

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2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018

Current year budget

APPEALS COURT BUDGET 657 144 682 679 710 130 730 296 769 001 809 758

GRAND TOTAL 31 112 045 33 083 689 34 185 600 35 811 344 37 233 245 39 138 302

ANTICIPATED SURPLUS/ (DEFICIT) 0 0 0 0 0 0

The budget is calculated by taking the 2013/2014 budget and inflating as follows:Goods and services inflated by 1.049% in 2014/2015 and then by 1.046% for all subsequent yearsPersonnel by 1.059% in 2013/2014 and then by 1.056% for all subsequent yearsThe budget is based on an estimate of fees due given by the CC for 2012/2013 to 2014/2015 and then 5% for the 2 years thereafterThe budget provides for the purchase of a new motor vehicle in 2015/2016At the end of the 2012/2013 year the Tribunal had surpluses of approx R 26 m these are drawn down over the remaining period of the MTEF

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THANK YOU

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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