M&A expert on Vodacom-Maziv deal: CompCom sending "red flags" to foreign investors

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Big red flag about South Africa

Deal Leaders International CEO Andrew Bahlmann has warned that the Competition Commission is sending a negative message to international investors regarding large corporate deals in South Africa.

Bahlmann was responding to a question on Business Day TV about South Africa's competition watchdog blocking major deals like the Vodacom-Maziv acquisition.
 
The_MAC said:
Phew, at least it's not a massive flag..

PS: I'm glad Vodacom was denied access to South Africas FTTH footprint, the Consumer would have paid dearly
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Could have been dark clouds.
 
The company either needs a cash injection, or it needs to focus on sweating its assets like MetroFibre to pay down some of its debt.
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Big red flag in content?

Vodacom doesn't hold shares in MetroFibre, to my knowledge.
 
South Africa has been and ever growing red flag for at least 30 years and counting, Get rid of the scum in power and maybe the country could become something more then just another third world dust bowl, and you know I wasn't going to use the word 'dust'. South Africa is not a first world investment destination, it will never be one as long as the clowns are running the circus.
 
“That’s the only way efficiencies can be passed on to the consumer.”
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You're not fooling anyone with this statement. The only thing Vodacom are passing to the consumer are price increases.
 
MyBB pushing this agenda that this deal is actually good for the market. Someone is pushing their advertisers agenda more like.
 
Bad Ballie said:
South Africa has been and ever growing red flag for at least 30 years and counting, Get rid of the scum in power and maybe the country could become something more then just another third world dust bowl, and you know I wasn't going to use the word 'dust'. South Africa is not a first world investment destination, it will never be one as long as the clowns are running the circus.
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I'm not even amazed regarding this. I don't live in SA anymore. Left more than 20 years ago. Still the same crap over & over again. You did hit the nail on the head regarding the investment destination. Now that SA is heading the same direction as Zim in 2000, with the land decision, it's going to be even tougher. It seems just 1 bad decision after the other. What the SA Gov don't realize is that the world is moving on @ an unreal fast pace, leaving them & the rest of the 3rd world countries behind. Playing catchup is not possible. Just saying.
 
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