On Thursday, August 21 2020, Dis-chem filed a notice to withdraw its appeal at the Competition Appeals Court.the withdrawal of an appeal lodged by Dis-Chem pharmacies after the company was earlier found to have charged excessive prices for surgical face masks during the state of national disaster.Competition Commission commissioner Tembinkosi Bonakele said in a statement he was pleased with the decision.
The commission found during an investigation that Dis-Chem had hiked prices for blue surgical face masks , surgical face masks and surgical face masks folio dress blue.