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Court rules Coca-Cola Beverages Africa breached its merger conditions

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Case revolves around the retrenchment of 368 employees three years after bottling plants were combined

The highest competition court has found that Coca-Cola Beverages Africa breached merger conditions by retrenching 368 employees three years after it combined four bottling plants.

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