Opportunism rears its ugly Covid-19 head

Defined as expedient actions guided primarily by self-interested motives; so have cases surfaced of inflated margins as Covid-19 grips.

A Gauteng hardware store was found to be charging customers excessive prices for surgical gloves.

Their customers will be refunded; and mark-up on gloves have been reduced; but one can be sure they are not the only ones.

As Dis-Chem now joins the list of companies being investigated by the Competition Tribunal.

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