I . I N T R O D U C T I O N In South Africa, like in many other countries around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a public health crisis. To address the public health crisis, government has taken extraordinary measures to curb the spread of infections, including requiring people quarantine at home and non-essential businesses to close. On 15 March 2020, South Africa declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act No 57 of 2002 (as amended). As part of a broader response to the COVID-19 pandemic, on 19 March 2020, the Minister of Trade and Industry published Consumer and Customer Protection Regulations and National Disaster Management Regulations and Directions, which establish factors for assessing excessive pricing cases during the national disaster period. These regulations respond to the COVID-19 pandemic panic buying increase in demand and the corresponding spike in prices, for particular goods and services.

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在 COVID-19 大流行期间解决过度的定价问题——来自南非的观点

一世 。简介 在南非，与世界上许多其他国家一样，COVID-19 大流行首先是一场公共卫生危机。为了应对公共卫生危机，政府采取了非常措施来遏制感染的传播，包括要求人们在家隔离和关闭非必要企业。2020 年 3 月 15 日，南非根据 2002 年第 57 号灾害管理法（经修订）宣布 COVID-19 大流行为国家灾难。作为对 COVID-19 大流行的更广泛应对措施的一部分，贸易和工业部长于 2020 年 3 月 19 日发布了消费者和客户保护条例以及国家灾害管理条例和指示，这些规定为评估国家灾难期间的过高定价案例建立了因素时期。