Description of Activities

Description: The Commission resolved to approve without conditions the acquisition by Carican Healthcare Namibia (Proprietary) Limited of the total issued shares in Greens Care Centre (Proprietary) Limited and an immovable property, to wit: Erf No.36, Omeya, Windhoek, Namibia. 

Acquiring group: The primary acquiring undertaking is Carican Healthcare Namibia (Proprietary) Limited, a company incorporated in terms of the laws of the Republic of Namibia. The acquiring group's main business activities are to hold strategic equity stakes in Namibia Healthcare operations, with a focus on specialised mental health facilities in Namibia. The acquiring group has not yet traded in Namibia.  

Target undertaking: The primary target undertaking is Erf 36, Omeya. The target undertaking has been dormant since its inception and has not been operational. On Erf 36, Omeya, Windhoek, there is a health facility constructed thereon with luxury treatment rooms, medical consulting rooms, 8 sub-acute bed wards, and other facilities available, but it is not operational as such.

Relevant market: Defined the relevant market as the market for specialised mental health facility centres in Namibia.

Merger Determination

The Commission found the proposed transaction unlikely to result in the prevention or substantial lessening of competition or result in any undertaking to acquire or strengthen a dominant position in the market and did not raise any public interest concerns.

Merger Determination No.6 of 2025_