Recent events
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2021
Dis-Chem announces DeliverD delivery service
Dis-Chem announced its same-day, on-demand delivery service, DeliverD. The service was set to be trialled in selected stores in Johannesburg, Cape Town and other metropolitan areas.
2021
Dis-Chem launches DeliverD delivery service
Dis-Chem Pharmacies launched DeliverD, a same-day on-demand delivery service offering delivery within 60 minutes. The service was being trialled at selected stores in Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
2020
Competition Tribunal fines Dis-Chem R1.2 million over surgical-mask pricing
South Africa's Competition Tribunal fined Dis-Chem R1.2 million after finding the pharmacy group guilty of excessively pricing surgical masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Tribunal found that Dis-Chem had not shown its price increases were reasonable.
2020
Dis-Chem fined for surgical-mask price gouging
South Africa’s Competition Tribunal found Dis-Chem guilty of price gouging on three types of surgical face masks and fined the pharmacy chain R1.2 million.
2020
Dis-Chem starts drive-through COVID-19 testing
Dis-Chem began offering drive-through COVID-19 tests at numerous locations in South Africa.
2020
Dis-Chem apologizes over blackface mannequin display
Dis-Chem apologized after a mannequin with a blackface appearance was displayed as part of a beauty fair promotion at its Killarney Mall branch in Johannesburg. The company said the display was unauthorized and that it was investigating; photographs of the display sparked social media outrage.