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South Africa's competition watchdog to ask for more time to probe SABMiller, AB InBev deal

JOHANNESBURG, April 4 (Reuters) - South Africa's competition watchdog said on Monday it will request an extension to Tuesday's deadline to complete an investigation of Anheuser-Busch InBev's planned $100 billion-plus takeover of SABMiller (Xetra: BRW1.DE - news)

"This transaction raises certain concerns which should be considered and addressed," said Competition Commission spokesman Itumeleng Lesofe. "It (Other OTC: ITGL - news) is for this reason that we need more time to evaluate the transaction."

(Reporting by Nqobile Dludla; Editing by Tiisetso Motsoeneng)