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Finance

South Africa's Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has made a conditional offer to acquire the entire share capital of the Bond Exchange of SA (BESA) for ZAR173.2mn (US$16.5mn). The... 2008-10-30


Finance

Global mobile operator Vodafone has confirmed that it has made a non-binding offer to acquire a further 15% stake of South African mobile market leader Vodacom. Vodafone currently... 2008-10-14


Finance

Impala Platinum, South Africa's second-largest platinum producer, has entered into talks with industry peers Mvelaphanda Resources (Mvela) and Northam Platinum, it was announced on... 2008-09-17


Finance

Capitalising on what Partner John Van Wyk told CFW was 'a window of opportunity', leading EM private equity firm Actis has announced the formation of a consortium to acquire electrical... 2008-08-13


Finance

Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata made an unsolicited US$10bn bid for the world's third-largest platinum producer, Lonmin, on August 6. Xstrata bid GBP33.00 (US$64.50) per share, a premium... 2008-08-07


Finance

Lesego Platinum, a South African platinum exploration company, has postponed its planned initial public offering on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The shares were scheduled to start... 2008-07-31


Finance

South African food, healthcare and pharmaceutical company Tiger Brands has announced that its healthcare interest, Adcock Ingram, will be separately listed in the Johannesburg Stock... 2008-07-23


Finance

Talks between India's Reliance Communications and South African telecommunications company MTN have failed. MTN, which is Africa's largest mobile operator, has been the target of... 2008-07-22


Companies

South African incumbent telecoms operator Telkom SA has confirmed reports that it has received a non-binding proposal from Vodafone Group of the UK to acquire a portion of Telkom's... 2008-06-02


Finance

Just weeks after CFW wrote on Vodacom's (Black Economic Empowerment) BEE transaction (see 'Vodacom To Sell ZAR7.5bn In BEE Share Sale' 17 March 2008), Sasol has announced that it... 2008-03-26

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