South Africa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vodacom Group, South Africa's biggest mobile-phone company, has recently announced that it has shortlisted investors for its share sale worth ZAR7.5bn. The sale is expected to take... 2008-03-14

Turkey's first major privatisation of the year was completed in late February with British American Tobacco (BAT) winning the bid for cigarette firm Tekel Sigara. BAT was the sole... 2008-02-26