Tuesday, September 16, 2025
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bidvest

Ghost Bites (City Lodge | Discovery | FirstRand | Lesaka Technologies | Mantengu)

FirstRand remains an excellent business. The market didn't enjoy the Discovery numbers. City Lodge is showing signs of life. Lesaka Technologies is growing solidly. Mantengu announced a new acquisition.

Ghost Bites (Adcock Ingram | Anglo American | BHP | Newpark REIT | SPAR | Super Group | WBHO)

Anglo American's Teck deal is a "merger of equals" - except they aren't equal. SPAR is out of Switzerland, but it stings. Super Group had a tough period. WBHO shows that construction can work. Adcock Ingram released the deal circular. Newpark REIT is selling Crown Mines. BHP has removed one legal overhang.

Ghost Bites (Bell Equipment | Bidvest | Blue Label | Brimstone | CA Sales | RCL Foods | Santam | Sea Harvest | Sun...

CA Sales, RCL Foods, Santam and Sea Harvest all released solid numbers. Bidvest, Bell Equipment and Brimstone are struggling to various degrees. Sun International posted a resilient set of numbers. Blue Label has given more details on the Cell C restructure.

Ghost Bites (Adcock Ingram | AECI | Karooooo | Mr Price | MultiChoice | Northam Platinum | Santam | Spear REIT | Vodacom)

The take-private bid for Adcock Ingram is juicy to say the least. Mr Price had a tough June but a resilient quarter overall. MultiChoice got the green light for the Canal+ deal. AECI, Karooooo, Northam Platinum and Vodacom released financial updates. Santam is growing offshore, while Spear REIT sticks to the Western Cape.

Ghost Bites (Alphamin | AYO Technology | Brimstone | Fairvest – Collins Property | Jubilee Metals | MultiChoice | NEPI Rockcastle)

MultiChoice is still making losses. Fairvest has bought a few properties from Collins. Alphamin has a new majority shareholder. Jubilee Metals is selling the chrome and PGM assets. Brimstone's NAV plummeted. NEPI needs a new CEO. AYO got censured.

GHOST BITES (Accelerate Property Fund | Life Healthcare)

Accelerate has sold its stake in Portside - and at a modest discount to NAV. Life Healthcare shareholders gave a resounding approval to the LMI disposal.

GHOST BITES (FirstRand | Grindrod | Lesaka Technologies | Lighthouse | MTN | Mustek | Sanlam)

FirstRand and Sanlam released strong financial services sector numbers. Lighthouse is acquiring a property in Madrid and Lesaka completed the Recharger acquisition. MTN Uganda released terrific numbers. Grindrod had a tough year. I still don't know why Novus wants Mustek.

GHOST BITES (AfroCentric | Aspen | Bidvest | Clientele | Italtile | JSE | MAS | Metrofile | MTN | Mustek | PPC |...

Aspen, MTN Ghana, PPC, RCL Foods and Santam all had particularly good stories to tell, with Clientele, JSE and MAS in the green as well. Bidvest was a mixed bag in 2024. Italtile pulled off a resilient performance in the end. AfroCentric released very poor numbers, with Metrofile and Mustek also deep in the red.
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