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Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Glencore | Grindrod | Northam Platinum | Primary Health Properties | Shuka Minerals | Tharisa)
With SENS kicking into life, normal daily programming should resume soon. In the meantime, this catch-up edition deals with mining news from Glencore, Northam Platinum, Tharisa and junior house Shuka Minerals. Grindrod is enjoying strong port volumes in Mozambique. Primary Health Properties is off to a good start in life-after-Assura.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (AB InBev | Jubilee Metals | HCI | Schroder European Real Estate)
With all the news from the first week of January 2026 included in one Ghost Bites, you'll find deal news at AB InBev, Jubilee Metals and HCI. There's also a valuation update at Schroder European Real Estate.
DealMakers
Who’s doing what this week in the South African M&A space?
Weekly summary of Merger & Acquisition activity by South African companies
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Accelerate Property Fund | Deneb | eMedia | Frontier Transport | Growthpoint | HCI | KAL | Life Healthcare | Nampak |...
A huge day of news saw the HCI stable (including Deneb, eMedia, Frontier Transport and Tsogo Sun) release results. Growthpoint released a quarterly update. Nampak is a great turnaround story, while Accelerate Property Fund is also coming right. Numbers came in from KAL, Life Healthcare and Novus as well, while Sirius Real Estate announced another acquisition.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Harmony Gold | Invicta | Netcare | Oceana | PPC | Prosus – Naspers | Stefanutti Stocks)
Prosus - Naspers is growing strongly, with all eyes on the Just Eat Takeaway.com integration. PPC's turnaround strategy is working incredibly well. Invicta and Netcare both took advantage of share buybacks. Oceana was dragged down by fish oil prices. Harmony Gold is pushing further into copper. Stefanutti Stocks has settled with Eskom.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (ASP Isotopes | Assura – Primary Health Properties | Lesaka Technologies | Netcare | Orion Minerals | Renergen | York Timber)
Assura, Lesaka Technologies, Netcare and York Timber released important financial updates. Orion Minerals is raising money again. Renergen's latest quarterly update is light on production, heavy on corporate activity. ASP Isotopes has a temporary change of management and a new US customer.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Boxer | CMH | Emira | HCI | MC Mining | PSG Financial Services | Vukile)
Boxer and Vukile show us where the growth is in South Africa, while Emira is struggling with its property portfolio. CMH has done a great job in a changing automotive environment. PSG Financial Services is going from strength to strength. HCI keeps jumping through hoops for SACTWU. MC Mining made a gross loss - not something you'll see very often!
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (HCI | MAS)
HCI's proposed deal to sell properties to SACTWU is far from a vanilla transaction. MAS' joint venture agreement with PK is a cautionary tale about the danger of unanimous approvals.
