Monday, December 8, 2025
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Labat Africa

Ghost Bites (Brimstone | British American Tobacco | Hyprop | Sappi | Stor-Age | Vodacom)

Hyprop's bookbuild was a huge success and now Stor-Age is jumping on that bandwagon. Vodacom is taking control of Safaricom. Sappi is trying to improve its situation in European graphic paper. British American Tobacco is selling down ITC Hotels, while Brimstone is reducing its Oceana stake.

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.

Who’s doing what this week in the South African M&A space?

Weekly summary of Merger & Acquisition activity by South African companies

Weekly corporate finance activity by SA exchange-listed companies

Weekly summary of corporate finance activity by South African exchange listed companies

Ghost Bites (Argent Industrial | City Lodge | Crookes Brothers | Delta Property | Kore Potash | Investec | Lewis | Mr Price |...

A busy day of news saw retail updates from Lewis and Mr Price, along with City Lodge and Netcare as strong growth stories. Investec is finding it harder to grow at the moment. Reunert has strong momentum, while Argent Industrial and Delta Property also have positive stories. Crookes Brothers shows how hard agri really is. Kore Potash and Supermarket Income REIT announced important corporate deals.

Who’s doing what this week in the South African M&A space?

Weekly summary of Merger & Acquisition activity by South African companies

Weekly corporate finance activity by SA exchange-listed companies

Weekly summary of corporate finance activity by South African exchange listed companies

Ghost Bites (BHP | CMH | Goldrush | KAP | Labat | Richemont)

Richemont accelerated in the second quarter. CMH feels confident enough to do a large share buyback. BHP's court process regarding the disaster in Brazil is far from over. Goldrush is responding to market disruption. KAP has sold part of Unitrans.
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