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Lewis
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Anglo American | Grindrod | KAP | Libstar | Mr Price)
Mr Price blows up its investment thesis - and spectacularly. KAP is looking much better. Anglo American and Teck Resources shareholders approve the merger. Grindrod's performance is a mixed bag. Libstar continues to clean house.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (BHP | British American Tobacco | Mahube Infrastructure | Merafe | Thungela)
Thungela updated the market on a tough year. British American Tobacco has reaffirmed 2026 guidance. BHP unlocked capital through a BlackRock infrastructure deal. Merafe is hoping for progress with Eskom. Mahube Infrastructure may be leaving our market.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Araxi | Fortress Real Estate | Octodec | Tiger Brands | Vukile Property Fund)
Tiger Brands is executing a stunning turnaround. Fortress, Octodec and Vukile delivered interesting property updates. Araxi is hoping that investors will focus on normalised numbers.
Ghost Bites
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.
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 (AfroCentric | ArcelorMittal | ASP Isotopes | Barloworld | Invicta | iOCO | Motus | Shoprite)
Shoprite released more excellent numbers. iOCO is on a firm footing these days. Motus was helped by a decrease in debt. ASP Isotopes is hitting big milestones. Invicta is acquiring a UK business. Barloworld's sanctions investigation is complete. AfroCentric needs to find growth. ArcelorMittal has started shutting the Longs business.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Assura – Primary Health Properties | Labat Africa | MC Mining | Ninety One | Orion Minerals | Southern Palladium)
Assura's reasons for changing their recommendation on KKR / Stonepeak look weaker by the day. Orion Minerals supports small shareholders. Ninety One's AUM moved higher. Labat Africa might dispose of businesses. MC Mining needs a turnaround at Uitkomst. Southern Palladium gives further details on the optimised prefeasibility study.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Adcorp | AME | AYO | Delta | Deneb | eMedia | Frontier Transport | HCI | Lewis | Old Mutual...
Lewis released incredible numbers and Adcorp looks stronger too. Spar is mostly retreating from Europe. The HCI stable (including Deneb, eMedia, Frontier and mothership HCI) released updates. Look out for AME, AYO, Delta Property, Old Mutual and Sea Harvest as well.

