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Orion Minerals
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (4Sight Holdings | Afrimat | Investec | Nampak | Netcare | Oceana | Pick n Pay | Sanlam | Spear REIT |...
Afrimat is a tale of two terrible halves. Investec wants to double its private banking business. Pick n Pay's group HEPS isn't telling you what is actually happening at Pick n Pay's core business. Updates also came in from 4Sight, Nampak, Netcare, Oceana, Sanlam, Spear REIT and Tharisa.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Africa Bitcoin Corporation | Balwin | Mantengu | Southern Sun | Vukile Property Fund)
Balwin is set to go private thanks to the PIC. Southern Sun achieved excellent growth. Vukile Property Fund easily raised the funds for the Italian expansion. Africa Bitcoin Corporation's best business is ACOF. Mantengu is mulling over a reverse takeover.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Collins Property Group | Pick n Pay – Boxer | Spear REIT | Vukile Property Fund)
The market paid Pick n Pay a premium to VWAP for Boxer, but a discount to spot. In a busy day for the property sector, Vukile announced a capital raise to support an expansion to Italy, Spear REIT is in talks for a deal in the Western Cape and Collins Property Group released results.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Bytes | Canal+ | MAS | MTN | Octodec | Prosus | Spear REIT)
The market has gone cold on Prosus. MTN is the beneficiary of much better macroeconomics in Africa. Canal+ is inward listing on the JSE in June, but will they find support? Bytes Technology has a lot of work to do. In property, MAS is looking to offload some malls, while Spear REIT showed us how profitable buy-and-flip can be. Octodec's interim growth needs to be considered carefully.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Clientèle | Glencore | Merafe | MTN | Santova)
Dividend darling Clientèle wants to delist. Glencore is telling a bullish story after Q1, with MTN Nigeria also enjoying the current oil situation. Merafe should have an answer on the electricity tariffs by June. Santova clawed back a lot of lost ground in the second half of the year.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (MTN – Optasia | Ninety One | Orion Minerals | PSG Financial Services)
PSG Financial Services is shooting the lights out. MTN Nigeria seems to be the source of Optasia's headache. Ninety One's assets were fairly resilient during a tough quarter. Orion Minerals is moving closer to production.
DealMakers
Weekly corporate finance activity by SA exchange-listed companies
Weekly summary of corporate finance activity by South African exchange listed companies.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (BHP | Eastern Platinum | Exxaro | MTN | Nu-World | Orion Minerals)
A busy couple of days saw primarily mining sector updates, with important funding news at BHP and Orion Minerals. Exxaro has locked in a long-term supply contract with Eskom. Eastern Platinum hopes to break even in 2026. MTN Ghana has localised ownership of its fintech business. Nu-World's trading statement is encouraging.
