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Putprop
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Afrimat | Bidcorp | Blue Label Telecoms | Curro | OUTsurance | Spur | Transpaco)
Curro is becoming a non-profit organisation - and it all makes perfect sense. OUTsurance is flying. Punters took profit on Blue Label after results. Afrimat and Transpaco are having a tough time. Bidcorp put in a dependable performance. Spur has a legal battle around a rib plant.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Accelerate Property Fund | AECI | Astoria | Brimstone | Glencore | Orion Minerals)
Glencore's production update shows a nasty drop in own sourced copper. AECI's turnaround is making good progress. Brimstone has been boosted by Sea Harvest. Accelerate Property Fund remains highly speculative. Orion Minerals released a quarterly report. Astoria is reducing its stake in OIH.
Ghost Bites
GHOST BITES (Choppies | Investec | Momentum | Shaftesbury | South Ocean Holdings)
Investec's UK business dragged down the group numbers. Shaftesbury is selling part of its Covent Garden stake. Momentum had an exceptional period. Choppies is doing well and South Ocean Holdings certainly isn't.
Ghost Bites
GHOST BITES (African Rainbow Minerals | Exxaro | Putprop | Rainbow Chicken)
Rainbow Chicken is definitely the good news story of the day, with Putprop also moving in the right direction. African Rainbow Minerals is getting dragged down by PGMs. Exxaro has been impacted by cost pressures.
Ghost Bites
GHOST BITES (African Rainbow Minerals | Anglo American | Curro | Grindrod | NEPI Rockcastle | Redefine)
African Rainbow Minerals is a victim of the cycle. Anglo American has locked in a long-term deal with the Botswana government for De Beers. Curro is struggling to fill its schools. Grindrod, NEPI Rockcastle and Redefine all delivered financial updates.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Burstone | Barloworld | CMH | Emira | FirstRand | Metair | Old Mutual | Safari)
On an extremely busy day of news, we saw updates from property groups Burstone, Emira and Safari, along with difficulties at Barloworld, CMH and Metfair. In financial services, both FirstRand and Old Mutual had important news, along with numerous other companies in the Nibbles section.
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 (Finbond | KAP | Murray & Roberts | Northam Platinum | Truworths)
Truworths released poor numbers. Something seems to be brewing at Finbond. Most of KAP's businesses are underperforming. Murray & Roberts and Northam Platinum gave themselves more balance sheet flexibility.
