This episode of the Ghost Bites podcast on YouTube and Apple Podcasts / Spotify covers Accelerate Property Fund, Alphamin, Purple Group and Sappi.

Accelerate Property Fund has made more progress. Bytes Technology investors must be patient for growth in profits. Capitec has sold its rental finance business to Sasfin. Sappi jumped on positive news about recent trading.

Hyprop shows that destination shopping can take the fight to eCommerce. ASP Isotopes and Sappi have significant deal news, while Sirius Real Estate and CA Sales are doing the type of deals that those groups are known for. Mantengu is very unhappy with its auditors.

Lewis is one of South Africa's best businesses. Sirius Real Estate is buying another property in Germany. Adcorp and Life Healthcare need to find more growth. Sappi just about needs a miracle. Trematon shows how hard it is to make money from schools.

Altron, Datatec, Gold Fields, Lesaka Technologies and Southern Sun all have good news stories to tell. The same certainly can't be said for Sappi, where shareholders are facing disaster. At Life Healthcare, the latest period was a disappointment for the market.

Sibanye-Stillwater's quarterly update tells a story of rapid growth in earnings across the group. DRDGOLD's quarterly update is promising. Jubilee Metals is ramping up its copper production, but guidance is being revisited. Quantum Foods overcame a period of egg price deflation and grew earnings strongly.

Weekly summary of Merger & Acquisition activity by South African companies.

Astral Foods has tightened its earnings guidance. MTN Ghana has banked another strong quarter. Primary Health Properties is delivering on merger synergies. And there are plenty of Nibbles today!