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Novus (NVS) is South Africa's largest printing company with 11 printing plants. Until recently, it had the monopoly contract to do all of Media24's printing. With effect from 1-4-18, that contract was reduced to roughly 58% of Media24's printing and the price paid by Media24 for printing was also reduced. The company appointed a new CEO, Neil Birch, who has...

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Ninety-One is an asset management company spun out of Investec and separately listed on Monday 16th March 2020. The listing occurred just as the corona epidemic was causing world stock markets to crash so the shares fell more than 40% below their pre-listing range on the first day. There was no initial public offer (IPO). In our view this massive blue chip share...

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MultiChoice (MCG) is a leading entertainment company in Africa and one of the fastest-growing pay-TV broadcast providers in the world with 21,1m subscribers in 50 countries. The company's 90-day subscriber base is split 42% (8,9m) in South Africa and 58% (12,2m) in the rest of Africa. The share was spun out of Naspers and separately listed on the JSE on 27th...

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Ethos Capital Partners (EPE) is a private equity fund (PEF), incorporated in Mauritius, which invests into unlisted companies for long-term capital appreciation on behalf of its investors. Like most investment holding companies, Ethos trades at a significant discount to its net asset value (NAV). Fifty-six percent of their assets are in South Africa and 39% in the...

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Dipula is a real estate investment trust (REIT) which is 30.24% owned by Coronation. On 6 June 2022, the company repurchased all of the Dipula A-shares in issue in consideration for the issue of 2.4 Dipula B-shares for every Dipula A-share. The company describes itself as "...a Johannesburg-based internally managed REIT that owns a diversified portfolio of 186...

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Brait (BAT) is an investment holding company which owns 78% of Virgin Active, 93,7% of Premier and 18,5% of New Look (a clothing retailer in the UK). It sold its stake in Iceland Foods for R2,4bn in June 2020 and used the proceeds to pay down debt. It is itself 46% owned by Christo Wiese's company Titan. The company's most important performance measure is its net...

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African Media Entertainment (AME) is a company which specialises in running radio stations and whose revenue comes principally from advertising on those stations. It has four divisions - (1) Algoa which broadcasts from the Garden Route to the Wild Coast, (2) OFM which broadcasts in the Free State, North-West province, Northern Cape, Southern Gauteng and Northern...

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Universal Partners (UPL) is an investment holding company with a primary listing in Mauritius and a secondary listing on the Alt-X of the JSE. It listed in 2013 and has made five investments: (1) Dentex Healthcare Group, which owns 56 dental practices in the UK; (2) Yasa, a distributor of controllers for high power density electric motors. This company was sold to...

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Tsogo (TSG) is a gaming, hotel and entertainment business which has split into separate gaming and hotel businesses in order to unlock shareholder value and to enable each business to become much more focused. As President Ramaphosa stabilises the economy, following the pandemic and introduces more growth-oriented policies we can expect business and consumer...

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Trematon (TMT) is an investment holding company with subsidiaries, joint ventures and associate companies, mostly in the Western Cape. The company also invests in listed and unlisted shares. Originally most investments were related to property, but its investments have moved outside that. The company owns Club Mykonos. In its results for the six months to 28th...

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Storage (SSS) is the JSE's only real estate investment trust (REIT) which specialises in buying and running domestic storage facilities in all major South African cities and in the UK. Its business is split about 60% in South Africa and 40% in the UK. It expects its UK business to exceed the South African business in due course. The company owns 74 properties...

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Santam (SNT) is South Africa's largest short-term insurer with about 22% of the market. This means that it does not engage in endowment insurance, annuities or any kind of investment insurance. It insures assets, like buildings and vehicles and individuals against risks which they cannot afford such as the loss of their income through disability or death. Santam...

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Novus (NVS) is South Africa's largest printing company with 11 printing plants. Until recently, it had the monopoly contract to do all of Media24's printing. With effect from 1-4-18, that contract was reduced to roughly 58% of Media24's printing and the price paid by Media24 for printing was also reduced. The company appointed a new CEO, Neil Birch, who has...

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The Netcare Group (NTC) operates hospitals and medical response teams throughout South Africa and Lesotho. It has fifty-nine hospitals, four of which are public/private partnerships, employs 22000 people in South Africa and has 10600 beds. Netcare 911 operates from seventy-nine sites and has over 1000 paramedics. Healthcare is generally not impacted by the...

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Dipula is a real estate investment trust (REIT) which is 30.24% owned by Coronation. On 6 June 2022, the company repurchased all of the Dipula A-shares in issue in consideration for the issue of 2.4 Dipula B-shares for every Dipula A-share. The company describes itself as "...a Johannesburg-based internally managed REIT that owns a diversified portfolio of 186...

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Capprec (CTA) is a fintech company offering payments and payment infrastructure as well as software and services. Patrice Motsepe's African Rainbow Capital (ARC) owns a stake. The payments side of the business is done through African Resonance and Dashpay. The software side involves systems development and consulting. The company owns 17,5% of Resonance Australia...

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Barloworld (BAW) is an international supplier of heavy earth-moving equipment and vehicles to the mining, agriculture, infrastructure, power, automotive and logistics sectors. Its best-known brands include Caterpillar, Avis, Massey-Ferguson, and Challenger. It operates in 24 countries, especially in Southern Africa, Russia, and other emerging markets. Its wide...

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Zeda is a car rental company unbundled and spun out of Barloworld with a fleet of 250 000 vehicles and 14 dealerships around South Africa. It holds the licence for the Avis brand in South Africa. The company is 55 years old and listed on the JSE on 13th December 2022, with Ramasela Ganda as its CEO. In its results for the six months to 31st March 2023 the company...