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Tharisa (THA) is a mining company that mines and beneficiates platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome. The company is listed in London and on the JSE. The Tharisa mine, located on the south-west limb of the Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC), is an open pit operation with an estimated life of 17 years. The company owns a subsidiary, Arxo Metals, which beneficiates...

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Insimbi (ISB) is a group that manufactures and supplies specialist products to the industrial sector. They source, buy, package, and process ferrous and non-ferrous alloys, refractory and foundry materials, plastic blow-moulding, and injection moulding. They recycle metal alloys and provide technical support to users of their products. In its results for the year...

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Afrimat (AFT) is an open-pit mining company that supplies composites, construction materials, and other commodities to a range of industries in Southern Africa. Until the end of 2015, Afrimat was one of the best-performing shares on the JSE. The share broke up out of a 3-year sideways pattern, which included the COVID-19 crisis. It rose to a peak of R76 on 6th...

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DRA Global describes itself as a "...multi-disciplinary engineering, project management and operations management group predominantly focused on the mining and minerals resources sector." It is listed on both the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and the JSE. It has its headquarters in Perth, Australia, and operates through 20 offices in Asia-Pacific, North and...

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Balwin Properties (BWN) is a developer of secure sectional title properties in South Africa. The company is now turning its attention to renting out some of the properties that it develops to improve its income. The company reports strong demand for its units and is also moving into supplying solar power and internet fibre. The share was listed 5 years ago at R10...

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Here is the text with paragraphs added: Schroder European Real (SCD), Sereit, is a real estate investment trust (REIT) which invests in properties in Europe. The company listed in London and on the JSE on 9th December 2015. It owns a range of properties in high-growth cities across Europe, especially in London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Zurich. Its properties are...

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Here is the text with paragraphs added: Sirius (SRE) is a real estate investment trust (REIT), listed on the JSE and the London Stock Exchange (LSE), which specialises in office, manufacturing, and warehousing properties in Germany. The company owns 141 assets with a book value of about 2 billion euros. Obviously, this is a well-managed and growing rand-hedge,...

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Here is the text with paragraphs added: Jubilee Metals Group (JBL) is a diversified metals recovery company that re-processes mine waste and surface materials. It is listed both on the London AIM market and on the JSE's Alt-X. It has operations in South Africa, the UK, Madagascar, and Australia, and it is involved in a joint venture in Zambia to produce lead,...

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Here is the text with paragraphs added: Datatec (DTC) is an international IT and telecommunications company operating in more than fifty countries. It operates in the United States, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Its business is divided into three main divisions - technology distribution through Westcon International, integration and...

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Here is the text with paragraphs added: Enterprise Outsourcing Holdings (EOH) was Africa's largest information technology company with involvement in almost every aspect of computer applications. At one point, the company had 11,000 staff members, but that has now been reduced to 6,151. It was, until August 2015, the darling of the JSE because it had a long track...

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Metair (MTA) produces energy solutions (batteries) and components for the vehicle manufacturing business. It has operations in Africa and in various European and Middle East countries. The company's energy storage business is located in Turkey in an operation called "Mutlu". The business it is in has the prospect of growing rapidly as electric motor vehicles...

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Balwin Properties (BWN) is a South African developer of secure sectional title properties. Recently, the company has shifted some focus towards renting out the properties it develops to diversify and enhance its income streams. Despite strong demand for its units, the company has expanded into providing solar power and internet fibre solutions. When listed five...

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Jubilee Metals Group (JBL) is a diversified metals recovery company that specializes in reprocessing mine waste and surface materials. It is listed on both the London AIM market and the JSE's Alt-X. The company operates in South Africa, the UK, Madagascar, and Australia, and is involved in a joint venture in Zambia to produce lead, zinc, and vanadium. Jubilee...

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Previously known as Net1 UEP Technologies, Lesaka is listed on the Nasdaq and the JSE (LSK). It is a provider of fintech products in a number of countries. Its universal electronic payment system (“UEPS”) uses biometrically secure smart cards that operate in real-time but offline, which allows users to enter into transactions at any time. In its results for the...

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Telemaster (TLM) is a company that provides voice, data, and cloud communication services through a variety of offerings, including fixed line, fixed cellular, fixed data, and PBX services. The company operates through three main divisions: voice, cloud PBX, and internet. Its business consists of four key entities: 1. Catalytic Connections (Pty) Limited: A...

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York Timber Holdings (YRK) is a South African forestry company that owns plantations, processing plants, and a wholesaling distribution network. It is the largest player in South Africa’s plywood and timber market. Founded in 1916 by Russian immigrant Herman Katzenellenbogen, the company was listed on the JSE in 1946. The National Union of Metalworkers of South...

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Spar (SPP) operates a chain of supermarkets with 2,402 stores across Southern Africa, and it also runs the Build-It chain (focused on hardware and building materials) and the Tops Liquor chain. The company has diversified internationally, with operations in Southern Ireland through its BWG group (which operates 1,392 stores) and in Switzerland with 388 Spar...

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Nampak (NPK) is Africa's largest packaging company, operating in South Africa and ten other African countries. While 60% of its turnover comes from South Africa, only 36% of its trading profit is generated there, with the rest of Africa accounting for 59% of trading profit from just 31% of turnover. Nampak has smaller operations in the UK and Ireland. The company...