South Africa
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Assura plc take-private by Sana Bidco
2025: the £1.7bn (c.R43bn) take-private of UK healthcare REIT Assura by the Sana Bidco consortium (KKR-led with USS…
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MultiChoice’s Phuthuma Nathi empowerment repurchase
2025–26: MultiChoice repurchased the Phuthuma Nathi (Phuthuma Nathi Investments 1 & 2) BEE shareholding at R8.79bn as part…
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Sanlam / MTN / MultiChoice “wealth-partnership” package
2025: Sanlam became MultiChoice’s financial-services partner and the ring-fenced partner for the LicenceCo structure (with a reported R1.5bn…
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Anglo American’s sale of its Jellinbah coal stake
2025: Anglo sold its interest in the Jellinbah steelmaking-coal joint venture (Queensland) for c.US$1bn, the first completed step…
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ArcelorMittal South Africa’s restructuring and long-products exit
2025–2026: AMSA progressed the closure/divestment of long-products operations (Vereeniging/Newcastle) and asset sales amid the steel crisis, with state…
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Ethos Capital’s continuation vehicle and winding-down
2025–2026: Ethos (SA’s oldest PE house) moved to wind down: a continuation vehicle for Identity Digital, disposal of…
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Premier FMCG to Titan/RMB private sale, plus the Rhodes Food Group–Premier asset transaction
2025: after pulling its JSE IPO, Brait sold Premier (Blue Ribbon bread, cereals) to Titan Premier Investments and…
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Lesaka Technologies / Bank Zero
2025: JSE/Nasdaq-listed Lesaka agreed to acquire Bank Zero (digital bank founded by Yatin/Ashwin Singh) from shareholders in a…
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Stor-Age’s acquisitions of Storage SA and ExtraSpace
2025–26: Stor-Age Property REIT (JSE) consolidated SA self-storage: the Storage SA roll-up (c.R787m across tranches, reported) plus franchise…
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Capitec acquires Walletdoc: up to R400m
2025: Capitec’s acquisition of Walletdoc (debt-collection/payment platform), Capitec’s first major fintech buy, complementing its business-banking build.
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