South Africa
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Sapref refinery sale to the Central Energy Fund
2023: Shell and BP sold the Sapref refinery (Durban, 175,000bpd) to the CEF/state for a nominal R1 plus…
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Teraco’s expansion financing (2023–26)
Africa’s largest data-centre operator (now part of the DigitalBridge/Platform? consortium) financed successive hyperscale campus build-outs (Johannesburg, Cape Town,…
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Safari Investments’ internalisation/restructuring
2023–25: Safari Investments (Mamelodi/Central SA retail REIT) pursued internalisation/restructuring options with majority shareholder support, part of the SA…
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Distell’s wine business disposal following Heineken
2023–2025: post-#15, restructuring of the Distell wine interests (incl. brand and estate disposals under Heineken’s remedies), a real…
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Choppies’ exit from South Africa (Botswana)
2023–2024: Choppies (BSE-listed) concluded the disposal/closure of its SA stores, reversing its failed expansion, Botswana’s largest corporate retrenchment…
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Alviva Holdings R2.56bn take-private/restructure
2023–24: the Alviva (formerly Pinnacle) restructuring and R2.56bn buy-out of minorities, delisting from the JSE, one of the…
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SA Post Office business rescue
2023–2024: SAPO entered business rescue and executed a rescue plan with the state’s support, closing branches and renegotiating…
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Sasol / sodium cyanide merger
The Tribunal prohibited the proposed acquisition involving Sasol’s sodium cyanide business (AECI/Kemira-linked structures) citing competition harm, one of…
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Investec’s UK wealth combination with Rathbones
2023: Investec combined its UK Wealth & Investment business with Rathbones to create the UK’s largest discretionary wealth…
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Mediclinic / Matlosana Medical Health Services: prohibition, upheld by the Constitutional Court (2023)
The first private-hospital “creeping merger” prohibition in SA, upheld through appeal including in the Constitutional Court, establishing that…
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