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The Southern African Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (SAVCA) has named Erika van der Merwe as its new chief executive officer (CEO). Van der Merwe was most recently television

RMB Corvest and Shalamuka Capital have partnered to acquire a combined stake in South Africa-based medical equipment distributor Respiratory Care Africa (RCA). The duo has bought its stake from

RMB Ventures and RMB Corvest have backed the buyout of South Africa-based water tanks manufacturer JoJo Tanks, from a group of investors led by Investec Principal Investments. Oppenheimer family’s

Ethos has secured a $76million (R580million) debt facility to support its leveraged buyout of South Africa-based industrial manufacturing company Universal Industries. The debt has been provided by Nedbank as

Ethos has bought 72% of  Kevro, a South Africa-based accessories distribution company, paying approximately $90million  (R850million) for the stake. The existing management has also invested, acquiring the remaining 28% of the

RMB Corvest has acquired a majority stake in South Africa-based industrial supplier, Dupleix Liquid Meters (DLM), through a leveraged buy-in management buyout (BIMBO) transaction. The financial details have

Will Jimerson, Musa Capital’s founder and director, discusses how private equity investors can harvest healthy returns from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), through harnessing synergies inherent in businesses

China-based Hanhong Private Equity has invested $16.9 million in South Africa-based Stonewall Mining. The deal was structured as a growth capital investment, with $3.9 million going to help finance the

Old Mutual Private Equity Fund 1 and Fund 2 recently sold the last of their shares in Life Healthcare — an investment that has recorded an internal rate