Consumer goods · Brewing
AB InBev
Belgian-listed global brewer that combined with SABMiller in 2016 and now owns the South African operating company.
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14 published organisations
Retail · Specialist pet retail
Absolute Pets
South African specialist pet retailer in which Woolworths Holdings acquired a 93.45% controlling interest in April 2024.
Retail · Value clothing and general merchandise
Ackermans
South African value retail brand founded in Wynberg in 1916 and now part of the Pepkor clothing and general merchandise platform.
Healthcare · Pharmaceutical products
Adcock Ingram
South African healthcare products group unbundled from Tiger Brands and relisted in 2008.
Basic Materials · Diversified mining
African Rainbow Minerals
South African diversified mining group formed in its current shape through the 2003–2004 ARMgold, Harmony and Avmin transactions.
Basic Materials · Private investment holding company
African Rainbow Minerals and Exploration Investments
Private holding vehicle known as ARMI, involved in the 2003 transactions and disclosed as ARM’s largest shareholder at 30 June 2025.
Technology · Electrical and electronic equipment
Allied Electric
Original electrical engineering company founded by Bill Venter and colleagues in 1965.
Technology · Telecommunications and electronic technology
Altech
Technology company established by Bill Venter in 1975 and wholly acquired by Altron in 2013.
Technology · Platforms, IT services and distribution
Altron
JSE-listed South African technology group founded by Bill Venter in 1965.
Energy and chemicals · Mining and industrial investment
Anglovaal
Historical South African mining and industrial group that developed the oil-from-coal licence proposal which preceded Sasol.
Basic Materials · Historical diversified mining company
Anglovaal Mining
Diversified listed mining company known as Avmin that adopted the African Rainbow Minerals name after shareholders approved the 2004 transaction.
Basic Materials · Historical gold mining company
ARMgold
Gold company formed by Patrice Motsepe in 1997, listed in 2002 and combined with Harmony Gold through a 2003 share transaction.
Healthcare · Pharmaceuticals
Aspen Pharmacare
Aspen Pharmacare is a South African pharmaceutical group whose modern business began trading in 1997. Stephen Saad and Gus Attridge were two of its four founding members.
Consumer goods · Poultry and animal feed
Astral Foods
JSE-listed poultry and animal feed group unbundled from Tiger Brands in 2001.