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Safari Investments: Property jewel hidden in the small cap graveyard - with a plan to make it shine

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Safari Investments has been a heavy investor into South Africa's former townships long before it became popular, and is now reaping the benefits of its far-sighted strategy. After a R900m fund raising exercise, the company is very lightly geared and is hunting high quality investments bit in SA and in Eastern Europe.

In this interview CEO Francois Marais reveals that issues which have acted as a brake on the Safari Investments share price - succession and its modestly sized market cap - are in the process of being addressed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Jul 2018 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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