Sun International has a range of resorts spread across southern Africa.
Sun International website |
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Phone Sun International from within South Africa |
011-780-7800 |
Fax number from within South Africa |
011-780-7443 |
Email for domestic reservation |
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Phone Sun International from outside South Africa |
+27-11-780-7878 |
Fax number from outside South Africa |
+27-11-780-7061 |
Email for international reservation |
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Physical address of head office |
27 Fredman Drive |
Postal address |
Private Bag 700 |
Resort |
Voting interest of Sun International |
Economic Interest of Sun International |
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Carnival City |
70% |
86% (through Afrisun Gauteng) |
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Fish River Sun |
60% |
78% (through Emfuleni) |
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Flamingo Casino |
49% |
77% (through Teemane) |
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GrandWest |
56% |
71% (through Sunwest) |
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Meropa Casino |
45% |
71% (through Meropa) |
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Morula |
100% |
100% |
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Naledi Sun |
100% |
100% |
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Sibaya Lodge |
54% |
61% (through AfriSun KwaZulu-Natal) |
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100% |
100% |
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The Boardwalk Casino |
60% |
78% (through Emfuleni) |
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The Carousel |
100% |
100% |
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The Golden Valley Casino |
40% |
40% (through Worcester) |
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The Table Bay |
56% |
71% (through Sunwest) |
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Wild Coast Sun |
70% |
70% (through Transun) |
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Windmill Casino |
70% |
74% (through Mangaung Sun) |
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Resort |
Voting interest of Sun International |
Economic Interest of Sun International |
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Gaborone Sun Hotel and Casino |
80% |
80% |
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Letsatsi Casino |
80% |
80% |
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The Marang Casino |
80% |
80% |
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Menateng Casino |
80% |
80% |
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Lesotho Sun |
47% |
49% |
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Maseru Sun |
47% |
49% |
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Kalahari Sands Hotel and Casino |
100% |
100% |
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Royal Swazi Sun Hotel and Casino |
51% |
51% |
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Ezulwini Sun Hotel |
51% |
51% |
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Lugogo Sun Hotel |
51% |
51% |
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The Royal Livingstone |
100% |
100% |
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Zambezi Sun |
100% |
100% |
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30 Sep 2096 |
Sun International's rental agreement for the land upon which the Flamingo casino |
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9 Mar 2029 |
Sun International's rental agreement for the land upon which the Wild Coast Sun Resort |
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31 May 2014 |
Sun International's lease on its head office in Sandton expires. |
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30 Nov 2009 |
Sun International's rental agreement for phase 5 of the Thaba’Nchu Sun Staff Flats expires. |
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21 May 2009 |
Sun International's rental agreements for the Naledi Sun Hotel and staff flats expires. |
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Apr 2008 |
Sun International runs an advertisement featuring Charlize Theron. |
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31 Aug 2007 |
Joe Lukwago-Mugerwa (Director of Human Resources) resigned from Sun International. |
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Jun 2007 |
A 1 471 bay parkade and a 1 124 slot smoking casino is opened at GrandWest. |
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Apr 2007 |
Fifty seven new rooms are completed at the Carnival City Hotel. |
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Mar 2007 |
Sun International announces that it has entered into an agreement with Novomatic AG and the International Group of Gaming and Resorts Chile SA to purchase a 40% shareholding in San Frandsco Investment SA (an entity in Chile which has a fifteen year casino licence south of Santiago). |
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Dec 2006 |
After 23 years with the group and 30 years in the industry, Patrick Reinecke, Sun International gaming director, retires. |
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Dec 2006 |
Texas Hold 'Em poker is introduced at Carnival City. |
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Dec 2006 |
A new smoking Privé is opened at GrandWest as well as an external walkway and fast food area. |
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Nov 2006 |
The Golden Valley Casino opens in Worcester (Western Cape Province of South Africa). |
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Oct 2006 |
The Lethabong Tavern, an African urban bar, is launched at Morula. |
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Oct 2006 |
The 118-roomed Sibaya Lodge is opened (all rooms are 3-star). |
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Oct 2006 |
A new central reservations sytem is implemented. |
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15 Sep 2006 |
Sun International purchases 61.3% of Real Africa Holdings, stating that it intends to increase its holding as opportunities arise and eventually delist Real Africa Holdings. |
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1 Jul 2006 |
Des Whitcher and Jaco Coetzee are appointed to the Sun International Management Limited (SIML) as director: gaming development and slots and director: |
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30 Jun 2006 |
Peter Bacon retires as chief executive of Sun International, and is succeed by David Coutts-Trotter (who had served 3 years as deputy Chief Executive). |
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Mar 2006 |
Staffing at the Royal Swazi Sun is restructured. |
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Mar 2006 |
Cross-municipal boundaries are redrawn and the Morula Hotel and Casino's demarcation changes from the North West Province to the Gauteng Province, thus becoming exposed to Gauteng's higher gambling taxes. |
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Dec 2005 |
After completing a 6-month induction to Sun International, Joe Lukwago-Mugerwa takes over from Rob Rimmer (who retires) as group human resources director. |
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Dec 2005 |
The Dinokana Consortium purchases an effective seven percent of Sun International Ltd, which can be split up as follows: |
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Sun International Employees Share Trust |
3.01% |
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SIBEMT |
0.42% |
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North West Development Trust |
1.07% |
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Lereko Investments |
1.96% |
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North West business groups and PDI |
0.54% |
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Nov 2005 |
Valli Moosa and Dr NN (Lulu) Gwagwa are appointed to the Sun International board. |
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Oct 2005 |
The slots operation in Zambia is closed and the area used to increase conference space. The reason for the closure is that the demand and profitability of the slots operation was low.. |
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30 Sep 2005 |
The Windmill Casino, located on the N1 national road in Bloemfontein (Free State Province of South Africa), opens to the public (it opened to invited guests on the 29th Sep 2005). |
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Sep 2005 |
The Thaba'Nchu Sun casino is closed (in the Free State Province of South Africa). |
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1 Sep 2005 |
David Coutts-Trotter is appointed Chief-Executive-designate. |
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6 Sep 2005 |
Sun International Limited disposes of its 38.6% ownership of the City Lodge Hotel Group. In terms of the disposal, Sun International shareholders received City Lodge shares (priced at 38.50) in exchange for a portion of their Sun International shares (priced at R73). |
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Aug 2005 |
The refurbishment of all furniture and room fabrics at the Table Bay is finished. |
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30 Jul 2005 |
Rob Becker is appointed to the Sun International board. |
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1 Dec 2004 |
The Sibaya casino and Entertainment Kingdom in Umhlanga is opened. |
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Nov 2004 |
The Sugarmill Casino is closed. |
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1 Nov 2004 |
Thirty percent of the Wild Coast Sun is sold to a local community trust. |
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1 Sep 2004 |
The Sun International Business Leadership Programme is conducted at the UCT Graduate School of Business in Cape Town, for 27 staff members. The aim of the programme is to enable delegates to develop a strategic view of the Sun International group and to be able to manage at an operational level. |
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1 Sep 2004 |
Louisa Mojela, Hassen Adams and Peter Swartz are appointed non-executive directors of the Sun International board. |
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12 Aug 2004 |
The 76-roomed Zimbali Lodge is sold to the IFA group for R76m, with |
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30 Jun 2004 |
Stephen C Mildenhall resigns as a director of the Sun International board. |
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2 Jul 2004 |
Easy Poker is launched. In Las Vegas, the game produces the highest revenue per table. |
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30 Jun 2004 |
The 47-roomed Nhlangano in Swaziland is disposed of. |
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8 Jun 2004 |
Shareholders pass a resolution at a general meeting, in terms of which:
Sun International Limited is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and Sun International (South Africa) is delisted from the JSE. |
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May 2004 |
The Sun International Black Diamond Tournament is held with various players playing for a hundred thousand rand to be split amongst certain charities. |
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1 Apr 2004 |
The 96-roomed Mpekweni Sun is disposed of. |
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Jan 2004 |
A new game is launched, “Dem Bones”, which quickly becomes the top performer in the 5c to 25c denomination video machines. |
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2 Sep 2003 |
The North West Development Corporation’s 18.6% holding in Sun International (South Africa) is purchased for R566 million, increasing the group’s ownership of Sun International (South Africa) to 62.4%. |
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1 Jul 2003 |
David Coutts-Trotter is appointed deputy Chief-Executive. |
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1 Jul 2003 |
Peter Bacon is appointed Chief Executive of Sun International. |
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1 Jul 2003 |
The Sun International board seperates the roles chief executive and of chairman. |
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30 Jun 2003 |
Buddy Hawton retires as an executive director. |
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30 Jun 2003 |
Sun International
enters into a transaction with Western Cape based Grand Parade |
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Jun 2003 |
Carnival City hosts Atomic Kitten in the Big Top entertainment arena. |
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Apr 2003 |
Sun International launches a new tour operator called "Dreams", which will market packages to the South African market. |
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2003 |
The Sun International Employees Share Trust (SIEST) is established for the benefit of |
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15 Nov 2002 |
The minority holdings of 27% in Sun International Management Limited are acquired by Kersaf Investments Limited, for US$16.9m. |
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Oct 2002 |
At the World Travel Awards:
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Sep 2002 |
The “Mystery Jackpot” is introduced at all operations, allowing the random triggering of mystery jackpots on certain slot machines or groups of machines. |
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Jul 2002 |
Sun International upgrades to PeopleSoft Human Capital Management, Version 8. |
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4 Jul 2002 |
Eddie Oblowitz is appointed to the Sun International board. |
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19 Jun 2002 |
Mr PL Campher,
SC Mildenhall, DM Nurek and GR Rosenthal are appointed |
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18 Jun 2002 |
PJ Venison resigns from the board. |
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14 Jun 2002 |
FWJ Kilbourn resigns from the board. |
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May 2002 |
In the case between Sun International and SACCAWU regarding a retrenchment exercise embarked on in 2000, the Labour Court rules in favour of Sun International. |
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22 Mar 2002 |
The Meropa casino (completed at a cost of R184m) opens in Polokwane, in the Limpopo Province (then called the Northern Province). |
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4 Mar 2002 |
The Flamingo casino (completed at a cost of R125m) opens in Kimberley. |
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Feb 2002 |
Leon Campher retires from all executive positions. |
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Dec 2001 |
A smoking casino is opened at GrandWest in Cape Town. |
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1 Oct 2001 |
Sun International submits its Employment Equity Plan to the Department of Labour. |
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18 Sep 2001 |
Mr Leslie Boyd is appointed as a non executive director, and PJ Venison as an executive director. |
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9 Aug 2001 |
Dr D Konar resigns from the board. |
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30 Jun 2001 |
The minority interests of 18% in the Kalahari Sands Namibia operations are purchased. for R9.5m. |
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Feb 2001 |
The Sugarmill temporary casino is opened. |
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Dec 2000 |
Cape Town based Grandwest Hotel and Casino opens ahead of schedule. Total cost is R1.45 bn. |
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Dec 2000 |
The retail component of the Boardwalk casino is opened. The total cost for the casino and retail component is R444m. |
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Oct 2000 |
The Boardwalk casino is opened in Port Elizabeth. |
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30 Jun 2000 |
Kersaf Investment Limited purchases the 20% minority interests in Sun International Inc, for R425m. |
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1997 |
Mike Egan retires from executive positions (but not from the board). |
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1996 |
David Coutts-Trotter and Nigel Matthews are appointed to the Sun International board. |
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1994 |
Peter Bacon is appointed to the Sun International board. |
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1994 |
The MVG program is launched. |
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1992 |
Mike Egan is appointed to the Sun International board. |
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1990 |
Construction begins on a hotel-casino at Babelegi (north of Pretoria). |
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1989 |
The stake in Chobe Game Lodge in Botswana is sold. |
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1989 |
A majority shareholding in Windhoek's most luxurious hotel is acquired. |
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1989 |
A Ciskei coastal hotels and casino-resort is
completed, strategically positioned
between Port |
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1988 |
A British-based hotel group withdraws from the management contract of a series of new luxury hotels under construction in the Comoros, resulting in Sun International being offered the opportunity to manage the casino-hotels. The project ran into opposition from (1) religious leaders in the Comoros, who considered drinking and gambling to be sins, (2) many villagers had to be moved to make way for the construction of the resort. The end result was that only 2 instead of 4 resorts were completed. In 1989 the outstanding 2 casino-hotel resorts were opened. However following the assasination of the President (with a group of white mercenaries playing a role), political uncertainty precipitated the temporary closure of the biggest hotel-casino in the Comoros. |
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1987 |
Buddy Hawton is appointed to the Sun International Board. |
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1986 |
Royale Resorts (a subsidiary based in Bermuda) is formed, as a JV between Sun International (50%) and British and Commonwealth Shipping (a UK enterprise). During 1987 it was announced that
Royale Resorts in alliance with a French company had a planned take-over of |
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1985 |
Sun International participates in a villa development and time-share resort on the Vaal river at Vereeniging. |
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Jun 1985 |
A 40% stake is acquired in the Kunick Leisure Group, a UK enterprise. Kunick Leisure Group owned amongst other things - water theme parks, the London Dungeon tourist attraction, azoo, discotheques an opera house and ice skating rinks. Kunick then purchased Allied Entertainments, which held an exclusive option on the development of a leisure complex in the London Docklands area. However, Kunick became increasingly tainted with several rock artists refusing to work with a business having South African connections. In May 1987 Sun International sold its stake in Kunick Leisure Group. |
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1985 |
Sun International obtains an effective 21% share of the combined Southern Sun-Holiday Inn hotel chain which would be confined geographically to South Africa. |
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1984 |
Sun International acquires the casino-hotel interests of the Rennies Group, which had operated under the Holiday Inns franchise in southern Africa. With this purchase the only casino in southern Africa that Sun International does not control is the Hilton Hotel casino in Maseru (Lesotho), which the group remedied by taking over management and absorbing the Lesotho Hilton Casino. Also within its first year of establishment, Sun International opened a new hotel-casino at Thaba 'Nchu (Bophuthatswana), to attract gamblers from the Orange Free State province of South Africa.
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1983 |
Sun International Ltd is split from Southern Sun, with Southern Sun holding the hotels based in South Africa and Sun International holding the casino-hotels situated in apartheid South Africa's homelands. Sol Kerzner sells his stake in Southern Sun to South African Breweries, and acquires Sun International (through Kersaf), with Southern Sun owning 20% of Sun International. |
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At the 30th June 2007, the 10 largest shareholders in Sun International were:
Allan Gray |
14% |
Old Mutual |
6% |
Sun International Employees Share Trust |
5% |
Sun International (treasury shares) |
5% |
Dinokana |
4% |
Investment Solutions |
3% |
Transnet Pension Fund |
3% |
Sanlam |
2% |
Morgan Stanley |
2% |
Mines Pension Fund |
2% |
Buddy Hawton |
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David Coutts-Trotter |
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| Rob Becker |
Graham Rosenthal |
Nigel Mathews |
Dr
Lulu Gwagwa |
Vali Moosa |
Eddy Oblowitz |
David Nurek |
Mike Egan |
Leslie Boyd |
Leon Campher |
Peter Swartz |
Hassen Adams |
Louisa Mojela |
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Sun International Limited
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
Registration number 1967/007528/06
Share code: SUI, ISIN: ZAE000097580
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