Amid a renewed focus on capital returns on the local market, Naspers has updated its repurchase activity and thrown its weight behind a dividend recovery push. The company disclosed that between 3 and 7 August 2026 it bought back 641,547 ordinary shares at an average price of ZAR 899.4143, spending ZAR 577,016,538 (about US$35.3 million). It also urged shareholders to use the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Claim It portal to recover unpaid or unclaimed dividends.
The latest tranche underscores that Naspers is steadily shrinking its share count, a move that can lift per-share measures and indicates ongoing commitment to returning capital. The execution over a handful of sessions suggests the programme remains active at meaningful scale, while the Claim It reminder points to a parallel house‑keeping effort: putting unclaimed cash back into investors’ hands and tidying shareholder records.
What changes next is the cumulative effect: fewer shares in issue should start to show up in per‑share reporting, and any momentum in dividend recoveries will show whether the outreach is working. Watch the weekly buyback pace, any updates to repurchase permissions, liquidity conditions in the stock, and whether the JSE publishes data on how much has been reclaimed via the portal.
For more detail, read the full announcement.