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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 6-K
REPORT OF A FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For October 2007
Commission File Number 0-28800
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DRDGOLD Limited
EBSCO House 4
299 Pendoring Avenue
Blackheath
Randburg, South Africa, 2195
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form
20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F              Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form
is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes               No

If ''Yes'' is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule
12g3-2(b): N/A









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Attached to the Registrant Form 6-K filing for the month of October 2007, incorporated
by reference herein:

Exhibit

99.1   Release dated October 23, 2007, entitled “DISPOSAL BY DRDGOLD OF ITS STAKE IN
          EMPEROR MINE LIMITED (“EMPEROR”) AND WITHDRAWAL OF
          CAUTIONARY”.
99.2   Release dated October 23, 2007, entitled “COURT ORDER GRANTED TO
          BLYVOORUITZICHT GOLD MINE”.































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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
DRDGOLD LIMITED

Date: October 24, 2007
By: /s/ Themba Gwebu
Name: Themba Gwebu
Title: Company Secretary
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Exhibit 99.1


DRDGOLD LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1895/000926/06)
JSE trading symbol: DRD
ISIN Code: ZAE 000058723
Nasdaq trading symbol: DROOY
(“DRDGOLD” or “the company”)

Disposal by DRDGOLD of its stake in Emperor Mines Limited ("Emperor") and withdrawal of cautionary

1. Introduction

DRDGOLD shareholders are referred to the announcements released on 18 September and 18 October 2007
in which DRDGOLD advised that it planned to realise its investment in Emperor, its 78.7% held subsidiary.
Further to the announcement released by Emperor on 22 October 2007, DRDGOLD is pleased to announce
that it has now disposed of its entire interest in Emperor (“the Emperor disposal”).

In terms of the amended JSE Limited Listings Requirements, the Emperor disposal is classified as a
Category 2 transaction. This announcement is therefore for information purposes only and no action is
required by DRDGOLD shareholders.

2.  Details of the Emperor disposal

2.1 The purchasers

The purchasers of the Emperor shares were 26 institutional investors which each acquired between 0.4% and
21.6% of the shares.

2.2 
The Emperor disposal consideration

The Emperor shares were disposed of at a price of A$0.068 per share amounting to a total disposal
consideration of A$56 million (R340.9 million at an exchange rate of R6.088:A$1.00).

2.3  The effective date

The effective date of the disposal was 22 October 2007.

3.  Rationale for the Emperor disposal and application of the Emperor disposal proceeds

DRDGOLD has previously announced its intention to focus solely on opportunities in South Africa which
will include improving the efficiencies of its existing mines, expanding the surface treatment operations and
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developing its uranium and exploration potential. The cash received in respect of the Emperor disposal will
be applied to furthering these objectives.

4.  Pro forma financial effects of the Emperor disposal

Prior to the implementation of the Emperor disposal, Emperor itself had undertaken the disposal of its
interest in the Porgera joint venture (“the Porgera disposal”) which was approved by DRDGOLD
shareholders on 27 July 2007 and was completed on 17 August 2007. The two disposals are integrally linked
and therefore the pro forma financial effects of both the Porgera disposal and the Emperor disposal are
presented below. Such pro forma financial effects are the responsibility of the board of DRDGOLD and are
presented for illustrative purposes only to provide information on how the disposals might have impacted on
the reported financial information of the company if they had been implemented in the year ended 30 June
2007. Because of their nature, the pro forma financial effects may not give a fair indication of the
company’s financial position at 30 June 2007 or its future earnings.

Before the
Porgera disposal
and the Emperor
disposal(1)


After the Porgera
disposal(2)



% change
After the Porgera
disposal and the
Emperor
disposal(4)


% change
overall
Attributable
(loss)/earnings per
ordinary share for
the year ended 30
June 2007
(cents)(3)(5)





(271)





(49)





82





7





103
Headline
(loss)/earnings per
ordinary share for
the year ended 30
June 2007 (cents)
(3)(5)





(87)





(77)





11





(77)





11
Net asset value per
ordinary share at 30
June 2007 (cents)(6)



39



283



626



291



646
Net tangible asset
value per ordinary
share at 30 June
2007 (cents)(6)



39



283



626



291



646
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Weighted average
number of ordinary
shares in issue for
the period



340 928 374



340 928 374



-



340 928 374



-
Number of ordinary
shares in issue at the
end of the period



370 341 981



370 341 981



-



370 341 981



-

Notes:
1.
The figures in this column are extracted from the audited annual financial results of the company for
the year ended 30 June 2007.
2.
The figures in this column are based on the figures set out in the previous column, having adjusted
for the effects of the Porgera disposal.
3.
For purposes of the pro forma attributable and headline earnings per ordinary share after the Porgera
disposal it was assumed that:
•      the proceeds from the Porgera disposal amounted to US$250 million and were received by Emperor
on 1 July 2006;
•      US$120.7 million was applied immediately to settle Emperor’s debt obligations;
•      a capital distribution by Emperor of A$0.05 per Emperor share, amounting to A$52.3 million, was
instituted on 1 July 2006;
      Emperor earned interest on the net cash it retained at a rate of 4.5% per annum and paid no tax on
such earnings;
•      Papua New Guinea withholding tax amounted to US$4.5 million;
•      DRDGOLD earned interest on the net cash received at a rate of 4.5% before tax and paid no tax on
such earnings.
4.
The figures in this column are based on the figures set out in the column entitled “After the Porgera
disposal” and reflect the effects of the Porgera disposal and the Emperor disposal.
5.
For purposes of the pro forma attributable and headline earnings per ordinary share after the Porgera
disposal and the Emperor disposal it was assumed, in addition to the assumptions in note 3,that:
•      the Emperor disposal was effected on 1 July 2006;
•      interest was earned on the cash received, less costs incurred, at a rate of 4.5% before tax.
6.
For purposes of net asset value and net tangible asset value per ordinary share, it was assumed that
the disposals were implemented on 30 June 2007.

5. 
Withdrawal of cautionary

Shareholders are advised that, in light of the information presented above, caution is no longer required to be
exercised when dealing in the shares of DRDGOLD.

Randburg
23 October 2007

Sponsor
BDO QuestCo
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Exhibit 99.2


DRDGOLD LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1895/000926/06)
JSE trading symbol: DRD
ISIN Code: ZAE 000058723
Nasdaq trading symbol: DROOY
(“DRDGOLD” or “the company”)

COURT ORDER GRANTED TO BLYVOORUITZICHT GOLD MINE

DRDGOLD Limited has announced that, in terms of an order granted by the Labour Court to the company’s
Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine today, mine workers will be allowed to return to the underground working areas
at the Number 4, 5 and 6 shafts from the start of the night shift tonight to perform essential maintenance and
support work in all sections, panels and development ends, and to conduct cleaning operations and attend to
the removal of broken ore.

No production-related blasting may be undertaken on the shafts, pending:
- a presentation on an external audit of the mine’s health and safety systems to be given to the Department of
Minerals and Energy (“DME”) at a meeting tomorrow morning; and
- a determination by the DME by no later than the close of business tomorrow whether to set aside, vary or
confirm its notice to the mine in terms of Section 54 of the Mine Health and Safety Act.

The notice served on the mine on Saturday, following a rockburst which claimed the life of one employee,
ordered all employees to be removed from the stopes at the mine’s Number 4, 5 and 6 shafts.

Randburg
23 October 2007

Sponsor
BDO QuestCo (Pty) Limited