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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 May 2008
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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Attached to the Registrant Form 6-K filing for the month of May 2008, incorporated
by reference herein:

Exhibit

99.1 Release dated May 22, 2008, entitled “IMPACT OF EAST RAND VIOLENCE ON
ERPM.”









































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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: May 22, 2008
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 share code: DRD
ISIN: ZAE 000058723
Issuer code: DUSM
Nasdaq trading symbol: DROOY
(“DRDGOLD” or “the company”)

IMPACT OF EAST RAND VIOLENCE ON ERPM

DRDGOLD has been informed by the South African Police Service (“SAPS”) that two employees
of its East Rand Proprietary Mines Limited mine (“ERPM”) at Boksburg died in the violence that
occurred in the Ramaphosa informal settlement on the East Rand.

The names and nationalities of the employees will be withheld until such time as the next of kin
have been informed.

Production at ERPM is still continuing. However, employee attendance has been negatively
impacted since the weekend following violent attacks against foreigners in the area. ERPM has
reported that approximately 58% of its day shift did not report for work today and that this was
believed to be related to the continuing unrest in nearby communities. DRDGOLD’s two other
operations have not been affected by the violence.

621, or 32.6%, of ERPM’s semi-skilled workforce are foreign nationals, mainly from Mozambique,
Lesotho and Swaziland. The largest proportion, some 480 employees, or 77% of the foreign
nationals on the workforce, are Mozambicans. Some 398 of these employees (83% of the
Mozambican workforce), have opted for living-out allowances from the mine, in preference to
hostel accommodation.

Management and the National Union of Mineworkers (“NUM”) officials met with representatives
of the Mozambican workforce on Monday afternoon to discuss, amongst other matters, alternative
accommodation. DRDGOLD is assisting affected employees of ERPM with temporary
accommodation, food and security and has appealed to all employees who have sought refuge at
police stations and elsewhere in the community to come forward for assistance.

Management also met with SAPS officials on Wednesday and SAPS has agreed to provide
additional protective support to the foreign nationals on the ERPM workforce. No further reports of
violence have been received by mine management on Wednesday night or today.

A meeting is scheduled for this afternoon with NUM officials, the Mozambique Consulate and
employees of the mine, to attempt to resolve the current situation and return the mine to normality.

Randburg
22 May 2008

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