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Exhibit 21.1

Naspers Limited's Significant Subsidiaries

        The following table presents, after giving pro forma effect to the merger and related transactions and the OpenTV transaction, as described in the registration statement on Form F-4 filed by Naspers Limited with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, each of Naspers Limited's significant subsidiaries (including direct and indirect holdings), the area of business, the country of incorporation and percentage of shares of each subsidiary owned by Naspers Limited.

Name of subsidiary		Percentage ownership1	Business	Country of incorporation
Subscriber Platforms
	MIH Investments (Proprietary) Limited	100.00	Holding company	South Africa
	MIH Holdings Limited	100.00	Holding company	South Africa
	MIH (BVI) Limited	100.00	Holding company	British Virgin Islands
	Myriad Holdings Africa BV	100.00	Holding company	The Netherlands
	MultiChoice Africa (Proprietary) Limited	100.00	Pay-TV operator in South Africa	South Africa
	MultiChoice Africa Limited (BVI)	100.00	Pay-TV operator in Sub-Saharan Africa	British Virgin Islands
	NetMed NV	84.65	Holding company in the Mediterranean	The Netherlands
	NetMed Hellas SA	88.65	Content provider in Greece	Greece
	MultiChoice Hellas SA	33.86	Pay-TV operator in Greece	Greece
	MultiChoice Cyprus Limited	29.92	Pay-TV operator in Cyprus	Cyprus
	M-Web Holdings Limited	100.00	Internet content provider in Africa	South Africa
	M-Web (Thailand) Limited	100.00	Internet service provider in Thailand	Thailand
	Internet Knowledge Service Centre Company Limited	62.50	Holding company in Thailand	Thailand
	M-Web (Indonesia) Limited	100.00	Internet company in Indonesia	Indonesia
	M-Web China (BVI) Limited	100.00	Internet service provider in China	British Virgin Islands
	Tencent (BVI) Limited (QQ)	46.42	Instant messaging platform in China	British Virgin Islands
Technology
	Irdeto Access BV	100.00	Pay-TV content protection technology	The Netherlands
	Irdeto Access Inc.	100.00	Conditional access technology provider in United States	United States
	Irdeto Access Inc. Technology (Beijing) Limited	100.00	Conditional access technology provider in China	China
Print Media
	Media24 Limited	100.00	Newspaper publishing	South Africa
	Paarl Media Holdings (Proprietary) Limited	73.68	Magazine printing	South Africa
Book Publishing
	Nasboek Limited	100.00	Book publishing	South Africa
Private Education
	Educor Limited	80.00	Adult training and higher education	South Africa

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The percentage ownership refers to the effective ownership percentage of the group, excluding any shares held by stock compensation plans in the group.

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Exhibit 21.1

List of Naspers' subsidiaries