Reply #26: South African Gold Magnate Brett Kebble Shot Dead

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By Stewart Bailey and Antony Sguazzin

Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- South African millionaire Brett Kebble, who helped create two of the country's four largest gold producers, was shot dead last night near his home in Johannesburg, police and a family spokesman said.

Kebble, 41, was shot while driving on Johannesburg's Atholl- Oaklands road, Chris Wilken, a spokesman for the South African police, said in an interview today.

``He was shot between 9 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.,'' Wilken said. ``He may have been followed. He was shot while he was driving. More than one shot was fired.'' Nothing was taken from the car.

Kebble quit on Aug. 30 as head of Western Areas Ltd., joint owner of a $24 billion gold deposit near Johannesburg, and two other gold-investment companies after Western Areas ran out of money and he faced questions from investors in Randgold & Exploration Ltd., one of the companies, over the whereabouts of shares worth $268 million.

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