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Correspondence Letter

DRDGOLD Limited

299 Pendoring Avenue

Randburg, 2195

South Africa

Dated July 28, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporate Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549-7010

Attention: Mellissa Campbell Duru

RE:   DRDGOLD Limited

  Application for Qualification of Trust Indenture on Form T-3

  Filed June 16, 2006

  File No. 22-28811

VIA EDGAR SUBMISSION

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 307 of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules promulgated thereunder, the undersigned registrant hereby requests that the effective date for the Application for Qualification of Indenture on Form T-3 referred to above be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on July 28, 2006 or as soon thereafter as is practicable.

The Company hereby acknowledges that:

• should the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Application effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Application;

• the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Application effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Application; and

• the Company may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

Sincerely,

DRDGOLD Limited

By:		/s/ John Sayers
Name:		John Sayers
Title:		Chief Financial Officer

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