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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001341004-08-000588
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20080331

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DRDGOLD LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001023512
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		45 EMPIRE ROAD
		STREET 2:		PARKTOWN
		CITY:			JOHANNESBURG
		STATE:			T3
		ZIP:			2193
		BUSINESS PHONE:		27113817800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 390
		STREET 2:		MARAISBURG
		CITY:			JOHANNESBURG
		STATE:			T3
		ZIP:			1700

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DURBAN ROODEPOORT DEEP LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960924
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behalf of DRDGOLD Limited (&#8220;DRDGOLD&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;), we are writing to
respond to the comments set forth in your letter to Mr. Jacob Hendrik Dissel,
dated February 29, 2008, with respect to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form
20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 (the &#8220;2007 Form
20-F&#8221;).</font></div>
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in each case following the text of the comment in the Staff&#8217;s
letter.</font></div>
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      pay-limit grade and cut-off grade. The disclosure goes on to state,
      however, that the Company currently uses pay-limit grade, not cut-off
      grade, to determine which areas to mine. While cut-off grades were used to
      determine reserves at the Porgera Joint Venture (in which the Company held
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interest in Tolukuma Gold Mines Limited and a 20% interest in the Porgera Joint
Venture. On March 28, 2007, Emperor sold the Vatukoula mine, on August 17, 2007,
Emperor sold its 20% interest in the Porgera Joint Venture and on October 22,
2007, the Company sold its entire shareholding in Emperor. Because the Company
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      kilogram or $660 per ounce despite recurring losses over the last three
      years.</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"> Please
      tell us why you selected this particular commodity price for your reserve
      estimates and not the historic three-year average price as was used for
      comparison in your sensitivity analysis and pay limit calculations. Please
      provide supplementally, yo</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">u</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">r current life-of-mine plan
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      Company did not restate its reserves. Based on prevailing market prices,
      however, it did increase the assumed market price for gold used in
      estimating its gold reserves from R 117,055 per kilogram&#160;($582 per
      ounce) as of June 30, 2006, to R154,437 per kilogram&#160;($660 per
      ounce), as of June 30, 2007. The Company believes that this latter price
      is the most relevant price to determine the mineral deposits that could be
      economically and legally extracted at the time of the reserve
      determination, as required by SEC Industry Guide 7. The Company does not
      believe that the historic three-year average gold price of R115,314 per
      kilogram&#160;($553 per ounce) would be an appropriate price to determine
      reserves in light of gold price movements over recent periods. For
      example, the market price for gold was $660 per ounce as of June 30, 2007,
      $812 per ounce as of December 22, 2007, the date on which the 2007 From
      20-F was filed with the Commission, and $947 per ounce as of March 27,
      2008. Accordingly, the Company believes that its assumed gold price of
      $660 per ounce represents a conservative approach to determining the
      potential of its reserves as of June 30, 2007. The Company also uses the
      current price of gold in determining its mining plans, and believes that
      the same price should be used for determining its reserves. In this
      regard, the Company respectfully notes that the gold price it uses in its
      reserve determination complies with the South African Code For Reporting
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Hendrik Dissel, Acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company.</font></div>
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send a copy of any additional correspondence to the undersigned at 40 Bank
Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5DS, United Kingdom, or by facsimile to our
Washington D.C. office 202 393 5760, from where it will be directly forwarded to
me. If you would like to discuss any aspect of the Company&#8217;s response, please
call me on 011 44 207 519 7171, or in my absence James McDonald on 011 44 207
519 7183.</font></div>
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