EXHIBIT 10.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Annual Report of Durban Roodepoort Deep, Limited
(the "Company") on Form 20-F for the period ended June 30, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Mark M. Wellesley-Wood, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.


                                            /s/  Mark M. Wellesly-Wood
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                                            Mark M. Wellesley-Wood
                                            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                                            December 31, 2002