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FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of March, 2003 (third filing)

Commission File Number: 0-28800

Durban Roodepoort Deep, Limited
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

45 Empire Road, Parktown, South Africa
(Address of principal executive offices)

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F X             Form 40-F         

        Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):        

        Note:    Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

        Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

        Note:    Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

        Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes                No X

        If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
82-        

        Attached to the Registrant's Form 6-K Filing for the month of March 2003, and incorporated by reference herein, are:

Exhibit No.	Description
1.	News Release entitled "DRD Confirms to Oppose Ex-Parte Order", dated March 10, 2003.
2.	News Release entitled "DRD Appoints Interim Manager for Argonaut", dated March 11, 2003.
3.	News Release entitled "DRD Confirms Release of Company Secretary's Letter of Resignation", dated March 13, 2003.

SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

DURBAN ROODEPOORT DEEP, LIMITED
By:	/s/  JACOB HENDRIK DISSEL Jacob Hendrik Dissel Chief Financial Officer

Dated: March 17, 2003

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SIGNATURES

EX-1

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10 March 2003
184/03—jmd

For immediate release

DRD CONFIRMS TO OPPOSE EX-PARTE ORDER

        Durban Roodepoort Deep, Limited's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Wellesley-Wood, confirmed today (Monday, 10 March 2003) that it was "firmly" the company's intention to oppose an ex parte order obtained against DRD and others by Roger and Brett Kebble and others on 20 February.

        The order, executed by the Sheriff of the High Court the same day, was for the search for and seizure of certain specified documents.

        Wellesley-Wood said that, contrary to media reports on 26 February and at the weekend, there had been no talks between the parties' legal representatives on an out-of-court settlement regarding the ex-parte issue, nor had the company requested of the other parties a postponement of court action.

        Contact between the company's and the Kebbles' legal representatives had been limited to administrative matters relating to DRD's intended opposition.

        Wellesley-Wood confirmed that DRD's broader legal steps against Roger Kebble and others to recover misappropriated shareholders' funds also continued apace.

        "However, until we make substantive progress on both the matter of the ex parte order and the recovery of shareholders' funds through due process, we will continue to resist being drawn into acrimonious public debate on them," he said.

Queries:

Ilja Graulich, DRD
+27 11 381 7800 (w)
+27 83 604 0820 (cell)

James Duncan, Russell and Associates
+27 11 880 3924 (w)
+27 82 892 8052 (cell)

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DRD CONFIRMS TO OPPOSE EX-PARTE ORDER

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11 March 2003
185/03—jmd

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DRD APPOINTS INTERIM MANAGER FOR ARGONAUT

        Durban Roodepoort Deep, Limited (DRD) has appointed Blackfriars Court as interim project manager of Argonaut, its 30 million ounce, deep-level gold mining project on the central Witwatersrand, south of Johannesburg.

        Dr Willo Stear and David Giese of Blackfriars Court will project manage Argonaut together, pending DRD's recruitment of a permanent project manager to replace Nick Goodwin, whose contract was terminated recently.

        Stear and Giese both have experience of the Argonaut Project, the former since its inception in the early 1980s. Blackfriars will continue to be involved in the project after a permanent project manager has been appointed.

Queries:

Ilja Graulich, DRD
+27 11 381 7800 (w)
+27 83 604 0820 (cell)

James Duncan, Russell and Associates
+27 11 880 3924 (w)
+27 82 892 8052 (cell)

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DRD APPOINTS INTERIM MANAGER FOR ARGONAUT

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13 March 2003
186/03—jmd

For immediate release

DRD CONFIRMS RECEIPT OF COMPANY SECRETARY'S LETTER OF RESIGNATION

        Durban Roodepoort Deep, Limited confirms that it has received a letter of resignation from its company secretary, Ms Maryna Eloff. The letter contains a number of serious allegations against the company and certain of its officials which the company believes are untrue. Of considerable concern to the company is an acknowledgement by Brett Kebble in a radio interview this evening that there has been recent contact between Ms Eloff and investigators working on behalf of him and his father, Roger Kebble. The company will carry out an investigation into Ms Eloff's allegations. In the meantime, the company has nothing further to say.

Queries:

Ilja Graulich, DRD
+27 11 381 7800 (w)
+27 83 604 0820 (cell)

James Duncan, Russell and Associates
+27 11 880 3924 (w)
+27 82 892 8052 (cell)

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DRD CONFIRMS RECEIPT OF COMPANY SECRETARY'S LETTER OF RESIGNATION