6-K

                                    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 July 2003 (Fifth Filing)

Commission File Number: 0-29150

                     Randgold & Exploration Company Limited
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                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

                5 Press Avenue, Selby, Johannesburg, South Africa
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)

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


Exhibit No.                           Description
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     1.      Press Release entitled "Empowerment Partnership with Phikoloso
             Mining (Proprietary) Limited", dated July 25, 2003.

     2.      Press Release entitled "Major Mining Empowerment Deal Secured",
             dated July 28, 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.


                                         RANDGOLD & EXPLORATION COMPANY LIMITED



                                         By: /s/ David J. Haddon
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                                             David J. Haddon
                                             Group Company Secretary


Dated: July 28, 2003

EX-99.1

Randgold & Exploration Company Limited
Reg No 1992/005642/06
Sharecode : RNG
ISIN: ZAE000008819
NASDAQ trading symbol: RANGY
"Randgold & Exploration"


EMPOWERMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH PHIKOLOSO MINING (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
("Phikoloso")


1. THE EMPOWERMENT TRANSACTION

Further to the cautionary announcement dated 24 July 2003, shareholders are
advised that Randgold & Exploration has entered into an empowerment partnership
with Phikoloso in terms of which it has acquired the entire issued share capital
of, and all shareholders' claims on loan account against Viking Pony Properties
359 (Proprietary) Limited ("VPP") in exchange for the issue of 8 800 000 new
Randgold & Exploration shares, equivalent to 19.7% of Randgold & Exploration's
issued share capital ("the transaction"). Phikoloso holds the entire issued
share capital of Equitrant Trading (Proprietary) Limited which in turn owns the
entire issued share capital of VPH. Based on the closing market price of a
Randgold & Exploration share on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa on 24
July 2003, being the last practicable trading date before the finalisation of
this announcement ("the trading date"), the purchase consideration amounts to
R268 million. There are no conditions precedent to the transaction.

The assets of VPP comprise 0.2 million Anglo Platinum shares, 0.3 million
Harmony Gold shares and 7.3 million Afrikander Lease shares, as well as a
participation in Kabusha Mining and Finance, which holds 23 million shares in
Afrikander Lease. Based on the market price of the respective companies on the
last trading date, such holdings have an aggregate market value of R235 million.


2. RATIONALE FOR THE TRANSACTION

The transaction establishes a strategic empowerment partnership between Randgold
& Exploration and Phikoloso, a broad based empowerment group, which includes the
following members:

* Ituseng Mining, headed by Lunga Ncwana, a fully fledged Black Empowerment
Enterprise ("BEE") investment vehicle with substantial property, mineral and
financial services interests;



* Lembede Mining, headed by Songezo Mjongile, a diversified investment company
formed by the South African Youth Development Trust;

* New Line Investments, headed by Chris Nissen, chair of the Cape Chamber of
Commerce;

* Marothodi Resources, an empowerment mining group headed by Thelma Mathamelo,
which already holds a 26% stake in Randgold & Exploration's mineral rights
business, Minrico;

* Ikamva, an empowerment company headed by Sharif Pandor, which has interests in
platinum and holds mineral rights;

* Leswikeng, headed by Herman Mashaba, a BEE company with diversified interests;

* Innovage, headed by Dennis Mashabela, a BEE company with diversified
interests;

* Qaqambile Capital Holdings headed by Khanyisa Magwensthu, a group of black
mining professionals;

and two women's empowerment groupings:

* Khomelela, formed by a group of professional women with skills in information
technology, project finance, law, management consulting and corporate finance,
and headed by Brenda Madumise; and

* Dyambu, a broad-based women's empowerment company, headed by Hilda Ndude, with
investments in telecommunications, property and construction.

The empowerment initiative will form the foundation from which Randgold &
Exploration will drive the development of a new South African mining company
which has as its mission to become the leader in the discovery and development
of mineral resources now fully aligned with the principles and requirements of
the South African Mining Charter and the South African Mineral and Petroleum
Resources Development Act.


3. RECONSTITUTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

With effect from 28 July 2003, the Randgold & Exploration board will be
reconstituted under chairman Roger Kebble to include Lunga Ncwana, who heads
Ituseng Mining, Chris Nissen, head of New Line Investments and chairman of the
Cape Chamber of Commerce, Advocate Brenda Madumise, head of the women's
empowerment group Khomelela; and JCI chief executive Brett Kebble. Grant Fischer
has resigned and Hennie Buitendag and David Ashworth will remain on the board.

It is intended that Phikoloso will propose a chairman to replace Roger Kebble as
soon as Phikoloso is able to increase its stake to 26% of the issued share
capital.



4. FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF THE TRANSACTION

The pro forma financial effects of the transaction on Randgold & Exploration are
presented below for illustrative purposes only and are based on the audited
financial statements of Randgold & Exploration for the year ended December 2002.

                               Before   After   Change
                                                   (%)

Net asset value per share     1253 (1)  1554 (2)   24.0

Net tangible asset value
   per share                  1253 (1)  1490 (2)   18.9

Headline earnings and
   earnings per share          895 (1)   752 (3)  (16.0)

Net fair asset value per
   share                      4057 (1)  3888 (2)  (4.2)


Notes:

(1) Extracted from the audited financial statements of Randgold & Exploration
for the year ended 31 December 2002.

(2) Based on the aggregate market value of the portfolio of R235 million and the
purchase consideration of R268 million illustrated above, goodwill of R34
million would have arisen on the transaction.

(3) Based on dividends declared by the companies comprising the portfolio for
their respective last financial year ends.



Johannesburg
25 July 2003


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EX-99.2

                     Randgold & Exploration Company Limited

Reg No 1992/005642/06
Sharecode: RNG
ISIN: ZAE000008819
NASDAQ trading symbol: RANGY

For immediate release
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MAJOR MINING EMPOWERMENT DEAL SECURED

Johannesburg, 28 July 2003 - Randgold & Exploration Company Limited (JSE: RNG)
(NASDAQ: RANGY) has entered into a partnership with the broad-based empowerment
consortium Phikoloso Mining in one of the most significant Black Economic
Empowerment (BEE) ventures in the mining industry to date. (Note to editors: see
Phikoloso Mining profile.)

Randgold & Exploration is to issue 8.8 million new ordinary shares, valued at
some R268 million, to Phikoloso Mining which in return will transfer its
mining-related assets to Randgold & Exploration. Following this transaction,
Phikoloso Mining will hold a 17%(fully diluted) interest in Randgold &
Exploration. Among the assets Randgold & Exploration will acquire through this
process are holdings in Anglo Platinum, Harmony Gold and Afrikander Lease, as
well as a participation in Kabusha Mining and Finance, which owns 23 million
shares in Afrikander Lease.

The Randgold & Exploration board is to be reconstituted under chairman Roger
Kebble to include Lunga Ncwana, who heads Ituseng Mining; Chris Nissen, head of
New Line Investments and chairman of the Cape Chamber of Commerce; Advocate
Brenda Madumise, head of the women's empowerment group Khomelela; and JCI chief
executive Brett Kebble. Grant Fischer has resigned and Hennie Buitendag and
David Ashworth will remain on the Board.

"This deal provides Phikoloso Mining with a unique opportunity for significant,
genuine and sustainable BEE participation in the mining industry," Ncwana said
today.

"It gives us a stake in Randgold & Exploration's highly successful international
gold business, Randgold Resources, and in the upside of its South African
operation, Minrico. Equally importantly, the wide range of technical skills
available from Mark Bristow and his team at Randgold Resources, Roger Kebble's
mentoring role and Brett Kebble"s dealmaking and financing expertise, will
support the optimal development of the resource opportunities and future deals
Phikoloso Mining will be bringing to Randgold & Exploration."

Brett Kebble said the transaction opened the way for Randgold to become the
vehicle for all JCI's mining interests, with JCI focusing on its empowerment
financing objectives.



"It creates a true New South African resource business, aligned with the
principles of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) as well as
the requirements of the Mining Charter. Randgold & Exploration is fully
committed to the successful transformation of the South African mining industry
through black economic partnerships and initiatives," he said.

Randgold & Exploration recently also concluded a deal in which it gave Marothodi
Resources - now a member of the Phikoloso consortium - a 26% stake in its
mineral rights management company Minrico, currently being developed into a
fully fledged exploration business.

Kebble said it was intended to increase the BEE equity stake in Randgold to 26%
over time, in order to fully meet the requirements of the Mining Charter.

Following the issue of the 8.8 million shares, the largest shareholder group in
Randgold & Exploration remains the US ADR holders, with 27.74% of the equity
(currently 33.71%). JCI will hold 18.33% (22.28%).


For further information please call:
Roger Kebble
Chairman Randgold & Exploration
+27(11) 309-6036
+27(0) 83-444-3030(cell)

Lungu Ncwana
Chairman Phikoloso
+27(0) 82-458-4572(cell)

Brett Kebble
CEO JCI, director Randgold & Exploration
+27(0) 83-633-1803(cell)

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PHIKOLOSO MINING PROFILE:

Phikoloso Mining (Pty) Ltd is a broad-based empowerment group, which includes

* Ituseng Mining, headed by Lunga Ncwana, a fully fledged BEE investment vehicle
with substantial property, mineral and financial services interests;

* Lembede Mining, headed by Songezo Mjongile, a diversified investment company
formed by the South African Youth Development Trust;

* New Line Investments, headed by Chris Nissen, chairman of the Cape Chamber of
Commerce;



* Marothodi Resources, an empowerment mining group headed by Thelma Mathamelo,
which already holds a substantial stake in RG&E's mineral rights business
Minrico;

* Ikamva, an empowerment company headed by Sharif Pandor, which has interests in
platinum and holds mineral rights;

* Leswikeng, headed by Herman Mashaba, a BEE company with diversified interests;

* Innovage, headed by Dennis Mashabela, a BEE company with diversified
interests;

* Qaqambile Capital Holdings, a group of black mining professionals headed by
Khanyisa Magwentshu;

and two women's empowerment groupings,

* Khomelela, formed by a group of professional women with skills in information
technology, project finance, law, management consulting and corporate finance,
and headed by Brenda Madumise; and

* Dyambu, a broad-based women's empowerment company, headed by Hilda Ndude, with
investments in telecommunications, property and construction.

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Issued on behalf of Randgold & Exploration Company Limited and Phikoloso Mining
(Pty) Ltd.

Contacts:
Randgold Investor & Media relations
Kathy du Plessis
+27(11) 728-4701 / +27(0) 83-266-5847
randgold@dpapr.com
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www.randgold.co.za
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and
Spin Media (for Phikoloso)
Gugu Msibi
+27(11) 268-5790 / +27(0) 83-288-0320

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Exploration's current plans, estimates, strategies and beliefs and other
statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements about
the future performance of Randgold & Exploration. These statements are based on
management's assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently
available to it. Randgold & Exploration cautions you that a number of important
risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from
those discussed in the forward-looking statements, and therefore you should not
place undue reliance on them. Randgold & Exploration assumes no obligation to
update information in this release.