Absa is the first of the largest banks in South Africa to announce a stake sale to blacks.
The investment firm founded by George Soros now owns a roughly 9 percent stake, while Perry Capital recently announced a 7.3 percent stake.
He announced a big stake in Apple a year ago, declaring it cheap and calling for stock buybacks.
Just last week, the activist hedge fund Jana Partners and a Canadian pension plan announced a big stake in McGraw-Hill and may put pressure on the company to consider a break-up.
Earlier this year, he announced an 8.2 percent stake in Herbalife, a nutritional supplements company locked in combat with his friend and fellow billionaire, William A. Ackman.
In January StockPickr announced an investment stake and partnership deal with TheStreet.com.
The latest - and biggest push so far this year - came on Monday, when the hedge fund Jana Partners, along with a Canadian pension plan, announced a combined 5.2 percent stake in McGraw-Hill.
Snap!, a small search engine in which NBC, a television broadcaster, has a stake, recently announced a site devoted to high-speed users, which would offer video content of the sort that standard modems cannot deliver.
CKX Entertainment, the publicly traded firm which presides over the bulk of the Elvis empire (daughter Lisa Marie Presley retains a 15% stake) announced a massive overhaul of Graceland this summer, marking the 30th anniversary of the The King's death.
