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This is the South African branch of the world's biggest record [b]company[/b], occasionally shown by its legal name "Universal Music (Pty) Ltd South Africa", "Universal Music S.A. (Pty) Ltd" -- or any permutation thereof, seen mostly in M+D or ℗+© roles. For the branded [b]label[/b] please use either [l=Universal] or [l=Universal Music] (depending on logo used). Universal was formed in 1999 after Canadian liquor company Seagram acquired [l=PolyGram] and then renamed its music operations to Universal Music. In its early days Universal SA partially continued to use the [i]STAR* XXXX[/i] catalogue numbering scheme from its [l=PolyGram South Africa] and [l26052] predecessors. Universal has also absorbed some of [l=EMI]'s catalogue following its sale in 2012. Sipho Dlamini was appointed the company MD in 2016 after Randall Abrahams stepped down. The publishing arm is "Universal Music Publishing (Pty) Ltd" (not to be confused with its Australian counterpart).