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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 October 2003 (Seventh Filing)

Commission File Number:  0-28800
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                         DURBAN ROODEPOORT DEEP, LIMITED
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                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

            45 EMPIRE ROAD, PARKTOWN, JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA, 2193
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                    (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- ________


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


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      EXHIBIT NO.                    DESCRIPTION
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           1.       Release, dated October 14, 2003, entitled "DRD acquires 20%
                    interest in Porgera Gold Mine."

           2        Report to Shareholders for the 1st Quarter ended 30
                    September 2003.

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     This Form 6-k and the exhibits contained herein are explicitly incorporated
by reference into the Registrant's registration statement on Form F-3 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 30, 2003.



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                                   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/ ANDREA TOWNSEND
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                                     Andrea Townsend
                                     Company Secretary


Dated: October 31, 2003