JOHANNESBURG, Nov 5 (Reuters) - South Africa's utility Eskom said on Thursday it would auction up to 500 million rand ($64.42 million) of its ES18 bond on Nov 11.

The utility said the minimum bids allowed would be 1 million rand.

(Reporting by Phumza Macanda) ($1=7.761 RAND) Keywords: SAFRICA ESKOM/

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