SLM/SLA - Sanlam Limited - Change in nature of directorship

SLM/SLA - Sanlam Limited - Change in nature of directorship                     
SANLAM LIMITED                                                                  
(INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA)                                  
(REGISTRATION NUMBER 1959/001562/06)                                            
JSE SHARE CODE: SLM                                                             
NSX share code: SLA                                                             
ISIN number: ZAE000070660                                                       
("Sanlam" or the "Sanlam Group")                                                
Sanlam Limited: Change in nature of directorship                                
In compliance with section 3.59 (c) of the Listings Requirements of the JSE     
Limited, the Board of Directors of Sanlam Limited is pleased to announce the    
appointment of Ms Raisibe Morathi (38) as an executive director on the Board of 
Sanlam Limited and Sanlam Life Insurance Limited from 1 May 2008. She has been  
an independent non-executive director on these Boards since 2006.               
As a member of the executive committee of Sanlam Limited, Ms Morathi`s portfolio
as Chief Executive: Group Services will include overall responsibility and      
strategic direction of central group services. These include HR, IT, marketing, 
communications, public affairs and other centralized group support functions.   
Ms Morathi, a Chartered Accountant, spent the last seven years of her career at 
the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) where she held the positions of    
Chief Investment Officer, Chief Operating Officer and acting Chief Executive.   
She was in that period also seconded as economic advisor to the Presidential    
Offices where she was also involved with the Government`s economic strategies.  
Prior to the IDC and after completing her articles in 1994, Ms Raisibe was a    
project and corporate finance consultant at Nedcor Investment Bank and HSBC     
Simpson McKie and a senior manager, private equity, at African Merchant Bank.   
Bellville                                                                       
24 April 2008                                                                   
Sponsor                                                                         
Deutsche Securities (SA) (Proprietary) Limited                                  
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