TKG - Telkom SA Limited - Press statement - Vodacom group reaches 34 Million

TKG - Telkom SA Limited - Press statement - Vodacom group reaches 34 Million    
customers                                                                       
Telkom SA Limited                                                               
(Registration number: 1991/005476/06)                                           
(ISIN number: ZAE000044897)                                                     
JSE and NYSE share code: TKG                                                    
("Telkom" or "the company")                                                     
PRESS STATEMENT                                                                 
VODACOM GROUP REACHES 34 MILLION CUSTOMERS                                      
The Vodacom Group announced today that it has increased its total customers by  
12.7% to 34.0 million.                                                          
Alan Knott-Craig, chief executive officer of the Vodacom Group, released key    
financial highlights for the year to 31 March 2008. "Our 50% shareholder        
Vodafone will be reporting financial results for the same period today. As this 
presentation will include strategic financial information about the Vodacom     
Group, we have repeated this information in our own press release to ensure     
clarity," Knott-Craig said.                                                     
Highlights in the Vodacom Group`s financial results for the year ended 31 March 
2008 include:                                                                   
* Total customers increased by 12.7% to 34.0 million;                           
* Revenue increased by 17.1% to R48.2 billion;                                  
* Profit from operations increased by 15.0% to R12.5 billion;                   
* EBITDA increased by 15.7% to R16.5 billion;                                   
* Cash generated from operations increased by 17.8% to R16.3 billion.           
"A detailed analysis of the Vodacom Group`s operations and indicators for each  
of the five countries in which we do business will be released at our annual    
results presentation at 09h30 on Monday 9 June 2008 at Vodaworld, Midrand,      
Johannesburg," Knott-Craig said.                                                
Issued by:                                                                      
Dot Field                                                                       
Chief Communications Officer                                                    
Vodacom Group (Pty) Ltd                                                         
Tel:      011 - 653 5440                                                        
Fax:      011 - 653 5405                                                        
Cell:     0829900174                                                            
On behalf of:                                                                   
Alan Knott-Craig                                                                
Chief Executive Officer                                                         
Vodacom Group (Pty) Ltd                                                         
Date: 27/05/2008 08:00:05 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
Produced by the JSE SENS Department.                  
The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the    
JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or            
implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or   
completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers,     
employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct,     
indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature,     
howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on,          
information disseminated through SENS.