ILA - Iliad Africa Limited - Appointment of independent non-executive

ILA - Iliad Africa Limited - Appointment of independent non-executive           
directors                                                                       
Iliad Africa Limited                                                            
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa                                    
(Registration number 1997/011938/06)                                            
Share Code: ILA   ISIN: ZAE000015038                                            
("Iliad" or "the Company")                                                      
The Board of Directors of Iliad Africa Limited, the general and specialised     
building materials supply group, proudly announces that Professor Fatima        
Abrahams and Mrs Ashika Kalyan have been appointed as independent non-          
executive directors with immediate effect.                                      
Fatima Abrahams is currently a senior professor in the Department of            
Industrial Psychology at the University of the Western Cape, on a part-time     
basis, and sits as a non-executive director on the boards of numerous           
listed companies.  She is well known for her academic work, has presented       
papers at national and international conferences and has published in a         
number of journals and academic texts. She holds B. Econ Hons (Cum Laude)       
and M.Comm degrees from the University of the Western Cape, and a D.Comm        
degree in Industrial Psychology from UNISA.                                     
Ashika Kalyan holds a BSoc Science Honours degree from the University of        
Natal. She has enjoyed an outstanding career in marketing, both nationally      
and internationally, working with household brands such as Microsoft, Nike,     
Business Connection, Johnson Wax and Nokia, and served as a non-executive       
director on the board of the Skye Group. The numerous awards bestowed on        
Ashika over the years bears testament to the success she has achieved.          
The Board takes this opportunity to welcome each of these directors in          
anticipation of the valuable contribution they will make to the Iliad Board     
during their term in office.                                                    
19 December 2011                                                                
Johannesburg                                                                    
Sponsor: Bridge Capital Advisors (Pty) Ltd                                      
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