MTN GROUP LIMITED - Appointment of an independent non-executive director

Appointment of an independent non-executive director

 MTN Group Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration Number 1994/009584/06
Share code: MTN
ISIN: ZAE000042164
("MTN Group")

APPOINTMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

In compliance with JSE Limited Listings Requirement 3.59, the following information is
disclosed:

The Board of Directors of MTN Group ("the Board") is pleased to announce the appointment
of Ms Kandimathie Christine Ramon as an Independent Non-Executive Director to the Board
with effect from 1 June 2014.

Christine is currently a Non-Executive Director of Lafarge based in Paris, France and also
serves as Deputy Chair of the Financial Reporting Standards Council in South Africa. She
currently also serves on the Financial Reporting Investigation Panel, an advisory panel of the
JSE Limited.

She is a former Non-Executive Director of Transnet Limited and Johnnic Communications
Limited. Christine served as an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Sasol
Limited for a period of seven and a half years. She is also the former Chief Executive and
Financial Director of Johnnic Holdings Limited. In addition, Christine previously served as a
member of the Standing Advisory Council to the International Accounting Standards Board.

Christine holds a BCompt and BCompt (Honours) degrees from the University of South
Africa and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1990. She also completed the Senior
Executive Programme at Harvard Business School in conjunction with Wits Business School
in 1999. In 2007, Christine was nominated as a Young Global Leader by the World
Economic Forum.

The Board welcomes Christine and wishes her all the best in her new role.

Fairland
28 May 2014

Sponsor
Deutsche Securities (SA) Proprietary Limited

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