VODACOM GROUP LIMITED - Appointment Of Chairman And Lead Independent Director

Appointment Of Chairman And Lead Independent Director

Vodacom Group Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1993/005461/06)
Share code VOD        ISIN ZAE000132577
ADR code VDMCY ISIN US9258D2009
(“Vodacom” or “the company”)


APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN AND LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR


Shareholders are referred to the SENS announcement published on 3 April 2017 which
informed that Mr Peter Moyo, Chairman of the company will retire and step down from the
Board at the forthcoming annual general meeting to be held on Tuesday 18 July 2017.

The Board of Vodacom is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Jabu Moleketi, current
independent non-executive director, to the role of Chairman of the company with effect from
Wednesday 19 July 2017. Mr Moleketi was first appointed to the Board of Vodacom in
November 2009. He will also take over as chairman of the Nomination Committee and step
down from the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee.

The Board is further pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Sakumzi (Saki) Macozoma as
lead independent director of the company also with effect from Wednesday 19 July 2017.
Mr Macozoma (60 years) has a BA (Hons) from the University of South Africa (Unisa) and is a
prominent businessman in South Africa. He is the chairman of Safika Holdings and Tshipi é Ntle
and Ntsimbintle Mining and a director at Volkswagen South Africa. Saki was a former chairman
of Liberty Life Holdings and chairman of Standard Bank. He was also a former president of
Business Leadership South Africa. In 2012 he was recoginised for his work in civil society where
Unisa bestowed on him the Calabash award for his fight against oppression during the
apartheid regime. The Calabash award is one of the highest honours that could be bestowed on
an individual by Unisa.

Mr Macozoma will also be appointed to the Audit Risk & Compliance Committee which would
then be reconstituted as follows:

DH Brown (Chairman)
BP Mabelane
S Macozoma


Midrand
15 June 2017
Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited

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