Standing from left: Jeroen Visser, Reuben September, Gavin Darby, Adv Oyama Mabandla, Robbie Barr

Seated from left: Dr Marius Mostert, Papi Molotsane, André Sokol

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BOARD OF DIRECTORSas at March 31, 2006

Non-executive directors

Alternate directors

Adv Oyama Mabandla (43)(Chairman)Appointed to the Board in 2006

Oyama is a representative of Telkom and

joined the Vodacom Board on January 1,

2006. He is Executive Chairman of the Langa

Group, a corporate investment company. He

is the former deputy Chief Executive Officer of

South African Airways, where he also served

as General Counsel and Executive Vice

President for Strategy, Revenue Management

and Network Planning. During the late 90s

Oyama practised as a merchant banker at

Union Bank of Switzerland and worked in

London and Johannesburg. He later joined

the Johannesburg Bar. He holds a Bachelor of

Arts degree in Political Science from the

University of California and a Juris Doctorate

in Corporate Law from Columbia University.

Mr Robbie Barr (47) (British)Appointed to the Board in 2005

Robbie is a representative of Vodafone and

joined the Vodacom Board on March 10,

2005. He is Vodafone Group Plc’s Group

Financial Controller and the Chief Financial

Officer of Vodafone’s Global Business

Development unit. He joined Vodafone in

1993 and has held a number of senior

finance roles in the Vodafone Group during

this period. Robbie is currently a director

of a number of Vodafone’s subsidiary

companies, as well as the French mobile

telecommunications operator Société

Française du Radiotéléphone S.A.

Mr Gavin Darby (50) (British)Appointed to the Board in 2004

Gavin is a representative of Vodafone and

was appointed Chief Executive, Americas

Region in Vodafone Group Plc on April 1,

2004. He recently took on the responsibility

for the operations in Africa, China and India.

He holds a Bachelor of Science (honours)

degree in Management Sciences from the

University of Manchester. Prior to Vodafone,

he joined Coca-Cola GB in 1985 as

Marketing Director. In 1988, he was

appointed General Manager, Coca-Cola GB.

From 1991 to 1998, Gavin held the positions

of Benelux Region Manager and North West

Europe Division President at Coca-Cola with

responsibility for seven countries. In 1998, he

became Division President of 23 countries in

Central Europe for two years before being

appointed Senior Vice President. He left Coca-

Cola in February 2001 to take up the position

of Chief Operating Officer at Vodafone UK.

In September 2002, he became Chief

Executive Officer of Vodafone UK.

Mr Papi Molotsane (46)Appointed to the Board in 2005

Papi is a representative of Telkom on the

Vodacom Board. He was appointed Chief

Executive Officer of Telkom SA Limited in

September 2005. Prior to joining Telkom, he

was the Group Executive of Transnet and has

a broad-based professional background in

engineering, systems, operations, sales,

marketing and human resources. He is

currently also a director of SA America’s Cup

Challenge. Previously he acted as a director

of Ariviakom (Proprietary) Limited and Fike

Investment (Proprietary) Limited. Papi holds

a Bachelor of Science degree in Business,

a Bachelor of Engineering Technology

degree and a Master of Science degree in

Business Administration.

Dr Marius Mostert (46)Appointed to the Board in 2004

Marius is a representative of Telkom. He

qualified as a Chartered Accountant

(South Africa), working for three years at the

then auditing company Aiken and Carter

(now part of KPMG). In 1985, he joined the

Industrial Development Corporation (“IDC”)

where he worked for 14 years. In 1997 he

was appointed to the Executive Management

of IDC, first as General Manager, responsible

for corporate finance and client care and

later as Executive Vice President: Professional

Services. In October 2001, he joined

PSG Investment Bank as Financial Director.

He held this position until the acquisition of

PSG Investment Bank by ABSA Bank. Marius

serves on the Board, Audit, Risk and

Investment Management and Deal

Committees of Decillion Limited.

Mr Reuben September (48)Appointed to the Board in 2005

Reuben was appointed Chief Operating

Officer to Telkom SA Limited in September

2005. Prior to that, he served as Chief

Technical Officer from May 2002 and as

Managing Executive of Technology and

Network Services from March 2000. He

has worked in various engineering and

commercial positions in Telkom since 1977.

He is a member of the Professional Institute of

Engineers of South Africa (“ECSA”) and holds

a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical

and Electronic Engineering from the

University of Cape Town.

Mr André Sokol (33) (French)Appointed to the Board in 2006

André is Group Director of Mergers and

Acquisitions at Vodafone Group Plc. Prior to

joining Vodafone, he was a Managing

Director at UBS Investment Banking (which he

joined in 1994, then known as S.G.

Warburg). For over 10 years, André

specialised in international mergers and

acquisitions, executing some of the world’s

largest transactions. These included

Vodafone’s acquisition of Mannesmann, the

largest hostile bid in history, as well as the

sale of Orange Plc to France Telecom. André

worked at UBS Investment Bank both in

London and in Los Angeles. André was

born in France and educated in the

United Kingdom.

Mr Jeroen Visser (43) (Dutch)Appointed to the Board in 2005

Jeroen recently joined the Vodafone Global

Business Development Organisation as

Governance Director for Africa, Fiji and

China. Prior to that, he was Director of

Global Voice Platforms in Vodafone’s Group

Marketing where he launched the Vodafone

Simply proposition. As Director of Global

Consumer Products, Jeroen project managed

the global launch of Vodafone live!. Prior to

that he served as Marketing Director in

Vodafone Ireland Limited.

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Sir Julian Horn-Smith (57) (British) Dr Thomas Nowak (42) (German) Mr Philip Williams (55) (British)Representative of Vodafone, for Mr Jeroen Visser. Representative of Vodafone, for Mr Robbie Barr. Representative of Vodafone, for Mr Gavin Darby.

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Mr Alan Knott-Craig (54)(Chief Executive Officer)Appointed to the Board in 1996Alan has served as Managing Director ofVodacom (Proprietary) Limited since 1993 andChief Executive Officer of Vodacom Group(Proprietary) Limited since October 1996. Priorto that, Alan was Senior General Manager ofMobile Communications at Telkom SA Limited,until the inception of Vodacom. Alan holds aBachelor of Science degree in ElectricalEngineering (cum laude) from the University ofCape Town, a Master of Business Leadershipdegree from the University of South Africa andwas awarded an honorary Doctorate inBusiness Leadership from the University ofSouth Africa in 2006. He was inducted as oneof the eight Gold Members of the GSMAssociation’s 2001 inaugural “Roll of Honour”for his contribution to bringing mobilecommunication to Africa’s masses. He servesas a Commissioner on the PresidentialNational Commission on Information Societyand Development for Information andCommunication Technologies.

Mr Shameel Aziz Joosub (35)Appointed to the Board in 2000Shameel was appointed as ManagingDirector of Vodacom (Proprietary) Limited onApril 1, 2005. He has served as ManagingDirector of Vodacom Service ProviderCompany (Proprietary) Limited and as adirector of Vodacom Group (Proprietary)Limited since September 2000. Shameel wasalso Managing Director and founder ofVodacom Equipment Company (Proprietary)Limited, the handset distribution company inthe Vodacom Group. He joined Vodacom inMarch 1994 and has held various positionswithin the Group. Shameel holds a Bachelorof Commerce (honours) degree from theUniversity of South Africa and a Master ofBusiness Administration degree from theUniversity of Southern Queensland, Australia.He is an Associated General Accountantand Commercial and Financial Accountant(South Africa).

Mr Leon Crouse (53)(Chief Financial Officer)Appointed to the Board in 1996Leon has served as Group Finance Directorand Chief Financial Officer since October1996. Prior to that, he served as Vodacom’sGeneral Manager of Finance sinceVodacom’s inception in 1993. Leon is aqualified Chartered Accountant (South Africa).

Mr Pieter Uys (43)(Chief Operating Officer)Appointed to the Board in 2004Pieter has served as the Chief OperatingOfficer for the Vodacom Group since April 1,2004. He also served as Managing Directorof Vodacom (Proprietary) Limited fromDecember 1, 2001 until March 31, 2005.He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and aMaster of Science degree in Engineering fromthe University of Stellenbosch and a Master ofBusiness Administration degree from theStellenbosch Business School. Pieter joinedVodacom in 1993 as a member of the initialengineering team.

From left: Pieter Uys, Shameel Aziz Joosub, Alan Knott-Craig, Leon Crouse

BOARD OF DIRECTORSas at March 31, 2006

Executive directors