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 Group" or "the company")

BOARD APPOINTMENTS

Further to the announcement of Friday 27 March 2020, and in accordance with paragraph 3.59 of the JSE Listings Requirements, shareholders are advised that Mr Khumo Shuenyane will join the Vodacom Group Board as an independent non-executive director with effect from Tuesday 21 July 2020. Khumo has served as an independent non-executive director of Investec Limited and Investec Plc (together 'Investec Group'), and several companies within the Investec Group, since 2014. He was appointed Chairman of Investec Bank Limited, Investec Group's South African banking subsidiary, in 2018.

He has over a decade of experience in the telecoms industry. He served six years as Group Chief Mergers & Acquisitions Officer for MTN Group Limited and a member of its Group Executive Committee followed by a six-year stint with Delta Partners, a global advisory firm headquartered in Dubai and focused on the telecoms, media and technology sectors, in various capacities

Khumo was previously with Investec Bank for nine years, serving as head of Principal Investments for three years and a member of Investec's corporate finance team before that. Prior to joining Investec in 1998, Khumo worked for Arthur Andersen in Birmingham, UK and in Johannesburg for six years from 1992. He qualified as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales in 1995.

Shareholders are also advised that Ms Nomkhita Nqweni has been appointed as alternate to Ms Phuti Mahanyele-Dabengwa with effect from 1 April 2020. Nomkhita is the former Chief Executive: Wealth & Investment Management and Insurance (Africa) for the Absa Group and former managing director of Alexander Forbes Financial Services Holdings Limited. She was previously business development manager at SCMB Asset Management.

The Board looks forward to Khumo's and Nomkhita's contribution.

Midrand

30 March 2020

Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited

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