Comments on: Vodacom pays ex-CEO Knott-Craig R17m

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:07:10 +0000

Eina!! Is this the guy that was practicing W.E.E and nepotism through his family business? What happened to the KPMG Report that Vodacom is trying so hard to defend and yet they claim it has nothing? Hmmm…one day the KPMG Report will tell us what the top was up to at Vodacom, no wonder they are milking the last cents at our (Yebo Yethu shareholders) expense.

By: Garifuna

Garifuna — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:08:45 +0000

Well seems MTN CEO is a smarter investor than former Vodacom CEO.And nowhere in papers did
he practice nepotism.

By: Michael van Dijk

Michael van Dijk — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:44:40 +0000

Disgusting, no wonder internet connectivity is so expensive in South Africa.

By: defender

defender — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:42:56 +0000

Bear in mind that Knott-Craig had no shareholding in Vodacom – he received a salary and, yes, probably reasonably handsome annual bonuses. But when you compare the wealth that the MTN CEO (as a shareholder) accumulated for himself, then these are mere crumbs by comparison. Knott-Craig certainly deserves these payments.

By: Alwyn Hanekom

Alwyn Hanekom — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:47:49 +0000

If you had known Knott-Craig, you would also have known that no other person could achieve what he had with Vodacom. If he could have been the MD of Telkom, it would have been a totally different business. He deserves every cent that he got.

By: msds

msds — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:43:00 +0000

Well Anton, old Alan over here will surely agree with you that Vodacom is an awesome company. So awesome that he had to get his family a piece of the awesomeness too! Sorry, but I can’t forget the nepotism issue

By: Anton

Anton — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:17:54 +0000

Well, Vodacom is an awesome company and he had a large part in building it … as a shareholder I would not be complaining about rewarding performance, the alternative is far less attractive …

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:24:40 +0000

Wow, R17 million is a tidy sum.. almost R200,000 a month in interest alone.

Seems Vodacom has money to throw around, must be from their excessive data charges.