{"id":90710,"date":"2015-06-15T20:31:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T18:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=90710"},"modified":"2015-06-15T14:31:50","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T12:31:50","slug":"vodacom-ceo-takes-big-pay-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/90710\/vodacom-ceo-takes-big-pay-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom CEO takes big pay cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom has released its integrated report for the year ended 31 March 2015, which showed a decline in the total pay package of some of the company\u2019s\u00a0top executives.<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub received a total pay package of R10,933,000 last year, down from R12,980,500 the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom CFO Ivan Dittrich received an annual package of R6,247,116, which was also down from R7,542,198 a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom\u2019s non-executive chairman Peter Moyo received a healthy R1.9 million for his duty on the board.<\/p>\n<p>The following table provides an overview of the remuneration of Vodacom\u2019s top executives, which includes the settlement of long-term incentives and accruals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"6\" bgcolor=\"#000033\"><strong>Vodacom Executive Pay<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Position<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Guaranteed salary<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Total annual package<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Long-term incentives and benefits<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Full annual remuneration<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Shameel Joosub<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Chief Executive Officer<\/td>\n<td>R7,212,500<\/td>\n<td>R10,933,000<\/td>\n<td>R9,857,620<\/td>\n<td><strong>R20,790,620<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Ivan Dittrich<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Chief Financial Officer<\/td>\n<td>R4,701,000<\/td>\n<td>R6,247,116<\/td>\n<td>R1,309,899<\/td>\n<td><strong>R7,557,015<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Andries Delport<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Chief Technology Officer<\/td>\n<td>R4,041,250<\/td>\n<td>R5,960,419<\/td>\n<td>R1,111,718<\/td>\n<td><strong>R7,072,137<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Romeo Kumalo<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Chief Operating Officer: International<\/td>\n<td>R3,600,000<\/td>\n<td>R4,260,420<\/td>\n<td>R1,020,225<\/td>\n<td><strong>R5,280,645<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Vuyani Jarana<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Chief Officer: Enterprise Business Unit<\/td>\n<td>R3,587,500<\/td>\n<td>R5,138,112<\/td>\n<td>R1,005,496<\/td>\n<td><strong>R6,143,608<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Maya Makanjee<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Chief Officer: Corporate Affairs<\/td>\n<td>R2,763,000<\/td>\n<td>R3,806,428<\/td>\n<td>R564,020<\/td>\n<td><strong>R4,370,448<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Nkateko Nyoka<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Chief Officer: Legal and Regulatory<\/td>\n<td>R3,558,533<\/td>\n<td>R5,248,300<\/td>\n<td>R730,353<\/td>\n<td><strong>R5,978,653<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In April, MTN Group published its annual report for 2014, revealing how much its top executives got paid in the last financial year.<\/p>\n<p>MTN Group president and CEO Sifiso Dabengwa took home a total sum of R28.1 million in 2014, including a R13.3 million bonus and share gains of R3.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Wage strikes have plagued the company&#8217;s local operations in recent months, with call centre and store workers on strike since May 20 amid calls for a higher annual salary and bonus pay. Up to 2,000 workers are reported to be on strike.<\/p>\n<p>MTN South Africa MD Ahmad Farroukh took home R17.5 million, including a R6.6 million bonus in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Telkom is expected to publish its annual report soon. Last week, the group reported a 3.1% rise in net revenue for the year ended March 2015, presenting a return to dividend payouts for shareholders for the first time since 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The group has confirmed however, that it will axe up to 7,800 staff &#8216;creating a far leaner company&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Telkom CEO, Sipho Maseko took home R11.7 million in compensation last year.<\/p>\n<p>Cell C, the third biggest operator in the country, is not a listed company and is therefore not obliged to publish its financial results or remuneration strategy.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on executive pay<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/84613\/mtn-ceos-massive-r28-million-salary\/\">MTN CEO\u2019s massive R28 million salary<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to How rich are you really?\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/78815\/how-rich-are-you-really\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How rich are you really?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Former Eskom CEO paid far more than thought\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/74650\/former-eskom-ceo-paid-far-more-than-thought\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Former Eskom CEO paid far more than thought<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Does Zuma deserve his R2.75 million salary?\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/international\/82481\/does-zuma-deserve-his-r2-75-million-salary\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Does Zuma deserve his R2.75 million salary?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to SA salary trends for tech CEOs\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/63449\/sa-salary-trends-for-tech-ceos\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">SA salary trends for tech CEOs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom has released its integrated report for the year ended 31 March 2015, which showed a decline in the total pay package of some of the company\u2019s top executives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":49247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[42,26,28,65,27],"class_list":["post-90710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-cell-c","tag-headline","tag-mtn","tag-telkom","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90736,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90710\/revisions\/90736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}