Father of SA’s mobile industry

[rpm]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Cellular/882.html

 

[JBFRobisher]

So Vodacom was born on May 19 2003 .

Sarah made a typo I think.

 

[ic]

Sarah made a typo I think.

Yep, should be 1993.

 

[AirWolf]

The funny thing was, says Knott-Craig, that it took a long time before any union took up the shares. Eventually Marcel Golding and Johnny Copelyn of HCI — the investment arm of the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers — bought the 5% stake for R50m, selling it many years later for R1,5bn.

That's a 3000% return on investment

The other unions must be really kicking themselves

 

[Syndyre]

That's a 3000% return on investment

The other unions must be really kicking themselves

Not bad.

 

[Tommygun]

Blah blah blah blah. A nebulous little puff piece for Alan.

It is thanks to Vodacom CEO Alan Knott-Craig that cellphones are a way of life in this country today

 

[bobby.quinne]

“It was wonderful getting to know the negotiating team...

I love the business talk. Reads more like "It was wonderful getting to know all the liars and back stabbers." to the trained skeptic.

 

[AirWolf]

Blah blah blah blah. A nebulous little puff piece for Alan.

But you to give credit where credit is due: there is no denying the fact that the man is good

Just consider the situation had we had someone like Ivy or Papi at the head of Vodacom

 

[warren1505]

I think Alan has done a great job but surely we should also look at why we have some of the highest cellphone and data rates in the world. He might be a hero is some cases but I think if he really wanted to make cellphones accessible to the masses it should have been a lot cheaper.