Comments on: vodacom4me

By: Win airtime

Win airtime — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:49:47 +0000

He must be a pretty clever dude to wangle that kind of salary…

By: amnon

amnon — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:00:55 +0000

That depends on how you define a customer. See this comment.

By: Nikita

Nikita — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:54:57 +0000

Looks like Vodacom can afford it. i mean they have over 20million subscribers..!

By: amnon

amnon — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:45:39 +0000

Not, silly, just one way of looking at it. Using your method, assuming a “profit margin” of 10% (roughly equal to Vodacom’s 2009 R6 billion after tax income divided by revenue of R55 billion), then it takes about 71,000 Vodacom customers to cover the retainer.

By: Terry Roe

Terry Roe — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:26:03 +0000

Any man who would not be able to live like a very demanding king on one tenth of this sum, would have to be classified as an economic, walking disaster; the super fool that is very easily parted from his money. How someone like this could be paid such an obscenely immense monthly gratuity must place him in a category of super-performers at least equal to God; this making him someone who, very simply put, cannot exist. This very disgusting incident presents a very clear fact; this relating to the equally obscene prices that this Company is guilty of charging our South African people for their over-rated services: services that could be provided through a bit of intelligent initiative on the part of our Government, and at a fraction of the cost. On the other hand, maybe this whole sick debacle is just a huge sick joke; this intended to check the response of the public. However, somehow, from current corrupt trends, I really do not think so! By the way, just another thought, “There is truly nothing that a man can take with him from this earth life other than his very own family, his friends and his fellow men. For this type of life-time investment, the returns are simply beyond human description! Maybe it’s time to check our investment portfolios!

By: David Lewis

David Lewis — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:54:28 +0000

That is just silly. You need to look at the average margin in that R 140 (including variable costs and overheads less Knott Craig’s salary) and then divide

By: Eddy

Eddy — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:24:36 +0000

Wicked!

By: amnon

amnon — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:17:11 +0000

For the record, MTN’s ARPU is R138 per month (mtn-investor.com)