Comments on: The Vodacom Listing Saga http://www.thesoutherntip.net/the-vodacom-listing-saga/ a blog-zine from the end of Africa Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:38:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Conrad http://www.thesoutherntip.net/the-vodacom-listing-saga/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Conrad Thu, 28 May 2009 13:25:56 +0000 http://www.thesoutherntip.net/?p=798#comment-362 If Vodafone goes as far as it looks like they might, it will be good for the current Vodacom staff and its dealerships too. I for one are looking forward to this as I'm in that boat. If Vodafone goes as far as it looks like they might, it will be good for the current Vodacom staff and its dealerships too. I for one are looking forward to this as I’m in that boat.

]]> By: tony http://www.thesoutherntip.net/the-vodacom-listing-saga/comment-page-1/#comment-339 tony Thu, 21 May 2009 10:53:53 +0000 http://www.thesoutherntip.net/?p=798#comment-339 COSATU should have done something about it a long time before. But they were so busy getting Jacob Zuma selected and elected. It still means that 65% of the profits will leave the country. It also means that Vodafone have actually not created anything with their 'investment'. No new jobs. No new factories. Just the future guarantee of 65% profits from the fastest growing mobile industry in the world. I am not a fan of this kind of 'investment'. COSATU should have done something about it a long time before. But they were so busy getting Jacob Zuma selected and elected.

It still means that 65% of the profits will leave the country. It also means that Vodafone have actually not created anything with their ‘investment’. No new jobs. No new factories. Just the future guarantee of 65% profits from the fastest growing mobile industry in the world.

I am not a fan of this kind of ‘investment’.

]]> By: Jim http://www.thesoutherntip.net/the-vodacom-listing-saga/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Jim Tue, 19 May 2009 11:29:05 +0000 http://www.thesoutherntip.net/?p=798#comment-332 You are spot on, it simply will not happen. In the UK the price of petrol is horrific. Every year consumer groups band together and suggest boycotting a single fuel company, in order for them to be forced to lower their prices. Every year it fails. Generally people are too apathetic to actually go out of their way to support such a tactic, and these companies know it. You are spot on, it simply will not happen. In the UK the price of petrol is horrific. Every year consumer groups band together and suggest boycotting a single fuel company, in order for them to be forced to lower their prices. Every year it fails.

Generally people are too apathetic to actually go out of their way to support such a tactic, and these companies know it.

]]> By: Conrad http://www.thesoutherntip.net/the-vodacom-listing-saga/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Conrad Mon, 18 May 2009 20:35:39 +0000 http://www.thesoutherntip.net/?p=798#comment-330 You make some good points here. One of the problems Cosatu had with the a foreign country running Vodacom is that it will clash with the BEE regulations, but as a economist said on TV last night, even if Vodacom own 100 % by Vodafone, they still have to adhere to the local regulations, just as with any other international company. So that "worry" has no grounds. Cosatu had months to speak up, but left it to Friday. That smells really fishy don't you think? You make some good points here.

One of the problems Cosatu had with the a foreign country running Vodacom is that it will clash with the BEE regulations, but as a economist said on TV last night, even if Vodacom own 100 % by Vodafone, they still have to adhere to the local regulations, just as with any other international company. So that “worry” has no grounds.

Cosatu had months to speak up, but left it to Friday. That smells really fishy don’t you think?

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