VODACOM QUARTERLY UPDATE - VODACOM GROUP SURPASSES 10 MILLION CUSTOMER MARK

Vodacom Group (Proprietary) Limited ("Vodacom" or "Vodacom Group") (unlisted), South Africa's leading mobile communications group, in which Telkom has a 50.0% holding, announced a quarterly update for the three months ended 31 December, 2003. As of December 31, 2003, Vodacom Group recorded 10.2 million customers on its networks operated in South Africa and other African countries, a 6.2% increase in the three months since September 30, 2003. The Group's international operations comprised approximately 1.3 million, or 12.7% of the customer base.

Vodacom South Africa increased its customer base by 4.6% since September 30, 2003 to 8.9 million customers. This consists of 1.3 million    Contract customers and 7.6 million    Prepaid customers, with increases of 6.6% and 4.3% since September 30, 2003 respectively. The South African ARPU increase from R179 for the year-to-date September 30, to R184 per month for the year-to-date December 31, 2003, more reflective of the seasonal nature of Vodacom's business in South Africa but supporting the concept of a stable ARPU going forward.

Customers, ARPU and 3-month inactive statistics for December 31, 2003 for Vodacom South Africa are as follows:

Vodacom International increased its customer base by 19.1% since September 30, 2003 to 1.3 million customers Vodacom Mozambique, which only started commercial operations in December 2003, already had 15,815 customers by December 31, 2003.

Vodacom's other African operations' customers and year-to-date ARPU as of December 31, 2003 compared to September 30, 2003 are as follows:

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21 January 2004