Telkom SA SOC Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Telkom SA SOC's CEO is Serame Taukobong, appointed in Jan 2022, has a tenure of 3.5 years. total yearly compensation is ZAR19.93M, comprised of 49.8% salary and 50.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.053% of the company’s shares, worth €729.55K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 1.6 years and 3.8 years respectively.

Key information

Serame Taukobong

Chief executive officer

R19.9m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage49.77%
CEO tenure3.5yrs
CEO ownership0.05%
Management average tenure1.6yrs
Board average tenure3.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Serame Taukobong's remuneration changed compared to Telkom SA SOC's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 31 2025R20mR10m

R3b

Dec 31 2024n/an/a

R2b

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

R2b

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

R1b

Mar 31 2024R12mR9m

R1b

Dec 31 2023n/an/a

-R4b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-R10b

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-R10b

Mar 31 2023R11mR9m

-R10b

Dec 31 2022n/an/a

-R4b

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

R2b

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

R2b

Mar 31 2022R8mR4m

R3b

Dec 31 2021n/an/a

R3b

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

R3b

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

R3b

Mar 31 2021R14mR6m

R2b

Dec 31 2020n/an/a

R2b

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

R777m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

R656m

Mar 31 2020R7mR6m

R535m

Dec 31 2019n/an/a

R1b

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

R2b

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

R3b

Mar 31 2019R10mR5m

R3b

Compensation vs Market: Serame's total compensation ($USD1.13M) is below average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD1.75M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Serame's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.


CEO

Serame Taukobong (54 yo)

3.5yrs
Tenure
R19,934,793
Compensation

Mr. Serame Taukobong serves as Group Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director at Telkom SA SOC Limited since January 01, 2022. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Telkom Consumer since June 01, 2...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Serame Taukobong
Group CEO & Executive Director3.5yrsR19.93m0.053%
€ 729.5k
Nonkululeko Dlamini
Group CFO & Executive Director1.6yrsR12.97mno data
Melody Lekota
Chief Human Resources Officer8.3yrsR9.34mno data
Lunga Siyo
CEO of Telkom Consumer & Small Business and Trudon (Pty) Ltd5.5yrsR12.04mno data
Dirk Reyneke
Chief Capital Projects Officer1.7yrsR11.53mno data
Sello Mmakau
Chief Digital Officer1.3yrsR9.43mno data
Mpho McNamee
Chief of Corporate Affairs1yrR5.82mno data
P. Bogoshi
CEO of Business Connexion Group Ltd (BCX)7.1yrsR8.79mno data
Nondyebo Mqulwana
Group Executive of Investor Relationsno datano datano data
Anton Klopper
Group Executive of Legal Servicesno datano datano data
Ephenia Motlhamme
Group Company Secretary1.6yrsno datano data
Beauty Apleni
CEO of Openserveno datano datano data
1.6yrs
Average Tenure
54yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: TZL1's management team is not considered experienced ( 1.6 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Serame Taukobong
Group CEO & Executive Director3.5yrsR19.93m0.053%
€ 729.5k
Nonkululeko Dlamini
Group CFO & Executive Director1.6yrsR12.97mno data
Brian Kennedy
Independent Non-Executive Director3yrsR1.16m0.000040%
€ 548.1
Sibusiso Sibisi
Independent Non-Executive Director6.3yrsR889.53kno data
Penuell Cornwell Luthuli
Independent Non-Executive Director7.2yrsR1.06mno data
Keith Rayner
Independent Non-Executive Director6yrsR1.31m0.00050%
€ 6.9k
Ethel Matenge-Sebesho
Independent Non-Executive Director4yrsR1.01mno data
Mvuleni Qhena
Independent Non-Executive Chairperson2.3yrsR2.12mno data
Olufunke Ighodaro
Independent Non-Executive Director4yrsR1.10mno data
Hemmanth Singh
Independent Non-Executive Director4.8yrsR1.02mno data
Sung Yoon
Independent Non-executive Director3.2yrsR1.07mno data
Ipeleng Selele
Independent Non-Executive Director3yrsR848.41kno data
3.8yrs
Average Tenure
61.5yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: TZL1's board of directors are considered experienced (3.8 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/07/18 13:26
End of Day Share Price 2025/07/18 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/03/31

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Telkom SA SOC Ltd is covered by 21 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jonathan BradleyAbsa Bank Limited
Niel VenterAbsa Bank Limited
Tibor BokorArqaam Capital Research Offshore S.A.L.