How Cell C shaped Blu Label’s executive pay

How Cell C shaped Blu Label’s executive pay

Blu Label co-CEOs, brothers Brett and Mark Levy Blu Label Unlimited Group’s highest earner took home R36.5-million in the year to May, about 470 times the R77 400 earned by its lowest-paid permanent employee, according to pay-gap disclosures now required under the amended Companies Act. The median employee earned R495 000, so the top earner was paid…

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How Cell C shaped Blu Label’s executive pay

Blu Label’s earnings just fell off a cliff

Blu Label co-CEOs, brothers Brett and Mark Levy Blu Label Unlimited Group, previously Blue Label Telecoms, expects headline earnings per share for the year to 31 May 2026 to fall by more than 80%, and to report a loss at the earnings per share level, as the accounting consequences of Cell C’s separation and listing…

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‘Please Call Me’ creator labels Black Rock’s quest for money ‘fraud’

‘Please Call Me’ creator labels Black Rock’s quest for money ‘fraud’

‘Please Call Me’ inventor Nkosana Makate. ‘Please Call Me’ creator Nkosana Makate says Black Rock Mining’s claim that he owes it money is fraudulent, and there is no basis for arbitration to secure 40% of his settlement with Vodacom, South Africa’s second-largest mobile operator. In December, British Virgin Islands-registered Black Rock Mining lost its battle…

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Cell C’s merger deal with Blue Label’s CEC approved

Cell C’s merger deal with Blue Label’s CEC approved

Blue Label holds a non-controlling 49.5% stake in Cell C. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) The Competition Tribunal has unconditionally approved the proposed merger in which Cell C will acquire Comm Equipment Company (CEC) from The Prepaid Company (TPC). This, after the Competition Commission last week recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve the deal without conditions….

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