15.3m shares at no cost

15.3m shares at no cost

Cell C CEO Jorges Mendes The R20.8-million Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes spent on the company’s shares in September sits on top of a far larger holding he did not pay for: 7.65 million shares, worth about R203-million at the R26.50 listing price, allocated to him by the operator’s largest shareholder when it listed on…

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Vodacom execs sell R9.9m shares to settle tax

Vodacom execs sell R9.9m shares to settle tax

Vodacom South Africa CEO Sitho Mdlalose. Five Vodacom executives and the company secretary have sold a combined 63 216 shares, worth about R9.93 million, to settle tax obligations arising from the vesting of shares awarded under the company’s conditional and forfeitable share plan. The transactions, disclosed in accordance with the JSE Listings Requirements, took place…

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SpaceX shares keep sliding

SpaceX shares keep sliding

A live feed shows SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on the day of SpaceX’s IPO, New York. Jeenah Moon/Reuters SpaceX touted faster-than-expected returns from its AI spending on its first-ever earnings call as a public company. But investors remained concerned about how long its profitable Starlink business could continue to bankroll costly investments in data centres…

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