* MTN has appointed Kelebogile Modise as its new group chief legal counsel, replacing Michael Fleischer who will retire in July 2019. According to a statement issued by the mobile operator, Modise's start date is yet to be announced. Modise was previously the head of the transaction management group at Absa. She was admitted to the High Court as an attorney in 2003. Thereafter she became a partner at law firm Bowman Gilfillan, where she specialised in corporate mergers and acquisitions.