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05 August 2009

Telkom committed to transformation, sustainability and job preservation

In response to recent reports on Telkom not supporting the national transformation agenda, the Company re-iterates that it has steadfastly remained committed to the country’s transformation goals while striving to attain sustainability by preserving jobs.

On the issue of disparities that have resulted from historical issues, Telkom’s senior management has proactively identified this matter for urgent and aggressive consideration with the support and approval of Telkom’s Board.

“The objective is to eliminate salary disparities in the shortest possible timeframe within the context of Group affordability. Telkom has consistently addressed this matter with various stakeholders, including organised labour, and this issue remains an important part of the Company’s current negotiation process with the Communication Workers Union,” said Telkom Group CEO, Reuben September.

On the subject of transformation we are proud that our overall black representivity has reached 62%. At senior management level black representation is currently 67.86%.

Stated September: “This tangibly demonstrates the value that Telkom attaches to workplace diversity and the Company is actively pursuing a point in time where we will be able to say that our workforce truly reflects the South African demographics.”

Telkom’s black employees on average receive 50 to 60 hours of training per annum and specific programmes have been developed to assist in further career pathing and advancement.

For the financial year 2008/9, 257 candidates were trained in Value Chain Management and Technology Management. Of these participants, 50% were female and 78% were black (with 55.6% being African).

To date, 18 graduates from the ICT GMP (General Manager’s Programme) have successfully obtained their MSc Degree in Management of Technology and Innovation. This programme produces versatile General Management skills and the participants are skilled to provide leadership across the ICT Value Chain. The race and gender profile of graduates is 39% female and 61% black.

In addition, a total of 100 employees graduated from the Advanced Operations Management Development Programme (AOMDP) in November 2008.

”We are hopeful that we will find a satisfactory resolution to all the matters raised by CWU in a manner that will be affordable to the Company and I commit myself and my management to transforming the organisation to create a better future for all its employees,” concluded September.

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ABOUT TELKOM:

Telkom is a leading communications services provider in South Africa. We had consolidated operating revenue of R16.8 billion and normalised profit after tax of R1, 683 million for the period ended 30 September 2015. Total assets amounted to R41.9 billion and equity attributable to the owners of Telkom to R23.5 billion as of 30 September 2015. The group generated normalised free cash flow of R1.4 billion for the period ended 30 September 2015.

As of 30 September 2015, we had approximately 3.3 million telephone access lines in service and 1,030,441 ports connected via MSAN access. We offer business, residential and payphone customers a wide range of services and products, including:

  • fixed-line retail voice services using PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) lines, including ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) lines, and the sale of subscription based value-added voice services and calling plans;
  • fixed-line customer premises equipment rental and sales services both voice and data needs and these include PABX, Computers, Routers, Modems, Telephone handsets and other ancillary equipment;
  • interconnection services, including terminating and transiting traffic from South African mobile operators, as well as from international operators and transiting traffic from mobile to international destinations;
  • fixed-line data services, including domestic and international data transmission services, such as point-to-point leased lines, ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) services, packet-based services, managed data networking services and internet access and related information technology services;
  • Data Centre Operations includes e-commerce, application service provider, hosting, data storage, e-mail and security services;
  • W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), a 3G next generation network, including fixed voice services, data services and nomadic voice services;
  • mobile communication services, including voice services, data services and handset sales through our mobile navbar-brand called Telkom Mobile;
  •  information and communication services including cloud services, infrastructure services, workspace services, global service integration management and hardware and network equipment sales locally, in seven African countries, the UK and Dubai through Business Connexion Group; and
  • other services including directory services, through Trudon (Pty) Ltd, wireless data services, through Swiftnet (Pty) Ltd.

Convergence is one of our key strategic initiatives in building a sustainable future for Telkom.  We will lead the provision of converged services in South Africa in support of our mission statement: Seamlessly connecting people to a better life.