New blood at Telkom

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa), 29 October 2006

The chairperson of Telkom, Momazizi Mtshotshisa (below left), decided to make space for new blood at Telkom by the end of the month. Telkom announced Ms Mtshotshisa’s resignation after she handed in her resignation due to “personal reasons.”

New blood will come in the form of Shirley Lue Arnold (above right). Shirley’s impressive track record will without doubt prove to be a ‘golden nugget’ in Telkom’s arsenal. This well travelled and educated woman hold for one directorships in Peermont Global Ltd, Finlay & Associates and Ernst & Young. She was born in Durban and raised in Swaziland. She moved to the USA in 1982 “where she acted as consultant to a number of institutions and companies, including the Rockefeller Foundation and Unisys" (http://www.peermont.com/II/ii_directors.asp). She returned to South Africa in 1994 and set up a BEE company, Mmela Consultancy & Advisory Services. She also acted as a consultant to well known South African based companies such as Anglo Platinum, Heidrick & Struggles, Thebe Investment Corporation and Worldwide Africa Investment Holdings.

The true reasons for Mtshotshisa’s resignation might be unknown or at best speculated about at this stage. No matter what the reasons are for Mtshotshisa’s early departure, the only important question left is if Shirley Lue Arnold will help to make Telkom a better telecommunications group for all.