Telkom: Internal report alleges fraud and corruption

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa), 21 May 2010 

Telkom has given an independent forensic company the green light to investigate alleged corruption and fraud committed by no less than three Telkom senior staff members. This comes after allegations of corruption and fraud pertaining to the fight against cable theft has surfaced in an internal Telkom report as early as December last year. 

Collusion between senior Telkom staff members and security companies… 

It’s alleged that three Telkom senior staff members are or have been colluding with the security companies hired to monitor and protect Telkom’s copper network. According to the relevant report the “…common denominator among them is to forge a very close relationship with vendors, override existing control mechanisms to the advantage of vendors and sideline cable theft practitioners” (Mail & Guardian, Lloyd Gedye, 21 May 2010). 

In other words, it’s alleged that three senior Telkom staff members have a corrupt relationship with the security companies that are hired to combat the theft of copper cables that form part of Telkom’s copper network. 

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