Trade union Solidarity today learned that, up until this morning, Telkom has accepted a total of 2 393 employees’ applications for voluntary severance packages. Moreover, these employees’ services will officially end tomorrow.

According to Marius Croucamp, head of Solidarity’s Communications Industry, this number of applications comes as no surprise to the union. “Given the volatile climate within Telkom, we anticipated that a significant amount of employees would prefer to leave the company. Nonetheless, we remain highly concerned about the exodus of skilled Telkom workers and how this will affect the company’s future endeavours and delivery of services,” Croucamp said.

Issued by Solidarity