REPORTERS don’t need reminding about how bad Telkom’s communications team is at communicating. But now the whole country knows.
Telkom was forced to publish a notice on the stock exchange news service to correct a statement by its spokeswoman, Lulu Letlape, who had denied that Telkom was bidding to take over Business Connexion.
Letlape had told Reuters that Telkom was not one of the mystery suitors for the company, as Business Connexion “did not fit into its growth plans”.
Well, that’s not strictly true, Telkom admitted yesterday. Entirely false, actually, since it has submitted a proposal to acquire the entire issued share capital of Business Connexion, subject to certain conditions.
Well, that’s it — The Insider will never again believe anything that Telkom says.
No change there then.