Something is going to have to break the deadlock eventually.
The way I see it, only international investment will force the governments hand to do something about this situation - if enough international companies indicate that doing business in South Africa is not viable because of Telcomms costs and infrastructure, that's a far bigger cash-cow than 38% stake in Telkom.
And cash-cow it's going to have to be, because as far as recent history tells us, social responsibility, morals, ethics and "sharing the wealth" isn't very high on the ANC agenda. Some may say personal wealth is the number one goal for the members of our current administration ...