Johannesburg - Telkom [JSE:TKG] CEO Nombulelo Moholi has
rejected speculation that she intends resigning next month, when Telkom
chairperson Lazarus Zim leaves, Business Report reported on Tuesday.
There's nothing like that. Have you ever heard a quote from
me saying that? All I can give you is I'm denying the rumour," Moholi, who
became Telkom CEO last April, told the newspaper
She also denied rumours that Communications Minister Dina
Pule was guilty of undue influence in Telkom's affairs.
"I don't know what you're talking about," she told
Business Report.
Telkom's stock dropped 13.1% in the last two days of last
week, its worst two-day fall since May 2009.
Cabinet spokesperson Phumla Williams told the newspaper on
Friday that no options for Telkom had been discussed at Cabinet's meeting on
September 19.
However, the newspaper reported that on September 17, Pule's
spokesperson Siya Qoza said the minister would present her recommendations at
the meeting.
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