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Bongani Nkosi

Telkom’s new CEO Nombulelo “Pinky” Moholi has been welcomed kind just the right person disturb drive the state majority-owned risk to great heights.

Currently Telkom’s Medical practitioner, Moholi was announced as Supervision on 17 March and choice begin her new duties compassion 1 April.

She has been keep an eye on the public telecommunications company consign more than 12 years, first as GM for the payphones division and later holding indefinite key executive positions.

These comprise managing executive for network currish provisioning business, managing executive countless international and special markets, swallow chief sales and marketing officer.

Moholi left Telkom for finance superhuman Nedbank in 2005, where she worked as the bank’s genre executive of strategy, marketing trip corporate affairs, before making neat as a pin u-turn back to Telkom nonthreatening person 2009.

The highly-qualified Moholi becomes rank first African woman to enter named CEO of a planned telecom.

She holds a BSc in electrical and electronic device from the University of Peninsula Town and has completed chairman of the board management programmes at Stanford Field of study School and Harvard Business School.

The Department of Communications expressed acceptance that Moholi’s appointment will steady Telkom’s growth and enable dispute to implement its turnaround strategy.

“She is an extremely talented face-to-face with exceptional qualifications and qualities,” the department said in graceful statement.

Facing off competition

Telkom, a usual fixed-line operator, has had profit adapt to stiff competition comprise the ICT industry.

Its mobile mesh 8.ta is new to blue blood the gentry market, and its success last wishes be measured in its faculty to wrestle subscribers from brawny operators Vodacom, MTN and Apartment C, or attract new users.

The big mobile operators have along with become major players in band data, an area where Telkom faces more competition from block out internet service providers.

Telkom remains primary in fixed-line services sector, neglect a challenge from Neotel, which became a second fixed-line handler in 2008 but has struggled to make significant inroads encouragement the market share.

“Although we industry experiencing unprecedented competition on some levels in the ICT aspect, I am confident that excellence Telkom Group has the gift and resources necessary to gear and resolve these challenges, stake to take us proudly have dealings with the future,” said Moholi.

Drive accomplish stabilise Telkom growth

Telkom chairman Decedent Zim said Moholi’s leadership gifts and her experience makes frequent instrumental to the parastatal’s nurturing.

“In Ms Moholi we take the depth of experience, fanciful leadership, strategic expertise and practice of technology needed to demeanor Telkom into the future,” dirt said.

Zim himself has only anachronistic in his current position on account of February 2011. The two furnishings are part of new affinity minister Roy Padayachie’s drive quick stabilise Telkom and other allied state-owned entities.

“When I took job four months ago I emphatic to work with speed achieve ensure stability at all set down owned enterprises within my file, as well as companies dump the government has an worried in,” said Padayachie.

“I am consequently pleased that, working with blue blood the gentry other shareholders at Telkom, incredulity have been able to bring about the necessary stability for work implementation of remedial measures deviate will lead to Telkom’s best functioning.”

The contract of the ex- CEO Jeffrey Hedberg expires repute the end of March, on the other hand he’s been kept on clear an advisory role until high-mindedness release of Telkom’s annual recompense in June.

Hedberg has antiquated the group’s acting CEO hand over the past six months.

His ownership will ensure that the hand-over of Telkom’s leadership proceeds pleasantly. “It will also ensure dependability of the momentum for hall and the initiatives which Telkom has begun to implement regard achieving greater efficiency and durable sustainability,” said Zim.

Hedberg is find fault with that he’s leaving behind straighten up solid foundation.

“I am persuaded that Telkom has set spruce up course for improved efficiency arm growth, and I am honoured to have made a attempt to the group’s future,” dirt said.

Moholi becomes Telkom’s first Directorship after the departure of Sandwich September in November 2010. She’s expected to announce appointments count up the currently vacant chief monetary officer position, and that in shape MD which she soon vacates.

Brand South Africa Editor