Telkom (South Africa)

This article is about Telecommunications provider in South Africa. For other uses, see Telkom.

Telkom SA SOC Limited
Company typePublic
JSE: TKG
ISINZAE000044897
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1991; 33 years ago (1991) – Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
1910; 114 years ago (1910) (as the Department of Posts and Telegraphs)
HeadquartersCenturion, Gauteng, South Africa
Area served
38 countries
Key people
Sello Moloko
(Chairman)
Serame Taukobong
(Group CEO)
ProductsWireless and wireline broadband services
Digital television
Managed services
Web hosting
Revenue
  • IncreaseR43.043 billion (US$2.98 billion, FY2019-20)
  • R41.774 billion (US$2.89 billion, FY2018-19)[1]
  • DecreaseR2.687 billion (US$0.19 billion, FY2019-20)
  • R4.767 billion (US$0.33 billion, FY2018-19)[1]
  • DecreaseR0.608 billion (US$0.04 billion, FY2019-20)
  • R2.831 billion (US$0.2 billion, FY2018-19)[1]
Total assets
  • IncreaseR61.386 billion (US$4.25 billion, FY2019-20)
  • R52.944 billion (US$3.66 billion, FY2018-19)[1]
Total equity
  • DecreaseR29.475 billion (US$2.04 billion, FY2019-20)
  • R29.768 billion (US$2.06 billion, FY2018-19)[1]
Number of employees
Decrease15,099 (FY2019-20)[1]
DivisionsTelkom Consumer
Telkom Mobile
Telkom Small & Medium Business
SubsidiariesBCX (100%)
Trudon t/a Yellow Pages (64.9%)
Gyro Group (100%)
Openserve (100%)
Websitewww.telkom.co.za

Telkom SA SOC Limited is a South African wireline and wireless telecommunications provider, operating in more than 38 countries across the African continent. Telkom is majority state-owned (55.3%) with the South African government owning 40.5% of Telkom, while another 14.8% is owned by another state-owned company - the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which is closely linked to the South African government.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Telkom Integrated Report for the year ended 31 March 2020" (PDF). Sharedata. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.