/ 23 March 2000

TELKOM SUSPENDS 17 FOR BAD CONDUCT

TELKOM announced on Wednesay that is has suspended 17 employees allegedly linked to inappropriate conduct involving outside contractors. Telkom’s managing executive of network operations said that that the suspensions follow an extensive investigation, which uncovered evidence of inappropriate business relationships and transactions with certain contractors –a violation of Telkom’s code of conduct. No further details were given.