Lulu Letlape

The 2005 <i>Financial Mail</i>/Empowerdex survey rated Telkom as the most empowered of all 184 companies on the JSE. With 70% of Telkom’s top management being black, the company’s leadership particularly understands the needs of the impoverished, as most have risen up the corporate ladder from extremely modest beginnings, writes the executive of corporate communication at Telkom, Lulu Letlape.