INVESTIGATION INTO THE LEVEL OF SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AT TELKOM AFTER PRIVATIZATION

Abstract

The skills profile of South African workers does not match current or future market needs and contributes to poor performance by industries. The purpose of the research was to investigate whether Telkom has been able to utilize the opportunity of privatization to assist in empowering its workforce with skills training for the benefit of the company‟s growth. Documentary analysis was at the foremost of the methodological approach in this research. The findings indicate the existence of a number of training initiatives for skills development. Telkom expenditure on skills development is the highest in the sector from 2004 to 2007. It is therefore imperative for Telkom to continue to improve on skills development initiatives in the context of global competition and to fulfil the call by government for all South African companies to invest in skills programmes.