Telkom is ***!

Telkom is ***. I'll explain how the whole nightmare started

Late last last year, Telkom had a Black Friday promotion on an Apple iPhone at R399/month. When visiting the Telkom store on 3 occasions, I was told by the sales person that the stock never arrived. How frustrating! Time and petrol wasted. A big corporation running a promotion without having the means to service the client. F*#*ing idiots!

In March of 2025 (4 months later), the iPhones finally arrived and I was able to do an upgrade at the promised Black Friday price of R399. When I received my May invoice, I was shocked to see that I was being billed R699 for the iPhone, R300 extra! I raised the issue with Telkom, and I was promised that the matter would be attended to.

Long story short, Telkom bungled the whole issue resulting in my June invoice debit order amount due not being collected … why? Only God knows! Then Telkom “rewarded” me by handing me over to some debt collectors who debited my cheque account with the arrears amount due.

After being debited by the debt collectors, I’m still being harassed with daily sms’s from Telkom stating that my account is in arrears, and that I’m being handed over to the Credit bureau for blacklisting. Can you f*#cking believe it!

I’ve had 4 contracts simultaneously with Telkom for several years, and my accounts were always in good standing. Now this ****!

F#*ck you Telkom!