Telkom SA Limited - New Chairman for Telkom

     Telkom SA Limited - New Chairman for Telkom                                
     Telkom SA Limited                                                          
     (Registration Number 1991/005476/06)                                       
ISIN:   ZAE000044897                                                       
     JSE and NYSE Share Code TKG                                                
     ("Telkom")                                                                 
     New Chairman for Telkom                                                    
Telkom announces the resignation of Ms Nomazizi Mtshotshisa as Chairman and
     non-executive director of the Telkom Board, with effect from 31 October    
     2006. The board thanks Ms Mtshotshisa for her four years of service to the 
     board, and wishes her well in pursuing her other business interests.       
Telkom further announces the appointment, with effect from 1 November 2006,
     of Ms Shirley Lue Arnold as Chairman and non-executive director of the     
     Company. Ms Arnold has served as a non-executive director and Chairman of  
     the Empowerment Committee of Peermont Global Ltd since July 2004 and a non-
executive director of NAI Finlay (Pty) Ltd since 2003. Ms Arnold is a      
     member of the Chairpersons Forum, Gordon Institute of Business, and also a 
     member of the Independent Directors Initiative and the Institute of        
     Directors in Southern Africa. She is a Trustee of the Thutuka Bursary Fund 
(SAICA) and the Math"s Centre, and is also a patron of the Student         
     Sponsorship Programme. Ms Arnold was a non-executive director of Ernst &   
     Young Southern Africa from 2002 to 2004 and Acting Chairman from 2004 to   
     2006. She was also a member of the accounting firm"s Nominations Committee 
from November 2004 to April 2006                                           
     Johannesburg                                                               
     26 October 2006                                                            
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