{"id":30896,"date":"2013-01-30T19:57:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T17:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=30896"},"modified":"2013-01-31T10:11:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T08:11:55","slug":"telkom-sponsoring-latest-tna-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/30896\/telkom-sponsoring-latest-tna-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"Telkom sponsoring latest TNA breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Telkom<\/a> is sponsoring Thursday’s New Age<\/a> Business Breakfast with Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, neither the newspaper nor Telkom on Wednesday would say how much the sponsorship was costing the utility.<\/p>\n

TNA spokesman Gary Naidoo said he did not know how much Telkom was spending.<\/p>\n

Telkom spokesman Pynee Chetty<\/a> said: “Details of Telkom’s product advertising agreements and sponsorship between Telkom and its media stakeholders are confidential.”<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, City Press reported that some the biggest state-owned companies were paying millions of rands to bankroll the business breakfasts hosted by the Gupta family.<\/p>\n

These included Transnet<\/a>, Telkom and Eskom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was previously reported that Telkom sponsored 12 business breakfasts to the tune of R12 million in the 2012\/13 financial year, according to the newspaper.<\/p>\n

Following the report Democratic Alliance<\/a> leader Helen Zille<\/a> pulled out of a TNA breakfast, saying she did not know it was sponsored using public funds.<\/p>\n

This saw Zille and the newspaper come to loggerheads.<\/p>\n

The newspaper responded by uploading a video of Zille thanking Telkom for sponsoring a previous TNA breakfast she attended.<\/p>\n

Zille on Wednesday said TNA heavyweights tried to dissuade the DA from asking parliamentary questions on the paper’s funding.<\/p>\n

The newspaper denied the claim.<\/p>\n

Zille said she had written to President Jacob Zuma<\/a> asking for a commission of inquiry to be appointed to probe the funding of the newspaper.<\/p>\n

More Telkom TNA articles<\/h3>\n

Telkom payment wasn\u2019t sponsorship: Zille<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

ANC calls Zille out over Telkom sponsorship lie<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Telkom, Eskom blow money on Gupta breakfasts: report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Telkom, Vodacom to put SA \u201cback on track\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Telkom will be hitched to an ox wagon: analyst<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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