Telkom
Business account incorrectly linked to personal ID

I was a director of a KZN based company in 2012.The company opened a branch in PE & applied for a new DSL line.

I signed the Telkom applic. form for the new branch for a dsl line in the company's name & submitted the application form & all company registration docs to a company employee based in PE.

The employee was to open the account & link it to the company's existing Telkom account (262960080001). He received all company registration documents to enable him to open the account.

The account was opened & was linked to MY PERSONAL ID NUMBER though I did not authorise a new account in my personal capacity. I did not submit any copy of personal bank statement, payslip, utility bill, nor did I sign any letter authorising this 3rd party (company staff) to act on my behalf.

Telkom in their infinite wisdom decided that they can link this account to my PERSONAL name due to a lack of company registration documents apparently.
If documentation was lacking, the application should have been rejected/turned away.
Instead Telkom linked it to my personal ID allowing a 3rd party to open an account in my name without authority!

I submitted an affidavit to Telkom re above but had no joy!

Company: Telkom
Country: South Africa
City: Port Elizabeth

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