Politics student Debbie Love has staged a one-woman protest on the steps of the Great Hall at Wits University against Telkom.
Love, who is doing a Masters Degree in politics, did her honours research on SA`s telecommunications industry last year.
"Before I began my quest, I too was unaware of Telkom`s abuse. But over the past few months, I have become increasingly angry with Telkom," says Love.
"The point of the protest was to raise public awareness about Telkom`s incredibly high prices, as well as its ongoing disputes with labour and the various ways in which Telkom has abused its monopoly position."
Love believes it absurd that almost a decade after the 1996 Telecommunications Act, a basic landline service remains a pipedream for most South Africans. "How can SA move forward when the astronomical prices of our monopoly landline provider are preventing most South Africans from taking part in the knowledge economy?" she asks.
Love emphasises that the protest was not against Telkom making profits but rather against it making profits while doing little in the way of social transformation.
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