

He had mentioned in passing about how he wished Max saw him like a son, heck, he even said he wished he could have been Max’s biological son just like Michael. I informed him I was still studying for a three-year qualification as this was one of the requirements,” he said.Ash didn't understand why Eiji was making him do this. “I approached my line manager at the time, Peter Ross, a former Telkom employee who was the executive for Security and Investigations.

In his answering affidavit, Louis Potgieter confirmed that the position required a three-year degree or diploma and five years’ experience.

The matter has now gone to the High Court in Pretoria. The workers alleged Louis got preferential treatment and the rules were relaxed to accommodate him. The source said these people had the correct qualifications. According to the workers, 48 people applied for the position, 10 from Telkom.

They said he did not have the degree that was a prerequisite. Workers claimed he was promoted despite not meeting the requirements. Louis’s meteoric rise in Telkom has been controversial. It is categorically denied that the statement was ever made that any of our employees will not be a manager as a result of their race,” he said. They were incorporated into the existing CPI structures. “No section 197 employee was stripped of any job title or demoted. “The SMEET concluded the technical evaluation and SMADA, iMvula and Combined PI were shortlisted for the award after the pricing and B-BBEE evaluation. The source said presentations and site visits were done in January and February 2017. The companies shortlisted to the next stage of technical evaluations were Bidvest Protea Coin, Fidelity, Combined PI, SMADA and iMvula. This was approved by SCAC and a tender was then issued to all service providers, except TSU Protection Services, which never responded,” said the source.Īccording to the documents, the nine companies, along with their B-BBEE grading, were: Bidvest Protea Coin, iMvula Quality Protection, Fidelity Security and Services (all graded at level 2), G4S Security Solutions, TSU Protection Service (level 3), SMADA, SSG and Combined Private Investigation (level 4) and Sibongile Security Services (level 1). “Nine service providers were presented to the Sourcing Contracts Approval Council (SCAC) in September (2016) to be invited to participate in a closed tender process. Louis is said to be a senior security manager of Telkom’s Asset and Revenue Protection Services.
