TelOne to axe 1 700

TelOne is set to retrench 1 700 employees as the parastatal moves from analogue to digital technology, board chairperson Amos Mushaninga told Parliament yesterday.

The TelOne Board appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Media and Communication Technology chaired by Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya to speak on their operations.

“We currently have 2 500 employees and we might not be able to use all of them with the new digital technology.

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