As grant collections continue for May, the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has reiterated its call to beneficiaries that those with expired gold cards should not worry, as the agency has extended the validity of the cards to the end of 2023. Speaking on VOC’s Breakfast show on Monday[…]
Despite the South African Post Office (Sapo) facing liquidation, South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi has assured beneficiaries they will still receive their grants. Sapo was placed under provisional liquidation on February 9 after a court application by a creditor owed for rent. Business Day said in the Post Office’s most[…]
The South African Post Office (Sapo) has assured customers it will trade as normal after reports of liquidation. Sapo was placed under provisional liquidation on February 9 after a court application by a creditor owed for rent. Business Day said in the post office’s most recent financial statements for 2021/2022 to end-March[…]
LOCAL The festive season is nearly upon us and with it may come parcels from overseas. Be careful, if you are expecting a package, not to fall for a scam pretending to be holding up your parcel at customs. The South African Post Office (Sapo) has warned of an e-mail[…]
The Post Office says it has started preparing logistics for the return of the R350 COVID-19 social relief grant despite a number of branches being affected by the recent looting and violence in some parts of the country. The Post Office says 51 branches in KwaZulu-Natal and 24 in Gauteng were affected.[…]
As pensioners and social grant beneficiaries make their way to pay points across the country, Cape Town grant holders expressed frustration over unfulfilled promises to be prioritized during the lockdown. On Monday, VOC News visited the Post Office in Athlone, where some elderly had been waiting outside since 8am. While[…]
CAPE TOWN – An internal Post Office investigation has revealed that the South African Post Office was informed about the criminal record of the man accused of raping and killing Uyinene Mrwetyana. Preliminary results reveal the accused was appointed through a labour broker. On being absorbed as a permanent staff member, he[…]
The criminal record of the man who confessed to raping and killing Uyinene Mrwetyana was known to Post Office (SAPO) officials in 2018 already, a preliminary investigation found. The slain 19-year-old student was laid to rest on Saturday in Beacon Bay, East London. An investigate into the appointment of the[…]
Slain University of Cape Town film and media studies student Uyinene Mrwetyana will be buried at her home in Centane in the Eastern Cape on Saturday. Her funeral service will take place at the Abbotsford Christian Centre in East London. Mrwetyana’s death has since prompted an outpouring of sympathy as[…]
Several unidentified individuals targeted two separate Cape Town post offices on the same day, Thursday August 1, making off with an unknown amount of cash from both. Four armed men hit a post office in Kuilsriver just an hour before a group of three armed men targeted a post office[…]
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