Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has written to the South African Post Office to request an urgent engagement on the closure of all its services in Mitchells Plain. According to a statement released by the COCT, Lewis said it was unacceptable that Mitchells Plain residents were simply being referred to[…]
LOCAL The South African Policing Union (SAPU) has announced a decision to withdraw its affiliation with the South African Federation of Trade Union (SAFTU). SAPU is the second biggest policing union in the country and was one of the founding members of SAFTU five years ago. It says that under SAFTU, the[…]
LOCAL The SA Post Office (Sapo) has announced it will no longer pay the R350 social relief of distress (SRD) grant through its branches. Sapo spokesperson Johan Kruger said the move will help alleviate long queues at its branches. He said a new round of applications for the R350 SRD[…]
The SA Post Office has temporarily suspended its airmail service to China due to travel restrictions. SA Post Office spokesperson Johan Kruger said parts of China were in lockdown to reduce the spread of Covid-19 and air travel had been restricted. “Surface mail to China remains available,” he said. Meanwhile,[…]
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has made the decision to close some of its cash pay points due to a decrease in the number of people using the service. The South African Post Office (SAPO) has been distributing social grants on behalf of SASSA electronically since April last[…]
The SA Post Offices (Sapo) annual rates increase has occurred without much publicity both through the media and at Post Offices around South Africa. The increases took effect on April 1, with most basic postal services increasing by between 30c and 70c. Sapo did not publish any press release and[…]
The SA Post Office (Sapo) expects to report a loss of R1.3 billion by the end of its financial year in March, Beeld reported on Monday. For this and other reason auditors expressed doubts, in Sapo’s 2014-15 annual report, that it will still be a going concern by the end of[…]
South Africans are being severely affected by the postal worker’s strike, with some patients complaining of not receiving chronic medication, companies not receiving important reports, and UNISA students struggling to post their assignments. According to the South African Post Office (SAPO) public relations officer Lungelo Lose, talks to solve the[…]
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