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South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi has assured beneficiaries will get what is due to them without any distress.Image: South African Government via Twitter

Post Office liquidation: Sassa says beneficiaries will get their grants

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…

The South African Post Office has assured customers it will trade as normal as liquidation looms.Image: SA Post Office/Twitter

Post offices will ‘trade as normal’ as liquidation looms

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…

The South African Post Office says its decision to retrench 6,000 workers was neither sudden nor unexpected as it has been engaging stakeholders over the past 20 months regarding reducing costs. File photo.Image: Supplied

Bright future for post office, CEO says

Nomkhita Mona says letter informing employees about retrenchment plans was neither sudden nor unexpected The South African Post Office (Sapo) has denied that the notice it served its employees last week informing them of its intention to…

WHERE TO GO? The Port Alfred Post Office sorting depot in Bathurst Street has now also closed down. Picture: FAITH QINGA

No post for Port Alfred

The Post Office’s Port Alfred landlord says they owe him more than R200 000 in rent. Weeks after the Port Alfred branch of the South African Post Office (SAPO) was temporarily closed, SAPO’s local depot has also closed. The Post Office…

The SA Post Office said if there are customs fees payable on a parcel from abroad, the client pays the fees when they collect the parcel. File imageImage: Reuters

Cash over parcel hold-up at customs is a scam

The SA Post Office (Sapo) has warned the public about e-mails meant to convince the receiver to pay money into the accounts of fraudsters. “Members of the public receive an e-mail stating a parcel addressed to them is being retained…

People wait outside a post office in Durban. Most of them are there to check the status of their special Covid-19 grants, which provide R350 per monthPicture: GroundUp/Nokulunga Majola

Post offices ‘overwhelmed’ with Covid-19 grant recipients

More than 1.3 million people have been approved for the special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant in KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa). This, however, has resulted in snaking queues…

Communications and digital technologies minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams said digitising the SA Post Office is central to its turnaround plan.Image: GCIS

‘We are doing everything to save the SA Post Office’: Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams

Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams says government is doing everything it can to prevent the SA Post Office (Sapo) from being liquidated. Ndabeni-Abrahams said this as the cash-strapped state-owned entity on Tuesday presented…

Strike has resulted in national shutdown at SA Post Office – CWU

Wage negotiations are continuing between the SA Post Office and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) whose members downed tools on Monday. CWU general secretary Aubrey Tshabalala said the strike by CWU and other unions had caused a…