Post Office
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Uyinene Mrwetyana’s family want Post Office transformed into “a place of healing”
Hundreds marched to the Clareinch post office in Claremont to commemorate four years since her rape and murder
Renewed calls for South Africa to have a basic income grant
Human rights organisations are advocating a state safety net for the millions of South Africans who have been left hungry after the R350 social relief of distress grant was…
Q&A Sessions: ‘Post Office was a journey of faith’
Mark Barnes, the former South African Post Office chief executive, talks to Nicolene de Wee about the highlights of his 30-year career in finance and markets. The 64-year-old…
R350 a month: Inside the lives of special grant recipients
The Covid-19 relief grant helped millions of South Africans, but it ended in January. The M&G spoke to unemployed youth who found the money helpful
Competitors take on the post office
Blamed by many South Africans for offering a shoddy service, the embattled institution faces financial strain and serious competition
CPS is now claiming over R1-billion from Sassa
This revelation is contained in documents and correspondence between the embattled SA Social Security Agency and the Net1 subsidiary.
Letters to the editor: August 28 to September 1 2017
Readers write in about health equity, the Post Office, and Krotoa
MPs accuse Sassa of ‘delay tactics’
Come March 2018, the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) may find itself in a "mad dash" to secure grant payments once again.
Concourt judgement disproves Dlamini’s assertions of ‘media-created’ grants anxiety
Although the Teflon minister remains unscathed, misleading Parliament may come back to bite her.
Postbank could speed up change
The SA Post Office is embarking on what it hopes will be the final stretch before becoming the Postbank, a fully fledged banking service provider.
Dlamini rejects Gordhan’s social grants proposal
The social development minister has 43 days to ensure the 17-million people get their money. She has had since 2014 to sort out the problem.
Barking up a lot of weird trees in 2015
We caught up with some local celebrities and politicians to find out what they hope to achieve in the Year of the Goat.
Post office strike continues as union talks collapse
As letters and parcels continue to pile up in post offices across South Africa, there appears to be no end in sight to the long-running strike.
Mafika Sihlali: A man ‘in a hurry’ to succeed
Despite the movement restrictions imposed by the fact he is out on bail, Mafika Sihlali is a hard man to find. Phillip de Wet reports.
ConCourt hearing could change methods of foreclosure
A mix-up at the Post Office might change the way companies foreclose on those in debt, following a Constitutional Court hearing in Johannesburg.