Sapo employees want the government to bail out the troubled postal service and are threatening another strike, leaving mail’s future in the balance.
A group of magazine publishers has complained to Icasa that the post office breached its licence condition, and is looking for a new distributor.
Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele has allegedly asked the Sapo board to resign or be fired, and a new administrator is waiting in the wings.
Its goals, management, source of funds and who will cover any losses are key questions that have to be raised.
Angry unionised workers say they have been sidelined and betrayed by their leaders.
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.
The SA Post Office and IT agency Sita, two municipalities and three national departments will be investigated for irregularities and corruption.
President Jacob Zuma has directed the Special Investigating Unit to look into administrative irregularities at the South African Post Office.
Pupils in Limpopo will have textbooks in time for the 2014 academic year, says education MEC Dikeledi Magadzi.
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/ 2 November 2007
The Department of Home Affairs has ditched the South African Post Office (Sapo) as the distributor of its documents because of inefficiency. Initially, the Sapo contract with the department to deliver documents went very well, Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula told a media briefing at Parliament on Friday.