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Mrwetyana Foundation wants to convert Clareinch Post Office into wellness centre
The Clareinch Post Office will be converted into a wellness centre after The 19-year-old's death in August sparked nationwide outrage against the high levels of gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa.
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Mrwetyana family welcomes hefty sentence for Luyanda Botha
Uyinene Mrwetynana’s killer confessed to raping her twice before locking her up in a storeroom before murdering her and attempting to destroy the evidence.
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Uyinene Mrwetyana’s rape, murder accused set for High Court appearance
Luyanda Botha (42) has already appeared in a Magistrates Court and faces two counts of rape, a count of murder and one of defeating the ends of justice.
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Post Office improves employee screening after Uyinene Mrwetyana’s murder
Luyanda Botha, aged 42, is charged with luring the 19-year-old student to the Clareinch Post Office where he allegedly attacked her in August.
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No political interference in Mark Barnes’ resignation - Ndabeni-Abrahams
In a statement released in July following Post Office CEO Barnes’s resignation, the entity said the parties were in agreement on an amicable separation.
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Post Office takes ‘urgent steps’ after R14m Sassa card fraud
The company recorded a loss of R14 million since January through fraud involving the new Sassa cards.
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Communications Dept says banking licence for Post Bank urgent
Deputy Minister of Communications Pinky Kekana said the South African Post Office was losing out on a great deal in the business of logistics.
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Post Office expects to make a profit by 2018
CEO Mark Barnes has highlighted technology upgrades, saying they will make the Post Office paperless.
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Post Office to launch its own bank
The Postbank will now be re-registered as a new company in order to operate as a fully-fledged bank.
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Post Office and unions settle on 6.5% salary hike
Disagreements over salaries and the use of a casual labour force were behind the crippling 2014 strike.
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Post Office nears R3.4 bn target
The company says it's close to raising the amount to settle 'mismanagement of its funds'.
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Post Office admits it remains fragile
CEO Mark Barnes visited post offices in Alexandra today to address issues in that community.
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Post Office cash injection an 'investment,' says CEO
Post Office CEO Mark Barnes gives 702's John Robbie the low-down on Post Office Debt, a R650m cash injection & saving Sapo from a complete collapse.
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SA Post Office to return to profit in 2018
The SA Post Office is expected to record a loss of more than R1 billion in the 2015/16 financial year.
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#CosatuCongress: Govt encouraged to channel money into Post Office
The CWU says government departments need to stop making use of private courier companies.
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New Post Office boss to turn things around
Mark Barnes says his plan is to turn Sapo into an asset and to turn bailouts into investments.
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CWU demands govt bailout for Post Office
Post office employees affiliated to the Communication Workers Union took to the streets of Johannesburg to protest against maladministration and corruption within the organisation.
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EWN goes postal: Part 3
Three months after EWN tested the Post Office's service delivery efficiency by posting three letters to different parts of the country, comedian Simmi Aref takes a look at what has happened to the letters.
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Post office strike off the cards for now
An interim Labour Court order has prevented a fresh strike by the CWU at the postal service.
