Sapo
Parliament wants struggling SOEs to explain continuous pleas for bailouts
National Treasury told MPs that the SABC had asked for R4.9 billion in financial support, the Post Office (Sapo) needed R1.5 billion, and the Airports Company...
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Sapo plans rollout of 10,000 cashless ATMs over next 4 months
In about two weeks, the post office will launch the second phase of its rollout of cashless ATMs which will be available at local spazas.
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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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SSA informed Sapo of Mrwetyana’s murder accused criminal history
The accused was one of 174 employees who had criminal convictions and his related to a car hijacking in 1998 for which he served five years in prison.
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Post Office confident of clearing delivery backlog following strike
The backlog follows a six-week strike by workers that left the Post Office with 38 million undelivered parcels.
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Robberies mar Sapo payment of social grants
Thousands of people were turned away from distribution centres after Sassa and the Post Office experienced problems with its payment systems.
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Radebe: Sassa, Sapo agree to hybrid payment model for social grants
There’s still no firm agreement signed between Sassa and Sapo to take over the social grant payment system, but there appears to be commitments to use more of its services.
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‘Negotiations done in good faith can break Sassa, Sapo deadlock’
Sassa and the Post Office met in Parliament on Tuesday to try and break a deadlock related to the payment of social grants.
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Sassa, Sapo to meet to try and break deadlock
The Post Office says it’s not prepared to accept an offer that will only see it provide a payment system.
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Sassa accused of lying over grant payment negotiations with Post Office
Interim chief executive Pearl Bengu told a joint meeting of two Parliamentary committees on Tuesday night, that the Post Office is not able to meet all its requirements.
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Sapo prepared for strike by CWU members
The Communications Workers Union served the Post Office with a 48-hour notice to strike last week.
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Mark Barnes: Post Office capable of managing grants distribution
The Post Office CEO says they have already demonstrated to Parliament that the parastatal is capable of distributing social grants.
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SA Post Office maintains it's ready to take over social grants payment system
The Post Office’s Mark Barnes says they have offered their services before and are happy to do so now.
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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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'Workers aren't to blame for Sapo’s revenue loss'
Sapo’s CEO says the last major strike in 2014 resulted in a 30 percent revenue loss for the Post Office.
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WC Post Office workers march in CBD, hand over memorandum
Several workers marched in the Cape Town CBD to deliver a memorandum to Sapo.
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Post Office staff down tools, strike gets underway
Workers are demanding a salary increase of 10% while the employer has not made any counter offer.
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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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Post Office working hard to settle massive debt
Sapo owes about R245 million to more than 2,000 creditors.
