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'Skorokoro' Sapo asks Parly for more time, funding to implement turnaround plan

By Babalo Ndenze

Post office management said once it gets the support for its “post office of tomorrow" strategy, it will never beg for a cent from government again.

  • A South African Post Office branch. Picture: @PostofficeSa/Twitter

    Government has 'no interest' in selling the South African Post Office

    Former Post Office CEO Mark Barnes penned an open letter to Communications Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni where he offered to buy a majority stake in the struggling company.

    145 days ago
  • FILE: Post Office. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN.

    Telkom threatens to cut services to SA Post Office unless it pays its R269m bill

    The South African Post Office needs Telkom's services to pay social grants and renew vehicle registrations.

    149 days ago
  • A cashless Sassa ATM. Picture: Supplied.

    Cashless Sassa ATMs arrive in Limpopo via Post Office's new rollout

    Each cashless ATM issues a voucher, which the beneficiary can exchange for cash or goods at the local trader.

    795 days ago
  • FILE:  The department said there had always been systemic issues plaguing the Post Office even before the pandemic and lockdown. Picture: @PostofficeSa/Twitter.

    SA Post Office could join SAA in succumbing to effects of COVID-19

    The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies briefe Parliament about its programmes and projects dealing with the coronavirus.

    825 days ago
  • The elderly at the Post office in Pimville are observing social distancing. They also all have masks on and they are sanitised at the door. Picture: Kgomotso Modise/EWN

    'The queue is moving fast': Pimville pensioners praise govt's grant system

    Pensioners will also receive R250 more for the next six months as part of government’s COVID-19 relief programme.

    833 days ago
  • FILE: The organisation's new board and management briefed Parliament's communications committee on Tuesday about its finances and governance. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN.

    Post Office hasn’t been profitable in about 13 years – MPs told

    Earlier this year, the Post Office received a R1.5 billion 'public service mandate' or grant from National Treasury.

    1008 days ago
  • Uyinene Mrwetyana. Picture: facebook.com

    Uyinene Mrwetyana’s family could sue Sapo over alleged killer's criminal record

    The 19-year-old University of Cape Town student was raped and murdered at a Claremont post office several months ago allegedly former employee Luyanda Botha.

    1009 days ago
  • A Sassa card. Picture: Supplied

    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.

    1061 days ago
  • Picture: @OfficialSASSA/Twitter.

    Post Office: R14m lost through Sassa card fraud since January

    It said the contactless function on the cards, which were issued by the South African Social Security Agency, was abused by people who withdrew more than the limit of R200.

    1062 days ago
  • Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. Picture: Supplied.

    Ndabeni-Abrahams calls for vetting of workers in communications portfolio

    This after the State Security Agency found 174 postal workers with criminal records during a screening conducted in 2016.

    1063 days ago
  • Former Bosasa executive Angelo Agrizzi giving his testimony at the commission of inquiry into state capture on 17 January 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    [LISTEN] Post Office responds to Angelo Agrizzi’s allegations of bribery

    CapeTalk’s Kieno Kammies speaks to Post Office CEO Mark Barnes about the allegations emanating from Angelo Agrizzi’s testimony.

    1306 days ago
  • New Sassa cards. Picture: OfficialSASSA/Twitter.

    Sassa, Post Office work through weekend to phase in new cards

    The agency announced last week that the Post Office will take over cash payments to beneficiaries when the current contract with Cash Paymaster Services ends.

    1521 days ago
  • SA Post Office CEO Mark Barnes. Picture: @mark_barnes56/Twitter

    [LISTEN] How Post Office plans to pay social grants

    Post Office CEO Mark Barnes says the new agreement with the Sassa is a step forward towards sensible outcomes.

    1709 days ago
  • SA Post Office CEO Mark Barnes. Picture: @mark_barnes56/Twitter

    Post Office CEO says he's ready for fresh talks over grant payments

    Mark Barnes says it only makes economic sense for the government to use its own infrastructure to take over from Cash Paymaster Services.

    1742 days ago
  • FILE: Sassa CEO Pearl Bhengu (left), Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele and Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini at a media briefing. Picture: EWN

    Treasury: Sassa biased in specifications for grant payments bid

    In a letter to interim Sassa chief executive Pearl Bengu, Treasury says that Sapo should not have been disqualified on three areas of the contract.

    1742 days ago
  • FILE: Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini. Picture: GCIS.

    'Detractors destabilising Sassa & Post Office negotiations'

    On Tuesday, Parliament heard that while Sassa says it can only offer the Post Office one out of a four-part contract due to it lacking in capability.

    1749 days ago
  • FILE: Bathabile Dlamini. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Final decision on Sassa, Post Office deal by end of next week

    The CSIR was appointed last month to evaluate risks and financial implications of the Sapo helping with paying social grants.

    1796 days ago
  • Post Office. Picture: Giovanna Gerbi/EWN

    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.

    1938 days ago
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