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If the embattled South Africa Social Security Agency makes good on its promise, the South African Post Office will be contracted to take over social grant payments from incumbent Cash Paymaster Services in the next seven

The South African Social Security Agency has scrapped the advisory groups that were set up to plan for the future of the country’s more than R140bn of annual welfare payments. Letters were sent to the so-called

The department of telecommunications & postal services has met with the Universal Postal Union to discuss ways to modernise the postal network to benefit from e-commerce. The meeting between department director-general Robert

Financial woes continue to weigh on the South African Post Office as it has recorded a R1,1bn final loss for the year ended 31 March 2016. The state-owned company has published its financial results

The South African Reserve Bank has approved the Post Office’s first-level application for a banking licence for Postbank. The awarding of the licence means that the Postbank is closer to offering more than just savings accounts as it will

The Communication Workers Union has agreed to suspend its two-day strike action against the South African Post Office. The CWU launched a nationwide strike on Thursday to demand higher annual pay increases for workers and the

Postal services in South Africa risk being disrupted later this week as a union says nationwide strike action is going ahead. The Communication Workers Union last week threatened to strike on 5-6 May to demand higher annual pay rises for South

Around 90% of workers at the South African Post Office could go on a two-day strike next week, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has warned. Post Office employees have not received salary increases for two years, the head of