State-owned fibre-optic telecommunications infrastructure provider Broadband Infraco has been directed by government to undertake a valuation exercise in preparation for its possible sale, the department
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On 21 May, South Africans will get to hear telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele deliver his second budget vote speech. It will be a report card for a minister who has been in the role for precisely a year. He is unlikely to
The South African Post Office plans to shed more than 5 000 jobs. This is according to their turnaround strategic plan which was presented to the portfolio committee on telecommunications & postal services on
Positioning Post Office outlets in expensive shopping malls has been a big mistake, says the administrator tasked with turning around the struggling state-owned entity. Post Office administrator Simo Lushaba told MPs on parliament’s
The high court in Pretoria on Friday rejected a bid by the Post Office to have its bank accounts released, part of a battle by a cellphone service provider to recover R50m. “The court ruled that
South Africa’s failing Post Office has lurched from crisis to crisis in recent years – and there appears to be no end in sight to the malaise. A much-vaunted turnaround strategy, which was supposed to be
Online marketplace and auction website Bidorbuy says last year’s prolonged postal sector strike had a big impact on small business owners, who found it difficult to compete with larger retailers and are concerned that the uncertainty of reliable delivery could mean
The South African Post Office’s annual rates increase has occurred without much publicity both through the media and at Post Office branches around South Africa. The increases took effect on 1 April, with most basic postal services increasing by
Yunus Carrim’s appointment as minister of communications in July 2013 was greeted with apprehension. The avowed communist’s expertise lay with the local government sector. He knew nothing about technology. In fact, he joked at the time that he barely knew
A new start-up, Pargo, is targeting the e-commerce logistics market, opening up parcel collection points inside retail outlets around the country.