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Tshidi Madia in for Clement Manyathela speaks to Shaik Subrathie, a member of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies & Whip of the ANC Study group on Communications and Digital Technologies in Parliament about the South African Post Office’s corporate plan. The Clement Manyathela Show is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station, weekdays from 09:00 to 12:00 (SA Time). Clement Manyathela starts his show each weekday on 702 at 9 am taking your calls and voice notes on his Open Line. In the second hour of his show, he unpacks, explains, and makes sense of the news of the day. Clement has several features in his third hour from 11 am that provide you with information to help and guide you through your daily life. As your morning friend, he tackles the serious as well as the light-hearted, on your behalf. Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Clement Manyathela Show. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 09:00 and 12:00 (SA Time) to The Clement Manyathela Show broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/XijPLtJ or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/p0gWuPE Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The management at the South African Post Office says the Business Rescue Practitioners at the state-owned entity are on track to implement a sustainable plan for the organisation, moving forward. Speaking during SAPO's briefing to Parliament's portfolio committee on Communications and Digital Technologies, SAPO's Acting Chief Financial Officer, Fathima Gany, said a number of interventions have been introduced to turn the finances of the postal services around, including branch rationalisation and retrenchment processes

Minister of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth has announced that the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) will provide over R381 million via the Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) to the South African Post Office, SAPO. The funds aims to safeguard approximately 6,000 jobs and aid SAPO's revival through a strategic UIF partnership. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to Rachel Taukobung, TERS Coordinator at the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies says it welcomes the decision of the National Treasury to assist the South African Post Office with 150 Million rands. These funds are expected to help address the Post Office's immediate financial pressures. This follows threats by the Communication Workers Union to close down all branches of the Post Office countrywide demanding a fifteen percent salary increase. It is also alleged that SAPO has in recent weeks failed to make medical aid contributions of their workers. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Deputy Director General at Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, Omega Shilembe...

The Communications Workers Union (CWU) is warning that the South African Post Office may be forced to shut its doors by the end of this month. The CWU attributes this looming crisis to the ineffective utilization of the R3.8 billion allocated for the post office's revitalization. To delve deeper into this critical issue, Elvis Presslin spoke to Nathan Bowers, National Bargaining Coordinator for the Communications Workers Union

Gary Booysen of Rand Swiss runs us through the day's market moves, anxiety as we await Trump's inauguration and whether he can deliver on promises made during the election, bitcoin hitting R2 million, the risk of decentralised currency, and the South African Post Office launching a new set of stamps. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream

Professor Hugh Corder, Emeritus Professor of Public Law at the University of Cape Town, joinw John Maytham to discuss his recent challenge with the South African Post Office and its impact on public service delivery. He urges the public and policymakers to take action to restore SAPO, highlighting its importance for equitable services, community resilience, and preserving the nation’s heritageSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Grootes speaks to Mark Barnes, Executive Chairman and CEO of Purple Group and former CEO of the South African Post Office, about the valuable lessons he's learned regarding money throughout his illustrious career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Solly Malatsi, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies explains the predicament the South African Post Office finds itself in and moves that are being made to rescue the entitySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joining us now is David Mangena, General Secretary of the South African Postal Workers Union. He's here to share his perspective on the government's plans to rescue SAPO and the critical role postal workers will play in the restoration of this vital service.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nicholas Lorimer and Sara Gon discuss the looming liquidation of the South African Post Office unless it receives a R3.8 billion bailout within a month. They also discuss a school in Limpopo with 90 kids per class and the former chief engineer of PRASA going to jail. Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

A group of former  employees of the South African Post Office (Sapo)  are staging a picket outside of the entity's headquarters in Pretoria. It has been reported that the Post Office has been deducting pension fund contributions from workers' salaries, but failed to pay into employees' retirement fund for three years. For more on this we are joined on the line by our reporter Nothando Magudulela

Nearly 5,000 post office workers are facing retrenchment yet again. This after an unsuccessful application for relief funding by the Business Rescue Practitioners to halt the retrenchment process. The Post Office has been struggling to pay creditors and salaries given its deteriorating financial position. To speak to us more about the ordeal, we spoke to South African Post Office worker, Bonisani Mzobe...

Retrenchments of about 5000 Post Office workers is still continuing. The South African Post Office's (SAPO's) joint business rescue practitioners have announced that attempts to secure funding from the Temporary Employment Relief Scheme (TERS) have failed. They lodged an application with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation & Arbitration (CCMA) following discussions with unions in the hopes of delaying staff cuts. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Nathan Bowers, National Bargaining Coordinator of the Communications Workers Union 

South African Post Office workers say the temporary suspension of retrenchments are merely an election ploy by Government. Disgruntled workers are questioning a recent agreement signed by unions and the employer to withdraw retrenchments - saving roughly 4,700 jobs. But workers feel the decision to withdraw retrenchments is aimed at averting a planned strike next week. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to Nathan Bowers, National Bargaining Coordinator of the Communications Workers Union, CWU

Cosatu is calling on government to make an aggressive intervention amid job losses at the South African Post Office. Last month it was announced that about 235 South African Post Office (Sapo) branches are set to be closed, leading to employees being retrenched, after the conclusion of the section 189 process. To further discuss this, Elvis Presslin spoke to COSATU Parliamentary Coordinator and Spokesperson, Matthew Park

The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) says it is outraged by the recent South African Post Office (SAPO) retrenchments. About 4700 retrenchment letters have been issued and sent to workers by the South African Post Office. According to Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Mondli Gungubele, 235 post offices are set to close across the country. To discuss this further Elvis Presslin spoke to General Secretary of the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers, SollyS Malema

South African Post Office issues warning against scams by Radio Islam

The joint Business Rescue Practitioners of the South African Post Office , Anoosh Rooplal and Juanito Damons have received reports of an increase in scams to mislead the public from fraudsters claiming to represent the Post Office.   The emails and SMS messages appear to originate from the Post Office when in fact they are fraudulent.  SAPO is now warning the public against the scams .. 

Gareth Cremen Partner at Cox Yeats attorneys on business rescue of the South African Post Office and SOEs

The South African Post Office has been placed in business rescue by the North Gauteng High Court. This is after it was placed in provisional liquidation in February  due to its failure to pay rent and other liabilities.  Meanwhile, the Acting Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Enoch Godongwana has welcomed the decision of the North Gauteng High Court  and says this decision will give SAPO the much needed time and space to restructure its affairs. SAPO business rescue starts immediately. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Tiaan Herbst from the Southern African Advisory Company

South African Social Security Agency says despite the Post Office facing liquidation beneficiaries will still receive their grants. South African Post Office was placed under provisional liquidation on February 9 after a court application by a creditor owed for rent. The Post Office's most recent financial statements for 2021/2022 to end-March 2022, it owed more than R4.4bn to creditors and its debt exceeded its assets by R4bn. To further look into the issue of the grant Elvis Presslin spoke to SASSA Spokesperson, Paseka Letsatsi

From his dramatic escape to his rearrest to all-out confrontations in parliament - convicted murderer and rapist, Thabo Bester dominated the headlines this past week. Carte Blanche's Masa Kekana and Daily Maverick's Janet Heard also look at the impact of infrastructure vandalism, and is the South African Post Office on its last legs?

The South African Post Office is expected to confirm liquidation by Kaap Vaal Trust insolvency practitioners next week. The Kaap Vaal Trust is one of several entities that had previously tried to approach the courts in an attempt to place the Post Office under liquidation. The Post Office has been battling to pay some of its creditors. To discuss this further Elvis Presslin spoke to Communications Workers Union's General Secretary, Aubrey Tshabalala

When Dutch colleagues and business partners Lars Veul and Derk Hoekert came to South Africa on assignment with e-commerce marketplace Groupon in 2012, they soon realised there was a problem: up to 30% of local online orders were not getting delivered. This was due to various reasons, including consumers not being at home at time of delivery, office premises being difficult for couriers to access and difficulties associated with couriers making deliveries in areas without proper addresses, including in townships. So, the entrepreneurially minded pair quit their jobs at Groupon and started Pargo in 2015 in an effort to solve the last-mile logistics headaches facing e-commerce businesses in South Africa. “We spent two years trying to figure out the real problems,” Veul says in this episode of the TechCentral Show (TCS). The result was a sharp focus on the click-and-collect model and establishing partnerships with thousands of retail stores, allowing consumers to send and receive orders — and return items — over the counter, with a human being providing assistance. Pargo, which doesn't operate its own fleet of vehicles – preferring to partner instead with courier companies – now has plans to expand into new markets. In this TCS interview, Veul unpacks what comes next for Pargo. He also chats about whether the South African Post Office could ever reinvent itself as an e-commerce player, or whether the state-owned postal service is a lost cause. Don't miss the discussion! TechCentral

Today's Daily Friend Show with Sara Gon, Mlondi Mdluli and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the resignation of Tshwane Mayor, Randall Williams, tensions in the EFF's KZN branches, court battles in Ekurhuleni and layoffs at the South African Post Office. Subscribe on Google Podcasts · Subscribe on Apple Podcasts · Subscribe on Spotify · Website · Facebook · Instagram · Twitter

The Communication Workers Union, CWU says plans are underway to challenge the looming retrenchments at the South African Post Office. SAPO has issued a Section 189 notice, which will see around 6000 workers lose their jobs. The Post Office turnaround strategy will also see it cutting staff salaries by as much as 40%. The Post Office recently incurred a loss of R2.3 billion in the past financial year. To discuss this further Elvis Presslin spoke to CWU's General Secretary, Aubrey Tshabalala 

South African Post Office is reportedly planning to cut worker's salaries by up to 40% from next month, as the entity's financial troubles continue to mount. Workers were recently up in arms after the post office failed to pay over R600-million in medical aid contributions. The entity is one of many State Owned Entities on the verge of collapse, with growing calls for government to intervene. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Post Office CEO, Nomkhita Mona on the state of SAPO

  Clements speaks to the Group Chief Executive Officer at the South African Post Office, Nomkhita Mona about the turn-around strategy at the utility which has been in a dire state for the past decade.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Labour union COSATU says it supports the wage strike by employees of the South African Post Office. The union says the workers have not received any salary increase for the past two years. The union further says workers are still owed back pay for the last financial year and struggled to access their medical aid services because of the failure of the SOE to contribute to their scheme MEDIPOS. To further discuss this Elvis Presslin spoke to COSATU National Spokesperson, Sizwe Pamla

The South African Post Office future is uncertain after the Auditor General mentioned that, its delivery performance has dropped from 89.3% at the end of March 2020 to 68.36% by March 2022. The Auditor-General could also not confirm if the post office will be a going concern in the foreseeable future. The AG-flagged a R2.1 billion net loss during the financial year ending 31 March 2022 and the fact that the Post Office's liabilities exceed its assets by R4 billion. Jon Gericke spoke to South African Post Office Chief Executive Officer, Nomkhita Mona.....

The Communication Workers Union has  expressed concern after the South African Post Office stopped paying crucial benefits such as medical aid for over 14-thousand employees. The union alleges that the workers have been left in limbo with some being slapped with medical schemes bills from service providers after the employer failed to settle their bills with medical practitioners. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Communications Workers Union general secretary, Aubrey Tshabalala.

At the end of January 2022, the South African Post Office launched an online renewal process for all motorists who's vehicle licenses was due to expire. DKS actually talks about it and finds out how many people are using this Online system. www.ecr.co.za

Refilwe Moloto speaks to Vincent Tlala, CEO and Registrar of the South African Pharmacy Council  about the arrangement where chronic medication can now be picked up from the South African Post Office. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Refilwe Moloto speaks to Foster Mohale. spokesperson for the National Department of Health, about the initiative which will see chronic medication being distributed through the South African Post Office's 342 branches countrywide, with the exception of the Western Cape.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has urged beneficiaries who usually use the South African Post Office to collect their social relief grant to consider approaching an ATM or a supermarket this month. This follows an announcement by the Post Office that it will no longer be paying the three-hundred and fifty grants through its branches. The Post Office had indicated that it intends on closing at least 130 branches across the country despite the reliance to their services of thousands of villagers who find themselves at the periphery of city centres. SASSA spokesperson Paseka  Letsatsi engages with some of the listeners...

Investigative journalism organisation, amaBhunghane, has revealed that more than R89 million in cash was stolen through SASSA accounts from the state-owned Postbank between 16 and 28 October 2021. This is said to have been  by unknown individuals either employed by Postbank or as contractors. The brazen fraud allegedly involved illicitly crediting grant beneficiary accounts with large sums and then emptying these accounts out at ATMs.This marks the second major security breach since the South African Post Office and its subsidiary, Postbank, took control of the bulk of the social grant system in 2018. We spoke to Dewald van Rensburg; an investigator at amBhunghane.

Clement speaks to the Group CEO at the South African Post Office on the cash strapped state entity requesting an R8 billion bailout from Treasury.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The South African Post Office (SAPO) has recorded an irregular expenditure of almost R200-million for the 2019 and 2020 financial year. This was revealed by the Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Philemon Mapulane, in Parliament. This latest update about the financial woes of the entity comes at the back of an announcement of no further bailouts for State-Owned Enterprises by the Treasury. This is despite concerns that the Post Office may be in desperate need of billions of rands in financial support. For some reaction to this, General Secretary of the South African Postal Workers Union, David Mangena...

Chris Wheeler, the Chief Executive of PostNet, joined the BizNews Power Hour to discuss the South African Post Office and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s move to get a monopoly on the delivery of all parcels of under one kilogram.

Chris Wheeler, the Chief Executive of PostNet, joined the BizNews Power Hour to discuss the South African Post Office and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s move to get a monopoly on the delivery of all parcels of under one kilogram.

The South African Post Office wants to enforce the rule that any small parcel under 1kg can only be handled by them. But many online merchants are not happy with this. On this morning's Wednesday Panel, we will be speaking to Anita Erasmus - business manager at uAfrica.com, and to Pam Quinton, a local antique dealer who has been selling goods online for the past thirteen years.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In microeconomics, I teach students that a monopoly is bad for consumers. Compared to a competitive market, the monopolist demands a higher price and fewer consumers get the product or service that they want. The South African Post Office is currently in a court battle to regain their monopoly.

The Communications Worker's Union (CWU) says issues facing the South African Post Office (SAPO) include Structural Organisation, Industry regulation and Governance. The union also says that it is very strange top executives at SAPO do not last very long in their positions. Just recently (in January this year) the union says it was shocked and disturbed by the resignation of the Post Office's CFO just three months into the job. Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts is also concerned by the report of the Auditor General on the South African Post Office. SAPO obtained a disclaimer of audit opinion and Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke which found that SAPO is commercially insolvent. The group incurred irregular expenditure of over 200 million rand as well as fruitless and wasteful expenditure exceeding 26 million rand. We spoke to CWU's Aubrey Tshabalala and SAPO CEO, Nomkhitha Mona

Trade union NEHAWU has warned it will shut down all SASSA offices on Wednesday. Social Security Agency workers affiliated to Nehawu are set to strike over the transfer of social grant payments from Cash Paymaster Services to the South African Post Office. Nehawu general secretary, Zola Saphetha, has accused SASSA of refusing to resolve challenges brought about by this move

Financial services provider Net1 Mobile Solutions says t is not violating a Constitutional Court ruling that cancelled its subsidiary, CPS's social grant payment contract with SASSA. Net1 has been visiting several villages across the country with mobile ATMs and disbursing social grants to SASSA beneficiaries. The Concourt earlier ruled that SASSA's contract with CPS was invalid and that it should be cancelled by the end of September. The South African Post Office has taken over social grant payments. However, CPS, through its banking services wings Grindrod Bank and Net1 Mobile has been paying social grants to beneficiaries. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Net1 CEO Herman Kotze.

Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister, Siyabonga Cwele, has moved to reassure social grants beneficiaries that the transition from CPS to the South African Post Office will be smooth. Yesterday, the Inter-Ministerial Committee on social grants announced that SASSA and the Post Office had signed an agreement which would see the Post Office taking over the grants distribution from April the first. In March the Constitutional Court ordered SASSA and the Social Development Department to find a new service provider to replace CPS. Minister Cwele says grants beneficiaries will benefit financially with the new payment system...

The South African Post Office (Sapo) will now be the new distributor of social grants. This follows an agreement between the Post Office and SASSA announced by the Minister in the Presidency, responsible for Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe. This follows the order by the constitutional court that SASSA and the Social Development Department must find an alternative service provider to Cash Paymaster Services (CPS). SAPO and SASSA will now work together to ensure that 17 million social grants recipients receive their grants from April next year.

INTRO: The Department of Social Development and the South African Post Office, are set to brief a joint sitting of the Social Development Portfolio Committee and Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on the way forward following a deadlock yesteday regarding the social grants distributions contracts. SAPO and SASSA were sent packing, with an order to come up with an agreement to ensure everything is in place for the grants payouts next year. Meanwhile the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has since written to the Speaker of the National Assembly asking her to establish an Ad Hoc Committee to look into the Social Grants payment system. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to IFP MP, Mkhuleko Hlengwa and our Parliamentary reporter, Lulama Matya.

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) last nightappeared before parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts , SCOPA, in what was expected to be a gruelling session. This follows SASSA's failure to appear before parliamentarians on two occasions last week saying there was no progress to report. A day later, Social Development minister, Bathabile Dlamini announced that she has made an offer to the South African Post Office to pay out social grants next year. For the outcome of last night's meeting we speak to the chairperson of SCOPA's, Themba Godi..

Pearl Bhengu has replaced Thokozani Magwaza as the CEO of SASSA. Until now Bhengu was the regional manager at SASSA in KwaZulu-Natal. The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) recently expressed its shock and anger at what it called brazen lawlessness by elements who want to frustrate the contract between Sassa and the South African Post Office. We speak to the Chairperson of SCOPA Themba Godi.

The South African Post Office has offered SASSA a solution to disbursing grants from 1 April. Speaking to Tsepiso Makwetla during #PMLive Post Office CEO Mark Barnes says they have a system that allows them to send electronic vouchers to beneficiaries across the country. SASSA's current contract with Cash Paymaster Services, which was declared invalid by the Constitutional court expires at the end of the month. This has since left seventeen million South Afircans unsure if they will receive their grants next month.

On Saturday the South African Post Office management will have an urgent meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services. This is in an attempt to find workable solutions to the current financial and leadership problems and to see how the institution can be stabilised. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services, Mmamoloko Kubayi.

South African Post Office has won a court interdict to restrain the Communication Workers Union from striking today. The Labour Court has granted a final order stopping the Union from picketing at the SA Post Office's work premises, retail outlets, mail centres, depots, regional offices and hubs. The Union's demands include that contract workers become permanent Post Office employees. To tell us more, we are joined on the line by the Spokesperson for the Post Office, Khulani Qoma

The South African Post Office says workers who did not receive their July salaries have now been paid. Many of the parastatal's employees learnt last week that payday would come late this month. For more Sakina kamwendo spoke to SAPO acting CEO Mlungisi Mathonsi

Striking post office workers have been urged by parliament's portfolio committee on telecommunications and postal services, to return to work. This follows the voluntary resignation of the South African Post Office board. The strike by workers has now entered it's fourth month. The workers are demanding an eight percent pay rise, and the conversion of casual workers to permanent staff. The strike is expected to result in a shortfall of millions of rand for the already cash-strapped post office. Joining us now to discuss the matter further is Mamoloko Kubayi, chair of Parliament's portfolio committee on telecommunications and postal services.