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SA Post Office's plan to block all courier deliveries under 1kg

South Africa Post Office CEO Nomkhita Mona said by law, they are the only institution that is allowed to deliver packages between 0 and 1 kilogram.

She added that this law was created to subsidise services that the Post Office cannot deliver profitably.
 
I suspect they will be transporting many turds under 1Kg ;)
 
If they can guarantee 24 hours delivery and full refund for lost packages, have at it. Then we will really see them loosing big money and back tracking. Also can we put in an order like right now to do a before and annual lifestyle audit of all Ministers, deputy ministers, sub deputy ministers and their families please, thanks. We know thats the only reason a SOE department wants to start working again.
 
Why has nobody yet informed Nomkhita Mona that this is not remotely viable irrespective of what some outdated regulation may state?
 
She said this law was “put together” to help the SA Post Office to subsidise services on which it will not be able to make money. “It is about how do we serve the communities,” said Mona.

Riiiiiiiight

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I send about 20 packages that are < 1 kg and that would kill me having to route it through the SAPO. Idiots what to prance around like prima donnas and pretend they can do it. If they were to take this on, they'd die in the first few days of "service".
 
At the moment, they can only do surface mail to Germany lol. Pathetic, failed, company
 
Then the post office can stop providing those unprofitable services...

I stand to be corrected but the same law compel them deliver to those areas.

What she is saying makes sense. No courier company wants to touch those routes and if they do you pay very high costs. The Post office delivers to those areas and still charge the low post office rate. Each package to those destinations is a loss and it's a loss that SAPO really can't afford.

Simple example.

If you make an energy drink in JHB and only distribute it locally at R10 a can and make profits. If you are forced to sell in CPT at the same price you will be making a loss. You are not allowed to abandon that area or increase prices. Definitely you will need a bailout soon.
 
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