SA Post Office Strike

I just looked at my deliveries from Saturday. It seems that the Japan Post tracker actually has three listings for South Africa, the last one being Final Delivery, while the SAPO EMS website only has two listings and no "final delivery". I wonder why the local system displays less info. :)
 
Well, Rosebank post office was still close today. No idea when it will be open again
 
Space_Chief said:
I just looked at my deliveries from Saturday. It seems that the Japan Post tracker actually has three listings for South Africa, the last one being Final Delivery, while the SAPO EMS website only has two listings and no "final delivery". I wonder why the local system displays less info. :)
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Does the SAPO ever get to the "Final Delivery" stage ?
 
POST OFFICE WORKERS ATTACKED IN KRUGERSDORP

Three Post Office workers were injured in Krugersdorp when they were attacked on Tuesday, Gauteng police said.

Captain Appel Ernst said the three were working at the mail centre when they were pelted with stones.

"They were slightly injured. Three post office trucks and other private cars were damaged."

No arrests had been made.

SA Post Office workers are on strike demanding that casual workers be employed on a permanent basis.

Source : Sapa /mm/lp/ks
Date : 21 Oct 2014 18:33
 
Space_Chief said:
You're honestly going to tell me that nobody has noticed that there is a postal strike on, or will you just redefine what notice means? Shapiro's cartoon is not based on reality.
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Most people noticed the strike ... but at times it was difficult to tell who were striking and if they were still striking. Quite a few times during the strike I saw the local postman delivering stuff. According to him and the postmaster some post were still reaching them/going out while other services were completely unavailable. But this situation changed a few times a week. Even had a few instances of mail heading out of capemail under the cover of darkness (in secret). So the cartoon was a very real reality to me at least.

As mentioned elsewhere, Royal Mail sucks.
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Fortunately for me I have yet to experience this sucky side of their service. First class mail from them are always with me in a flash.
 
TOP managers at the troubled South African Post Office have awarded themselves salary increases four times the rate of inflation, as a strike for a 15% wage increase by workers enters its third month.

The company’s net loss has risen to R359m for the year, from R337m the previous year.

The total salary bill for the four executive directors on the parastatal’s books, together with the 20 senior managers, jumped to R32.5m in the year ended March, according to an unpublished draft of the annual report obtained by Business Day. That is a 26% increase from the R25.8m paid to the executives the previous year. The Reserve Bank expects the annual rate of inflation to average 6.2% this year
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http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/2014/10/22/post-office-top-brass-take-26-raise-amid-strike


What the actual fsck? They should all be arrested.
 
Post Office strike deal is off for now

2014-10-21 15:05 - Terry Bell

Cape Town - A grassroots rebellion by Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) members outside the Western Cape region has apparently stalled the deal brokered by Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele to end the Post Office strike. And the 7 271-member South African Postal Workers’ Union (Sapwu) is also unhappy with the fact that it was a government minister and not the employer who put forward a pay offer.

On Monday CWU general secretary Aubrey Tshabalala told Fin24 that he was confident the minister’s deal would be accepted on the same night, and that the strike by CWU members would be called off.

However, at that stage only the Western Cape had agreed to return to work. One of the main areas in dispute is the pay increase for this year.

Until now, the embattled SA Post Office (Sapo) management has maintained that there is no money for any increases. Cwele’s proposal puts forward a 6.5% rise, followed - depending on the financial situation - by more in January.

“This is something that should have come before the bargaining council,” said Sapwu general secretary David Mangena. Sapwu has a scheduled hearing before the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration on Thursday relating to the pay increase issue. “And we still have to hear what our members think about what the minister has put forward,” said Mangena.

In the meantime, both unions and the smaller Democratic Postal and Communications Union are awaiting the publication of the public protector report on corruption, maladministration and fraud in Sapo. The complaint was lodged by the CWU in 2011.
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Yeah most of my business is stalled with the postal strikes. I use a courier company time to time but I am starting to negotiate better rates.

Sadly seems the post office is probably going to collapse. All those strikers will have a lot of fun with no money... :D
 
atomcrusher said:
A case of "you reap what you sow". I have no sympathy for those on strike.
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According to a DA guy the Post Office management is chiefly at fault. The strike could be ended today if the management kept their promises. And I blame the management more than the strikers. That there are so few contingency plans and the whole thing has collapsed so badly with just a small percentage striking is very telling.
 
NO BAILOUTS FOR SAA, SAPO: NENE

The country's embattled state-owned entities (SOEs), including SA Airways and the SA Post Office (Sapo), will not be bailed out, according to Finance Minister Nhanhla Nene.

Instead, they will be restructured to make them financially sustainable, he said in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), tabled at Parliament on Wednesday.

"Over the medium term, any funding of state-owned companies will be contingent on the implementation of sound restructuring plans with strong government oversight.

"Given fiscal constraints over the next two years, capitalisation will only be funded by the sale of non-strategic state assets, and will not be drawn from tax revenue, or added to the debt of national government."

Nene said SOEs should operate from the strength of their balance sheets.

"In line with the successful restructuring of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, reforms are being undertaken at SA Airways, SA Express, the SA Post Office and the Land Bank."

Earlier in October, MPs heard the cash-strapped, strike-hammered post office was on the brink of collapse.

There have also been various probes into the mismanagement of funds at the Sapo.

National carrier SAA has consistently pleaded with Treasury over the years for a cash injection, and has applied for a government loan guarantee so it can continue operating as a going concern.

Two years ago, Treasury approved a R5 billion guarantee for SAA.


Source : Sapa /cp/rod
Date : 22 Oct 2014 14:11
 
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