SA Post Office Strike

SirFooK'nG said:
This ... In fact after exactly 5min of waiting on their automated call answering service, the line gets cut. I have had a parcel stuck there since Sept 19... movement again on Oct 21 to customs. Extremely frustrating.
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Same thing happened to me now again. 5min and BAM... Dropped call. My dad's in Pta so I've asked him to give them a visit. Hopefully his stubborn Namibian personality will be able to get something out of them.
 
D1lb3rt said:
So, they have a lot of issues at the moment. There is a huge backlog as they haven't payed there suppliers for a while and the supliers stop giving them there metarial the used to package, record and transport the mail. Also recently they stopped all overtime due to cash flow constraints. I am aware however that thehave recieved all there supplies as well as reinstated all overtime so that the backlog can be cleared. This however only started on Monday.

If you PM me your international tracking number I might be able to tell you where in the progress your packages are
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I see a flood of pm comming in :)
 
$/^ Called 0860 111 502
Last week they told me it did arive in country but there no tracking no Available yet
Called today asked if there a update First lady told me no details available when i asked her why she killed the call.
Called back a guy answer he tells me because there no local tracking number it still enroute from china . We have extra slow planes now can fly for 30 days lol
 
thehuman said:
$/^ Called 0860 111 502
Last week they told me it did arive in country but there no tracking no Available yet
Called today asked if there a update First lady told me no details available when i asked her why she killed the call.
Called back a guy answer he tells me because there no local tracking number it still enroute from china . We have extra slow planes now can fly for 30 days lol
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Seems to sit in Customs for 6 weeks nowadays, and not traceable during that time.
 
Registered international tracking no on parcelcheck.org a while back
Receaved a notification this morning. Parcel @ international mail centre
 
Someone please share your tracking details from showing up till arive at destination. Preferably recent .
Trying to see time frames.
 
Got a shipment sent from the UK to here. They used a courier service for the main units and then sent the power supplies with Royal Mail.

It is in SA but don't know wth has happened to them. Got some from a local supplier instead .
 
I have a shipment that are in SA, somewhere. EMS don't know where it is, and they have not unpacked everything, apparently. Two weeks later, and no movement on it. Contacting their "customer service" is useless. The general message is to "wait".
 
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01-11-2016 19:38 	The item has been processed in the country of destination	 SOUTH AFRICA 
15-10-2016 23:25	The item has arrived in the country of destination
04-10-2016 04:40	The item is on transport to the country of destination
03-10-2016 15:02	The item is at the PostNL sorting center
27-09-2016 09:32	The item is pre-advised
17 days for processing?
 
Swa said:
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01-11-2016 19:38 The item has been processed in the country of destination SOUTH AFRICA 
15-10-2016 23:25The item has arrived in the country of destination
04-10-2016 04:40The item is on transport to the country of destination
03-10-2016 15:02The item is at the PostNL sorting center
27-09-2016 09:32The item is pre-advised
17 days for processing?
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Well, that's AffirmativeAction 2016 at work. Some people are counting the waiting time in months and not weeks....Enjoy the ride....
 
Well SAPO tracking says
1 Incomming International 2016/11/01 05:38 JHB INT MAIL CENTRE (HUB)
Hopefully it's through customs?
 
Swa said:
Well SAPO tracking says
1Incomming International2016/11/0105:38JHB INT MAIL CENTRE (HUB)
Hopefully it's through customs?
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Dont think so
Mine saying same just a few days earlier
Will update when mine change
Update : called call centre
Seems "Incoming international" before customs processing. Next update will be when done in customs
For the first time they told me there is a backlog too .
 
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Was at the post office yesterday and they told a few clients that this coming weekend Cape Mail will be closed to the public as it tries to work through the massive backlog.
 
I ordered something from Durban, it's now sitting at Capemail. Does Durban not have a direct line to Gauteng?
 
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