A stamp for Mama Winnie
Former aides reveal how she became the first South African to be honoured on a postage stamp while still alive, and how the 2017 tribute reached her in hospital before her death
South African Post Office
Mid-term budget: ‘Tough love’ for Post Office, which faces liquidation
The treasury also did not allocate new funds to other struggling state-owned entities such as Denel, Transnet, the Land Bank and the South African National Roads Agency
Please Mr Postman, deliver the cheque
In this financial year’s budget, Parliament did not allocate funding for the South African Post Office, which is waiting for a R3.8 billion tranche
The Fiscal Cliff | Eskom: The fiscal monster the treasury can’t vanquish
Among state-owned entities, the beleaguered power utility is far and away the biggest risk to the public purse
Public purse sees tail end of mining tailwind
Mining windfall helped SA’s financial position, but lower revenues and additional spending will delay the end of fiscal consolidation
SOEs going into business rescue a sign of governance failure
It highlights that changes need to be made in their operation, experts say
Run to the ground, Post Office and SABC fight for relevance
Having struggled to keep up with changing markets, the two entities under the department of communications are in states of financial disrepair
South Africa needs a ‘Post Office of Tomorrow’
To become profitable, the state-owned entity requires an expanded mandate that allows it to venture into e-commerce services
Godongwana gives SAA another billion rand
The money will go towards clearing the airline’s historic debt and may not be the last downpayment
Can the private sector help to fix ‘a fragile state’?
Privatisation stands to deepen inequalities. But some experts say collaboration between business and government can work in everyone’s interest
Coup season in the Sahel raises uncomfortable questions
Beset by political instability, the region is also the canary in the climate change coal mine
How to apply for the Covid-19 R350 grant
Asylum seekers with valid permits and caregivers will now also be allowed to apply for the reinstituted social relief of distress grant
R350 relief grant will be paid into bank accounts or via cash-send services
There are concerns that post office branch closures will make it difficult for beneficiaries to access the grant
Post Office owes R842m to worker pension fund and medical aid
There is growing concern about a possible liquidation of the entity should it not be repurposed
Firm attaches Post Office’s digital migration decoders
Thousands of decoders and satellites gather dust at a Polokwane property while the embattled Post Office struggles to settle alleged rental arrears
Pillar to post office
If President Cyril Ramaphosa’s crackdown on corruption is to succeed, new rules for lobbying and tenders need to be implemented
Covid-19 lockdown pushes Wits University to offer online learning
The university plans to teach online as South Africa’s lockdown continues, and is offering zero-rated data for its teaching sites, as well as computing devices for students
Competitors take on the post office
Blamed by many South Africans for offering a shoddy service, the embattled institution faces financial strain and serious competition
Net1 subsidiary goes to court to compel Sassa to pay grants into its accounts
Moneyline claims that the South African Social Security Agency has moved beneficiaries to the South African Post Office against their will
Bathabile Dlamini slapped with court costs, possible perjury probe
The Constitutional Court has ruled that Bathabile Dlamini is personally liable for 20% of costs of last year’s Sassa debacle
Sassa: The more things change …
The social development minister is following in the footsteps of her predecessor
Talk of state spending rings hollow
Rand jitters question the state’s ability to provide an economic stimulus and to continue to bail out parastatals
Post office yields to critical union demands
In an effort to end strike action, the state-owned entity has answered the call for permanent jobs
Post office wage talks deadlocked
Sapo chief executive Mark Barnes says the entity could not afford the 12% wage hike
Post Office strike halts payment to grant beneficiaries
The workers say they have not received a wage hike in three years. They are demanding a 12% wage increase
Over 5 million social grant beneficiaries to pay R10 “bank charge”
Sassa has assured MPs that all grants will be paid from April 1
ConCourt allows extension of Sassa’s contract with CPS for 6 months
The ConCourt has granted Sassa’s application to extend its contract with Cash Paymaster Services CPS) by another six months.
Sassa: New cash payments service provider only ready by July
The agency admitted in court papers there was no feasible solution to assist around 2.8-million beneficiaries before the April 1 deadline
Sassa admits no contingency plan for grant payments
The tender deadline was originally postponed from February 28, and risks being postponed again.
Sassa and Sapo (mostly) ready on grants
The agency will meet the deadline to pay 17-million grant beneficiaries, but it will still need the help of CPS to do so
WATCH LIVE: Sassa and Sapo briefing media on progress with social grants
With less than a month to transfer core components of the scheme to CPS, Sassa has to answer how it will deliver cash-based social grants
Sassa, Post Office to give briefing on progress in social grant payments migration
The agency has less than a month to fully migrate core components of the grants scheme from Cash Paymaster Services, as ordered by the ConCourt