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The ministry invites public comments on plans to review SAPO’s exclusivity.

Local e-commerce players believe SAPO’s possible bankruptcy will work in their favour in its court bid to block courier companies from distributing small items.

Rosetta Msimango/City Press SA businesses and government are working together on cleaning up and rebuilding following unrest and looting that resulted in damage to factories and retail stores in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in the past week. Over the weekend, Cabinet ministers met with logistic companies to discuss the steps being taken to ensure the supply of food to retail stores. In Gauteng, freight industry associations are partnering up with the provincial Roads and Transport Department and transport and retail sectors to ensure that goods continue to flow throughout the country and the con...

Postal wars: SA Post Office and courier industry to battle over right to deliver small packages SAPO has a ‘constitutionally justifiable’ monopoly on delivering items under 1kg but courier companies are taking the matter to court. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has criticised the South African Post Office (SAPO) and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) for attempting to stop courier companies from delivering small items that weigh less than one kilogram. SAPO, Postnet and the SA Express Parcel Association will face off in court later this year. However, for now t...

Postal service providers in court fight over 1kg package deliveries Share Pretoria - The SA Post Office, PostNet and SA Express Parcel Association are set to square off in court later this year regarding the delivery of packages weighing 1kg and less. The Post Office said it was the only entity licensed in terms of the Postal Services Act to courier these packages. PostNet earlier rushed to the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, where it secured an urgent order to put a ruling on hold which would have prohibited the franchise from further couriering any package weighing a kilogram or less.