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Another state monopoly in South Africa comes crashing down | SA News

Staff Writer
 ·18 Dec 2025

The Department of Communication and Digital Technology has killed the South African Post Office’s monopoly on delivering small parcels in the country.

In a recent gazette, DCDT Minister Solly Malatsi, under Section 15(3) of the Postal Services Act, amended Schedule 1 of the Act, removing the reference to “small parcels”.

Schedule 1 of the Act refers to reserved postal services that are exclusively the mandate of the Post Office.

Originally, these services included “all letters, postcards, printed matter, small parcels and…

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