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These services are replacing South Africa’s oldest state-owned company | SA News

5 September 2025 by Guest


While the South African Post Office (Sapo) is on the edge of collapse, private point-to-point package drop-off and pick-up services have already taken over much of its core service offering.

For the vast majority of its 232-year existence, the Post Office was the country’s go-to mailing service. In the 1980s, it was one of the country’s biggest employers and critical infrastructure providers.

After South Africa became a democracy, the telecoms division of the Post Office was split off into Telkom.

It experienced…

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