Correction of misinformation relating to the BRP’s of the SAPO

23 February 2026
The Business Rescue Practitioners (“BRPs”) of the South African Post Office (“SAPO”) are obliged to correct the false assertions made in the "Media Statement: COSATU Misleading Public on R3,8 billion Rescue for South African Post Office” issued on 11 February 2026, by the Parliamentary Communication Services on behalf of the Chairperson of the Select committee on economic development and trade, Ms Sonja Boshoff and covered in various media outlets. more/.. (202 kb )

SAPO commemorates the 200th Anniversary of the Iziko Museum, with a special series of stamps and commemorative display cards

15 December 2025
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Iziko South African Museum, the South African Post Office has issued a special series of stamps at the Small Registered Letter rate, accompanied by two commemorative display cards. more/.. (915 kb )

SA Post Office’s Digital Leap: eRegistered Messaging redefines proof of delivery

11 November 2025
The South African Post Office’s eRegistered Messaging provides a secure digital alternative to traditional Registered Post. It records all delivery information and generates a proof of delivery certificate for each message. This certificate serves as legally recognized evidence of delivery for both emails and SMS messages. more/.. (124 kb)

Start posting Christmas parcels now, SA Post Office urges

31 October 2025
The South African Post Office urges customers who wish to mail Christmas cards and parcels to all other destinations to start preparing to do so now. Customers who use surface mail to send their Christmas gifts abroad, should do so soon as this will ensure that the parcels reach their destinations in time for Christmas. more/.. (119 kb )

SA Post Office Suspends Parcel Services to the USA due to Executive Order

29 August 2025
The South African Post Office (‘SAPO’) has suspended all outbound parcel services containing goods to the United States of America, with immediate effect and until further notice. more/.. (108 kb )

Post Office’s role for Post Bank card holders and SASSA beneficiaries

28 March 2025
The Joint Business Rescue Practitioners and the executive leadership of the Post Office have not signed a service level agreement with SASSA and the Post Bank, that would authorise Post Office branches to assist with social grant payouts to Gold or new Black card holders. more/.. (109 kb )

The South Africa Post Office honours the inauguration of President Ramaphosa with a set of new stamps

21 January 2025
The South African Post Office has made available, a set of B4 postage rate stamps and a stamp card to honour President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa as the eighth President of a democratic South Africa. more/..(55 kb)

World Post Day, 9 October

9 October 2024
World Post Day is celebrated every year on 9 October and this year is extra special as postal operators around the world celebrate the Universal Postal Union’s (‘UPU’) 150th anniversary. more/.. (111 kb )

South African Post Office hosts ‘SAPOA Games 2024’ in Pretoria

26 September 2024
The Southern Africa Postal Operators Association (‘SAPOA’) games was revived this year after a shut down due to Covid-19. more/.. (111 kb )

SA Post Office urges customers to start posting international Christmas parcels

19 September 2024
The South African Post Office urges customers, who wish to mail Christmas parcels and letters to loved ones and friends to international destinations, to consider doing so soon. more/.. (118 kb )

Johannesburg South Post Office branches ready to provide Motor Licence renewals

10 September 2024
Renewing a Motor Vehicle License at Post Office branches means you walk away with the disc ready to cut out and apply to your vehicle’s windscreen. more/.. (216 kb )

Update on the SA Post Office Business Rescue Process

3 September 2024
On 10 July 2023, the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies placed the SA Post Office into Business Rescue. more/.. (74 kb )

Hyde Park and Bryanston Post Office branches ready to provide Motor Licence renewals

30 August 2024
Renewing a Motor Vehicle Licence at Post Office branches means you walk away with the disc ready to cut out and apply to your vehicle’s windscreen. more/.. (111 kb )

Randburg Post Office branches ready to provide Motor Licence renewals

28 August 2024
Renewing a Motor Vehicle License at Post Office branches means you walk away with the disc ready to cut out and apply to your vehicle’s windscreen. more/.. (213 kb )

Greenside Post Office branch ready to provide Motor Licence renewals

28 August 2024
Renewing a Motor Vehicle License at Post Office branches means you walk away with the disc ready to cut out and apply to your vehicle’s windscreen. more/.. (213 kb )

Kwa-Zulu Natal Post Office branches ready to provide Motor Licence renewals and number plate changes

7 August 2024
Across the KZN province, the Post Office has 17 branches which have the authority from the Department of Transport to provide Motor Vehicle renewals. more/.. (109 kb )

Practitioners make early payment of first tranche of severance packages to retrenched workers

7 June 2024
The Post Office Joint Business Rescue practitioners, Mr. Anoosh Rooplal and Mr. Juanito Damons have completed all necessary administration requirements regarding the payment of the first tranche of severance packages to retrenched staff. more/.. (109 kb )

TERS application for certain Post Office employees not recommended

30 April 2024
The Joint Business Rescue Practitioners (“BRPs’) announce that the TERS relief funding application has not been recommended by the Single Adjudication Committee. more/.. (92 kb )

Post Office BRPs final attempt to receive TERS relief funding

24 April 2024
The Business Rescue Practitioner acting on behalf of the South African Post Office, have entered into a collective agreement with the joinder union and the CWU. more/.. (118 kb )

South African Post Office warns the public against scams

15 March 2024
The joint BRP’s of the South African Post Office, Mr Anoosh Rooplal and Mr Juanito Damons have received reports of an increase in scams to mislead the public from fraudsters claiming to represent the Post Office. more/.. (120 kb )

Post Office signs contract with Ethiopian air - Connecting airmail service to Africa and China

16 February 2024
We are pleased to share with you that we have signed a contract with Ethiopian Airlines to provide airmail services to additional international destinations. more/..( 187 kb )

Business Rescue Practitioners reply to Cosatu's press release

24 January 2024
Joint Business Rescue Practitioner, Anoosh Raplal responds,'The BRPs would like to correct certain misconceptions and inaccuracies contained in Cosatu's press release.' more/.. ( 216 kb )

The South African Post Office celebrates the World Cup Rugby Champions with a set of new stamps

18 January 2024
The South African Post Office has issued a set of international and standard rates stamps to celebrate the 2023 Springbok World Cup Rugby Champions. more/.. (70 kb )

Business Rescue Plan endorsed by creditors

7 December 2023
The Joint Business Rescue Practitions of SA Post Office, Mr Anoosh Rooplal and Mr Juanito Damons, are pleased to have their business rescue plan voted in favour by the majority of creditors at the meeting off creditors. more/..(219 kb )

Busines Rescue Plan intend to restructure and modernise the SA Post Office

24 November 2023
The Business Rescue Plan aims to stabilise the Company, restore it to solvency and seeks to enable the South African Post Office to operate sustainably as a going concern without total reliance on SA Government funding in the future. more/.. (90 kb )

South African Post Office to assist Wish promotion ‘Every Day is Black Friday’

2 November 2023
The joint Business Rescue Practitioners, (‘BRP’s’) of SA Post Office, Mr Anoosh Rooplal and Mr Juanito Damons are pleased to inform its customers that Wish, a global ecommerce platform will promote their ‘Every Day is Black Friday campaign’ through the usage of the Post Offices’ branch network for the month of November. more/..
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International mail service resumes to US, Japan and Europe

17 October 2023
We are pleased to inform you that we expedited two containers yesterday and a further two containers of international mail and parcels destined for US, Japan and Europe will be loaded this week. more/.. (74 kb )

Business Rescue Practitions provide update on business rescue

29 September 2023
The Business Rescue Practitoners provide an update on the business rescue. more/.. (29 kb )

Business Rescue Practitioners presents at First Meeting of Creditors

25 July 2023
The joint Business rescue practitions, Mr Anoosh Rooplal and Mr Juanito Damos convened the First meeting of Creditors. more/..(68 kb )

SA Post Office Responds to Provisional Liquidation Reports

13 April 2023
The SA Post Office has noted a number of articles which have been published recently, relating to the provisional liquidation of the organisation. It is unfortunate that this particular provisional liquidation order relates to a debt that had since been settled. more/..

Box owners to collect their mail at Port Shepstone Post Office

13 March 2023
Most of the boxes are overflowing with mail as it is not collected. We believe the reason could be that some customers are not aware of our whereabouts after moving to our own building. more/..

Stamp of approval for World Wildlife Day

1 March 2023
The SA Post Office is ready to celebrate World Wildlife Day on 3 March 2023 with five beautiful stamps that celebrate South Africa’s most famous animal species: The Big Five. more/..

Post Office warns against several scams

24 February 2023
The SA Post Office has noted a sharp increase in the number of scams using the Post Office logo to mislead members of the public into paying over money to the scammers. Even more alarming is the fact that some scammers ask the receiver for their bank card details – which give them access to the bank account, and several individuals have shared these confidential details. more/..

Helping children to read in their mother language

22 February 2023
21 February is international mother language day. Children who read in their mother language have a better understanding of what they are reading than those who read in another language. more/..

Post Office contemplates staff reduction

14 February 2023
The SA Post Office can confirm that it is in consultation with labour unions on steps to right-size employee numbers. more/.. 

World Cancer Day: Collect your chronic clinic meds from the Post Office

2 February 2023
With this focus on health, patients of government clinics should remember that they can collect their chronic medication from a convenient Post Office instead of a government clinic. more/..

Post Office sees upsurge in scams

24 January 2023
The Post Office normally sends an SMS when a parcel is ready for collection and never requests an EFT or online payment before a parcel is collected. If there is import tax or clearance fees on a foreign parcel, the money is paid only when the item is physically collected at a post office counter, or delivered to the addressee. more/..

Post Office extends air mail to more than 70 countries

23 January 2023
The SA Post Office now offers air mail to 76 countries, up from the 43 available until now. more/..

Response to allegations made by DA member Dianne Kohler Barnard

18 January 2023
The statement regarding the CEO’s renumeration is incorrect and misleading.  The 2020 annual report reflects the salary that the previous CEO received for the five months that he served during the relevant financial year. The reality is that the current Group CEO earns less than her predecessor, even though she joined the organisation two years later. more/..