THE South African Post Office (Sapo) is to be radically right-sized with about 22% of its workforce due to be offered early retirement, retrenchment or new posts in other parts of the organisation.However, the buy-in of the relevant trade unions has not yet been secured and will be critical for its success.Simo Lushaba, the administrator appointed late last year to put the loss-making company back on its feet, said on Tuesday about 5,065 of the 23,820 posts, some of which are vacant, would have to go as part of the entity’s turnaround plan. This could save about R728m. About 1,807 employees qualify for early retirement.Mr Lushaba told members of Parliament’s telecommunications and postal services portfolio committee that Sapo would engage with the trade unions on the right-sizing plans.South African Postal and Allied Workers Union (Sapawu) general secretary David Mangena said the matter had been raised with the union, not necessarily as retrenchments but as a rationalisation of post...
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