LETTER: Post Office cannot deliver its basic function
Parcels no longer get to their destination and inquiries are ignored
05 July 2020 - 18:33
South Africans need to take cognisance of the fact that the Post Office no longer fulfils its traditional function. You hand over a parcel and pay the postage cost, and they promise delivery but keep the parcel.
On June 12, I paid R76.40 at a post office in Rondebosch for the express delivery of a parcel to a small town in the Eastern Cape. Three weeks later it has not been delivered and, according to the Post Office track and trace computer program, is “in transit”...
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