By Staff Reporter
President Cyril Ramaphosa has assented to the South African Post Office SOC Ltd Amendment Bill, which expands the mandate of the SA Post Office and repurposes its infrastructure to provide diversified and expanded services.
The new law expands the objects and mandate of the Post Office, enabling its relevance and sustainability by including services that respond to the needs of the users and customers.
“The expansion will ensure that the Post Office is not only empowered by the legislation to provide basic postal services, but is empowered to provide other value-added services to expand on its revenue generating streams,” Ramphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said in a statement.
“The new law enables the Post Office to serve as a hub for government services and other agency services, and as a digital hub for businesses and communities.”
He said the state-owned company would also be able to serve as
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