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PODCAST: UncoveringIT! Does SA need the Post Office?

Giulietta Talevi and Ruby Delahunt discuss the viability and future of the South African Post Office

  • Giulietta Talevi
  • Ruby Delahunt
1 min read
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Financial Mail - 10 September 2026

Plagued by dysfunction, mounting debts, and business rescue, the South African Post Office faces an existential question: can the state-owned postal service still find a purpose?

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Time to pack it in: Does South Africa even need a Post Office?

Plagued by debt, branch closures and competition from private couriers, is it time for the Post Office to pack it in?

  • Ruby Delahunt
17 min read