BotswanaPost in negotiations
BotswanaPost is negotiating with government to allow it to borrow funds from the open market to augment home grown funds available for its transformation initiative.
Alternatively, the government shall be lobbied for equity injection, says the corporations 2005-06 annual report.
The report states that BotswanaPost is committed to delivering cost-effective, reliable and efficient services to its customers.
Its primary responsibility is to provide a universal postal services to all residents of Botswana.
The report defines universal postal services providing postal services to as many people as possible at the most affordable price.
BotswanaPost has always enjoyed strong support from the government and we are confident that at this time when the race to Vision 2016 is heating up, the government shall extend the necessary support to enable BotswanaPost to develop communications infrastructure and improve service delivery to the nation, it says.
BotswanaPost has a postal network of 114 post offices and 78 postal agencies countrywide divided into three regions namely Central, North, and South.
The report says the 78 postal agencies are run by village development committees with the assistance of BotswanaPost.
It says Botswana Couriers, a wholly owned subsidiary of BotswanaPost, provides courier delivery services throughout the country.
Services of the BotswanaPost include postal services, business solutions, money transfer services, courier services, stamp collecting and agency services on behalf of the private sector, government and parastatals.
On business mail service, the report says, in an effort to assist the expediting of mail processes from the source, business customers are now offered the use of Remote Meter Setting (RMS) services, an improvement on the traditional franking machine.
These facilities have also been installed at selected post offices for the benefit of those customers whose mail volumes do not warrant an in-house facility. This will assist in speedy processing of mail items, thus reducing queues at post offices, it says.
The report also says one of the greatest challenges in mail conveyance is the prevalence on prohibited items in the postal system.
This, says the report, adds to the on going national concern over crime and BotswanaPost is working closely with the Botswana Police Services to ensure that mail conveyance that the mail conveyance system is free from undesirable items. BOPA
