Change at SAPO
“Underpinning Social Change,” by Maanda Manyatshe, CEO, South African Post Office (SAPO), was presented at Post-Expo 2001 in Geneva.
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NZ Post management deal in S Africa ends
New Zealand Post subsidiary Transend has finally ended its strife-plagued South African postal management contract.
Transend Worldwide, NZ Post’s international consultancy arm, which has contracts in about 40 countries, said yesterday that it had “reached a commercial settlement” with the South African Post Office (Sapo) over cancelling the contract, believed to be worth $54 million
Read MoreSouth Africa: Delving Into Post Office's Woes
MAANDA Manyatshe, the SA Post Office’s CEO, whose task it is to clean up the
money-losing organisation, is hesitant to use his office to talk about issues
he faces. Meetings are convened at hotels or coffee shops outside the Post Office’s
headquarters in Pretoria, signalling the depth of distrust that permeates
throughout the embattled organisation.
Post Office Unlikely to Accept Help
Africa News has reported that “a host of foreign postal administrations, including those in France, Canada and the Netherlands, have come forward to offer their expertise and other assistance to the SA Post Office. This comes in the wake of the termination of the management contract forged in 1999 between New Zealand’s Transend Worldwide and the SA Post Office. The contract was cancelled earlier this year after the Post Office failed to break even this year, as guaranteed by the New Zealanders. A SA Post Office spokesman said the Post was unlikely to forge another full management contract with a foreign postal organisation.”
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Exel has picked up two major logistics contract in South Africa for Kodak and Gillette
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