Futile attempt to save Sapo

Whenever you walk into the post office to renew your vehicle licence and they say they don't have paper or the machines are down; obviously that's because the post office isn't empowered to do enough.

- Richard Chemaly

Presumably, the law doesn't allow it to buy its own paper or to function in the modern age.

At least, that's the reason we're being fed for the introduction of the South African Post Office SOC Ltd Amendment Bill. What do you do with an entity that can't do what's asked of it?

Expand its mandate of course. Now you'll be able to delight in the disappointment of even more services available, but inaccessible. Remember how great it was when Sapo launched its online motor vehicle licence renewal a few years back? Try to go to that website now.

I had no idea that maintaining a website required some legislative intervention. According to the presser: "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."

Forgive me but I was unaware that the post office wasn't allowed to be a hub for government services until now.