Finalisation of strategic partner for South African Post Office nears completion

THE finalisation of a strategic private-sector partner for the South African Post Office is imminent, pending the court’s review of the Business Rescue Practitioners’ (BRPs) report and the completion of processes to appoint the entity’s board.

- BANELE GININDZA

Minister for Communication, Digital Technologies and Innovation, Solly Mahlatsi, said at an economic cluster portfolio briefing in Parliament on Wednesday that the department was formalising all the bids for strategic partnership through an assessment process and was particularly keen on partners with e-commerce, digitalisation and warehousing capacity.

Mahlatsi said, “The BRP has indicated there have been unsolicited approaches from the market. What we wanted to do was call out so we can assess who has the capacity and appetite to partner with the Post Office from a digitalisation perspective, a warehousing perspective, and even in consideration of e-commerce partnerships.