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South Africa: Post Office helps children to read in their mother language

The Nal’ibali reading supplements are now available free of charge at more than 1000 Post Offices nationally

21 February was International Mother Language Day. Children who read in their mother language have a better understanding of what they are reading than those who read in another language. The battle to learn to read in another language is probably enough to put many children off reading, and therefore…

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South Africa: Post Office on service to collect chronic clinic medication from a Post Office during World Cancer Day

The service is aimed at patients who live or work closer to a post office than a Government clinic

World Cancer Day is commemorated worldwide on 4 February. According to the World Health Organization, cancer is the second most prevalent cause of death, but thanks to improved treatment and early detection, survival rates of cancer are now much higher than a decade ago.  According to the World Health Organisation, any…

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South Africa: Post Office on renewal of car licence

The benefit of renewing your car licence at a Post Office branch is that there is no extra commission at all

Renewing your annual car licence can be quick and painless, as well as affordable.  The Post Office has advice for car owners who renew their licences at a Post Office branch and who want to save time and money. The benefit of renewing your car licence at a Post Office…

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South African Post Office Announces New Limited Stamp Edition

The stamp depicts a peace dove combined with words from the preamble of the South African constitution

A new stamp celebrates the road to democracy. The South African Post Office has announced a brand new limited edition stamp issue entitled “The Road to Democracy” at the International Philatelic Exhibition in the Cape Town Convention Centre today.  The stamp depicts a peace dove combined with words from the…

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Post office on the service of sending money home from South Africa

The service is available from any post office in South Africa to any post office in the destination country

The world celebrated the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October. There is a large number of migrant breadwinners in South Africa who send money to their families, and the Post Office has a cost-effective, same-day money transfer service to and from Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Nigeria, Mauritius,…

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South Africa: Post Office on collection of chronic medication by patients of government clinics

Post Offices are open until 17:00 and Saturday mornings from 08:00 to 12:30

World arthritis day was celebrated on 12 October and World sight day on 14 October.  Stroke Awareness Week takes place at the end of October. With this focus on health matters, patients of government clinics should remember that they can collect their chronic medication from a convenient Post Office. The…

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South Africa: Post Office on online car licence renewals

Healthy uptake for Post Office’s online car licence renewals

The SA Post Office has seen a healthy uptake for its facility for the online renewal of motor vehicle licences, which it launched at the end of January 2022.  More than 37 000 vehicle licences have been renewed nationally through the system, most of them in Gauteng.   The Post Office…