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South Africa: SADC Postal Services Group’s Financial Services Rise by 81% |
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www.sanews.gov.za |
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Thursday, June 26, 2014 |
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ICT for MDGs
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South Africa |
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Jun 26, 2014 |
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She said other services which also increased included agency services, which went up by 21%; the enhancement of access to services, which improved by 6%, as well as the parcels’ business, with an increment of 1%.
As for employees’ productivity and the letters’ business, there was a decrease of 5% and 4%, respectively.
“A simple analysis of the figures suggests that more needs to be done to retain the letters’ and parcels’ business. More creative work is also needed to sustain the growth recorded in the financial year of our business,” Mosisili informed the delegates to the four-day meeting.
She further stated that there is an urgent need to address the issue of staff gratuity to avoid defaulting on statutory obligations as the strong mental capacity of postal staff members is the key to success.
“There are indications that inflation will remain relatively high, making the cost of loan capital expensive. Government resources will be over-stretched in favour of service delivery programs, thus reducing the possibility of further investments in the postal sector,” Mosisili noted.
"More creative strategies need to be developed in the postal sector to increase revenue-collection and reduce dependency on government support. It is also crucial to continue improving systems and processes to meet international demands."
The annual meeting is being attended by Namibia Post (NamPost) Chief Executive Officer Festus Hangula and SADC Secretariat representatives, leaders of the SAPOA as well as Post-Masters-General from the 14 SADC member countries.
They came together to deliberate on strategies and logistics for the postal sector. It also gives them a chance to share ideas on how to deal with opportunities, challenges and common aspirations, with the common aim of transforming the postal services in member countries.
The SAPOA member countries are Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Madagascar, Angola, Zimbabwe, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.
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South Africa: SADC Postal Services Group’s Financial Services Rise by 81% The 2012/13 financial year has been a good one for the Southern African Postal Operators’ Association SAPOA which saw its financial services increasing by 81 The SAPOA was created in 2001 by the Southern African Development Community SADC as its regional body responsible for the postal sector The chairperson of the SAPOA management board Thato Mosisili from Lesotho presented the figures at the association’s 13th annual general meeting which began in Swakopmund on Tuesday
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