{"id":188427,"date":"2021-05-10T10:12:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T08:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/post-office-reopens-temporarily-closed-branches\/"},"modified":"2021-05-10T10:12:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T08:12:18","slug":"post-office-reopens-temporarily-closed-branches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/post-office-reopens-temporarily-closed-branches\/","title":{"rendered":"Post office reopens temporarily closed branches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The South African Post Office (SAPO) has announced the reopening of most branches that were temporarily closed following extensive negotiations with landlords.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The branches will re-open on Monday and will be trading normally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCustomers are therefore welcome to visit these post offices for collecting parcels, paying car licences or doing other postal transactions,\u201d SAPO said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Vehicle owners who want to renew their car license have to bring an identity document and a completed renewal form, which can be downloaded from the Post Office website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.postoffice.co.za\/\">https:\/\/www.postoffice.co.za\/<\/a>. The form is under the domestic products<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>button.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPost Offices are important access points for government services such as social grants. To eliminate long waiting times, the Post Office has introduced separate queues for different transactions.&nbsp;This also serves to eliminate crowding and ensures that COVID-19 regulations are adhered to,\u201d SAPO said.<\/p>\n<p>The Post Office offers the most cost-effective delivery service for small international parcels and therefore plans to play a growing role in delivering e-commerce parcels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts network of outlets is one of the reasons it is able to offer a unique service, and the organisation intends to maintain its extensive network,\u201d SAPO said.<\/p>\n<p>The following branches will re-open:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gauteng: Aston Manor; Belle Ombre, Pretoria; Fontainebleu; Hillbrow; Kelvin; Khumalo; Leondale; Moroke; Northmead and Three Rivers.<\/li>\n<li>Eastern Cape: Greenfields; Motherwell; Northcrest and Schauderville.<\/li>\n<li>Western Cape: Edgemead; Kleinmond; Mbekweni and Melkbosstrand.<\/li>\n<li>KwaZulu-Natal: Esikhaleni; Gillits; Impendle; and Overport.<\/li>\n<li>Limpopo: Enkelbult; Letsitele and Tonga.<\/li>\n<li>Mpumalanga: West Acres, Mbombela.<\/li>\n<li>Northern Cape: Hopetown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Post Office said negotiations will continue with landlords of the remaining few branches that are closed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will re-open as soon as agreement is reached with property owners.&nbsp; This is expected to be within the next few weeks,\u201d SAPO said. \u2013 <strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African Post Office (SAPO) has announced the reopening of most branches that were temporarily closed following extensive negotiations with landlords.&nbsp; The branches will re-open on Monday and will be trading normally.&nbsp; \u201cCustomers are therefore welcome to visit these post offices for collecting parcels, paying car licences or doing other postal transactions,\u201d SAPO said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-188427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-sanews","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}