Planning on sending Christmas cards to loved ones? They may be delayed by the international travel bans

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SA Post Office (Sapo) estimates that mail leaving SA may be delayed by up to 14 days.

The SA Post Office has urged citizens posting items to foreign countries to send them as soon as possible to avoid delays.Christmas mail leaving the country may be delayed by the international travel restrictions imposed after the discovery of the Covid-19 variant Omicron.

Urgent items to other countries can be sent using the cost-effective EMS [expedited mail service] system. These items are delivered within 24 hours of arrival in the destination country.Mail to Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini and Mozambique is not affected at this time.

“This delays outgoing mail dramatically,” said Sapo. “Airlines scan all mailbags before loading them for prohibited items using an X-ray machine similar to that used to scan hand luggage.

 

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...'and have a 85% chance of being stolen anyway'

Derailed organization

thought it was always delayed,

So why? I’m hearing that all international flights and they are a lot are bringing passengers in but taking cargo out

VoetsekANC

Didn't they mean months?🤔🤔

Unfortunately the SA Post office are on anc leadership standards and haven't added value to the taxpayers for a long time.

Not 14 months 🤣🤣🤣🤣 i I wouldn’t take that chance

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