{"id":219141,"date":"2018-01-12T11:17:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T09:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=219141"},"modified":"2018-01-12T11:18:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T09:18:13","slug":"how-much-it-will-cost-to-send-a-letter-or-parcel-through-the-sa-post-office-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/219141\/how-much-it-will-cost-to-send-a-letter-or-parcel-through-the-sa-post-office-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"How much it will cost to send a letter or parcel through the SA Post Office in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

The South African Post Office (SAPO) has released its\u00a0updated<\/strong> list<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>of fees for postal services across South Africa.<\/p>\n

The new fees will be implemented as of 1 April 2018 and will see an increase in the cost of sending of ordinary domestic and internal mail, packages, as well as the purchasing of stamps.<\/p>\n

2018 is expected to be a big year for the post office after government announced<\/a> <\/strong>in December that it would\u00a0take over the distribution of welfare grants from current service provider Net 1 UEPS Technologies.<\/p>\n

The postal service is also expected to be granted a full state bank licence before it begins distributing social grants in April 2018.<\/p>\n

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New rates\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Domestic parcel rates<\/strong><\/p>\n

Any postal item larger than 250 x 353 mm and\/or thicker than 30mm and\/or weighing more than 1 kg will be considered a \u201cparcel\u201d by SAPO.<\/p>\n

It will also charge R52.50<\/strong> for the first kilogram for counter to counter deliveries, with an additional R7.05 charged for each additional kg or part of a kg.<\/p>\n

Insurance is an optional extra, and the sender has the option of insuring the ordinary parcel at a rate of 3% of the declared value up to a maximum of R5,000 with a minimum rate of R4.20 per parcel.<\/p>\n

Stamp booklets<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Stamp booklet (domestic standard)<\/strong><\/th>\nNew rate<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Booklet of 10 stamps<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong>R42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boxes of 50 (500 stamps)<\/td>\n\u00a0R2 100.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boxes of 100 (1,000 stamps)<\/td>\n\u00a0R4 200.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roll of 100 (100 stamps)<\/td>\n\u00a0R420<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Ordinary Mail<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Product<\/strong><\/th>\nNew rate<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Client’s own envelope (unsorted\/non-bulk)<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Small<\/td>\nR4.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medium<\/td>\nR8.40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Large<\/td>\nR10.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cylinder\/Rolled Items<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cylinder\/Rolled Items (520mm x 70mm)<\/td>\nR10.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cylinder\/Rolled Items (620mm x 70mm)<\/td>\nR18.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rolled adressed newspapers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rolled adressed newspapers (324mm x 70mm)<\/td>\nR5.55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Postage included (prepaid) envelope (postage and cost of envelope)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Small with and without window and self-seal envelope<\/td>\nR4.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Small (maxi) with and without window and self-seal envelope<\/td>\nR4.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medium<\/td>\nR9.65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Large<\/td>\nR12.90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lettergram<\/td>\nR4.35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Postcard<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Change of address (postage paid)<\/td>\nR4.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ordinary postcard (Post Office card, postage paid)<\/td>\nR4.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Client’s own Postcard<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Small<\/td>\nR4.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medium<\/td>\nR8.40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Large<\/td>\nR10.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

You can find the complete list of changes here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Read:\u00a0SA Post Office to take over the distribution of welfare grants<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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