{"id":295682,"date":"2019-01-28T14:57:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T12:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=295682"},"modified":"2019-01-29T08:53:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T06:53:41","slug":"the-cost-of-sending-a-parcel-through-the-south-african-post-office-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/295682\/the-cost-of-sending-a-parcel-through-the-south-african-post-office-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The cost of sending a parcel through the South African Post Office in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The new fees will be implemented as of 1 April 2019 and will see an increase in the cost of sending of ordinary domestic and international mail, packages, as well as the purchasing of stamps.<\/p>\n

The SAPO has faced a difficult year<\/a><\/strong> with a nationwide industrial action in July 2018 leading to a months-long backlog for both local and international deliveries.<\/p>\n

This led to the Post Office dealing with inflows of close to 60 million deliveries at some points in 2018, said CEO Mark Barnes.<\/p>\n

The SAPO has laso been rocked by inefficiencies with recent testing by MyBroadband<\/a> <\/strong>showing that a large number of letters are simply not delivered.<\/p>\n

You can find a detailed breakdown of the 2019 rates below.<\/p>\n

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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 ‘parcel’ by SAPO.<\/p>\n

It will also charge\u00a0R56.80<\/strong>\u00a0for the first kilogram for counter to counter deliveries, with an additional R7.65 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 R4.55 per parcel.<\/p>\n

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

\n
\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>R45.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boxes of 50 (500 stamps)<\/td>\n\u00a0R2 275.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boxes of 100 (1,000 stamps)<\/td>\n\u00a0R4 550.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roll of 100 (100 stamps)<\/td>\nR455.00<\/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>\nR4.55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medium<\/td>\nR9.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Large<\/td>\nR11.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cylinder\/Rolled Items<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cylinder\/Rolled Items (520mm x 70mm)<\/td>\nR11.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cylinder\/Rolled Items (620mm x 70mm)<\/td>\nR19.80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rolled addressed newspapers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rolled addressed newspapers (324mm x 70mm)<\/td>\nR6.00<\/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>\nR4.80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Small (maxi) with and without window and self-seal envelope<\/td>\nR4.80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medium<\/td>\nR10.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Large<\/td>\nR14.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lettergram<\/td>\nR4.70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Postcard<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Change of address (postage paid)<\/td>\nR4.80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ordinary postcard (Post Office card, postage paid)<\/td>\nR4.80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Client’s own Postcard<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Small<\/td>\nR4.55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medium<\/td>\nR9.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Large<\/td>\nR11.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
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Read:\u00a0SABC, Primedia and Ster-Kinekor fined for price-fixing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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