{"id":332725,"date":"2019-08-01T14:38:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T12:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=332725"},"modified":"2019-08-01T14:38:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T12:38:42","slug":"mark-barnes-resigns-as-post-office-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/332725\/mark-barnes-resigns-as-post-office-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Barnes resigns as Post Office CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SA Post Office CEO Mark Barnes has resigned citing differences on forward strategy in relation to the structure of the group, in particular the location of Postbank.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following discussions on Barnes\u2019 resignation with the Board, the parties are in agreement on an amicable separation,&#8221; the Post Office said in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>The board thanked Barnes for his &#8220;enormous service to the SA Post Office and the country during his tenure&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In his time at the SA Post Office, Barnes has led the stabilisation of the organisation as well as pioneered its positioning as a relevant access point of government services for our communities,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>The Post Office assured customers and the SA public that the departure of the outgoing CEO will not negatively impact the organisation\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n<p>Lindiwe Kwele, the SA Post Office\u2019s current COO, has been appointed as the interim CEO until the recruitment of a new CEO takes place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To ensure continuity, Barnes will remain within the SA Post Office fold for a period to aid the transition of the interim Group CEO,&#8221; the SA Post Office said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/298178\/the-sa-post-office-is-testing-hydrogen-powered-scooters-to-help-deliver-mail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The SA Post Office is testing hydrogen-powered scooters to help deliver mail<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SA Post Office CEO Mark Barnes has resigned citing differences on forward strategy in relation to the structure of the group, in particular the location of Postbank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":113828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-332725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332729,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332725\/revisions\/332729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}