South African Post Office - Strike... again

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:55 am

My wife just tried to send a parcel to Cape Town via their speed services and guess what.... they are on strike again and this while the backlog of the previous strike has not been sorted yet. I've received none of my 4x4 magazines I'm subscribed to in the last two months. This is really starting to irate me like you can't believe. Fire the bastards and get someone that want to work

http://www.postoffice.co.za/group/compa ... ril13.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

JEEPIE · Post by **JEEPIE** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:58 am

CasKru wrote:My wife just tried to send a parcel to Cape Town via their speed services and guess what.... they are on strike again and this while the backlog of the previous strike has not been sorted yet. I've received none of my 4x4 magazines I'm subscribed to in the last two months. This is really starting to irate me like you can't believe. Fire the bastards and get someone that want to work

http://www.postoffice.co.za/group/compa ... ril13.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

+100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

goverment cant fire their voter , who will vote for them.

gives new meaning to snail mail ?

Stubs · Post by **Stubs** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:20 am

so you can imagine how irritating it is for us being an Online business, !!!!! 4x4direct.......

Ali3n · Post by **Ali3n** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:20 am

This is a flippen disgrace... get rid of the bastards...
:evil:

maby we must start our own postal service...

JEEPIE · Post by **JEEPIE** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:21 am

Ali3n wrote:This is a flippen disgrace... get rid of the bastards...
:evil:

maby we must start our own postal service...

en ek sien iemand gaan gemod word

Ali3n · Post by **Ali3n** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:27 am

JEEPIE wrote:
Ali3n wrote:This is a flippen disgrace... get rid of the bastards...
:evil:

maby we must start our own postal service...

en ek sien iemand gaan gemod word

Oops, sorry but was thinking out loud...

But thats how i feel.

More money more money but less work...

JEEPIE · Post by **JEEPIE** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:36 am

oops someone got modded

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:38 am

JEEPIE wrote:oops someone got modded

Nope..... just updated the forum auto word censoring software with an additional entry... kannie help Ali3n kan nie spel nie

Ali3n · Post by **Ali3n** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:47 am

CasKru wrote:
JEEPIE wrote:oops someone got modded
Nope..... just updated the forum auto word censoring software with an additional entry... kannie help Ali3n kan nie spel nie

Nee cassie, Ek kan nie help ek is slimmer as die forum sagteware nie...

TOYODA · Post by **TOYODA** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:27 am

Ek was by di PO vanoggend.

Die groepie by Lynnwood Ridge werk baie mooi. Het al my pos gekry wat ek moes.

Maar dit lyk of die klomp by die PnP staak. :x

Thunder02 · Post by **Thunder02** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:03 pm

Sent a parcel yesterday afternoon,all seems well

Wonder if its not just at certain branches

Frederick · Post by **Frederick** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:15 pm

Het hulle ooit opgehou strike??
Wanneer presies was dit want als is nog ewe treurig...

Thunder02 · Post by **Thunder02** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:22 pm

I think certain branches didn't get the mail to strike

Post by **Family_Dog** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:23 pm

Cassie, you need to get your 4xd4 mags sent to me in Klerkies... I have received all mine without any stress... ;)

-F_D

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:03 pm

Family_Dog wrote:Cassie, you need to get your 4xd4 mags sent to me in Klerkies... I have received all mine without any stress... ;)

-F_D

I'm seriously considering cancelling those subscriptions and switching to the electronic versions or just buying them in store. In the last year I've lost about 12 magazines. :evil:

Ali3n · Post by **Ali3n** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:04 pm

CasKru wrote:
Family_Dog wrote:Cassie, you need to get your 4xd4 mags sent to me in Klerkies... I have received all mine without any stress... ;)

-F_D
I'm seriously considering cancelling those subscriptions and switching to the electronic versions or just buying them in store. In the last year I've lost about 12 magazines. :evil:

So you got no mags for the year...

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:07 pm

Ali3n wrote:
CasKru wrote:
Family_Dog wrote:Cassie, you need to get your 4xd4 mags sent to me in Klerkies... I have received all mine without any stress... ;)

-F_D
I'm seriously considering cancelling those subscriptions and switching to the electronic versions or just buying them in store. In the last year I've lost about 12 magazines. :evil:
So you got no mags for the year...

Nope... kry so 3 tydskrifte per maand (wel veronderstel om te)

Post by **pietpetoors** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:40 pm

Ag NO, NOT AGAIN !!!!

I Agree, fire the lot if they do not want to work. 25% of people in South Africa do not have a job, there are lots of people who would love to take over their jobs.

I am in China at the moment and it is totally a different world. People want to work and they are proud on what they do, even the lade who sweep the park. They well orgnised and diciplined. I am rather gatv0l of the South African workforce who think it is somebody else's duty to give them a job, and not their privilage to have a job.

Fire them and get people who want to work.

The Legend · Post by **The Legend** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:39 pm

CasKru wrote:
Family_Dog wrote:Cassie, you need to get your 4xd4 mags sent to me in Klerkies... I have received all mine without any stress... ;)

-F_D
I'm seriously considering cancelling those subscriptions and switching to the electronic versions or just buying them in store. In the last year I've lost about 12 magazines. :evil:

Cassie
Ek is ingeten op die Weg en Wegry tydskrifte.Toe n dame my nou die dag bel om my te herinner dat my jaarlikse inten geld weer due is het ek vir haar gese dat ek glo nie ek sal my tydskrifte se lidmaatskap sal hernu nie a.g.v die feit dat die poskantoor strike en ek my tydskrifte kry lank nadat dit op die rakke verskyn.

Om n lang storie kort te maak.Ek het my lidmaatskap hernu,my tydskrifte word nou per koerier by my huis af gelewer voordat dit op die rakke verskyn sonder enige ekstra koste.

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:47 pm

Lollie wrote:
CasKru wrote:
Family_Dog wrote:Cassie, you need to get your 4xd4 mags sent to me in Klerkies... I have received all mine without any stress... ;)

-F_D
I'm seriously considering cancelling those subscriptions and switching to the electronic versions or just buying them in store. In the last year I've lost about 12 magazines. :evil:
Cassie
Ek is ingeten op die Weg en Wegry tydskrifte.Toe n dame my nou die dag bel om my te herinner dat my jaarlikse inten geld weer due is het ek vir haar gese dat ek glo nie ek sal my tydskrifte se lidmaatskap sal hernu nie a.g.v die feit dat die poskantoor strike en ek my tydskrifte kry lank nadat dit op die rakke verskyn.

Om n lang storie kort te maak.Ek het my lidmaatskap hernu,my tydskrifte word nou per koerier by my huis af gelewer voordat dit op die rakke verskyn sonder enige ekstra koste.

Thanks Dawie.... ek sal daai een onthou. Het ongelukkig onlangs weer gehernu

Thunder02 · Post by **Thunder02** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:55 pm

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Saw this on the bottom of the slip

:evil:

Post by **CasKru** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:56 pm

Thunder02 wrote:
Slip.jpg
Saw this on the bottom of the slip
:evil:

I think they made a mistake... should be we deliver whatever they take

kfxnando · Post by **kfxnando** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:30 pm

CasKru wrote:My wife just tried to send a parcel to Cape Town via their speed services and guess what.... they are on strike again and this while the backlog of the previous strike has not been sorted yet. I've received none of my 4x4 magazines I'm subscribed to in the last two months. This is really starting to irate me like you can't believe. Fire the bastards and get someone that want to work

http://www.postoffice.co.za/group/compa ... ril13.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

as a result of the last strike, 588 at witspos(the main mail center near gold reef city) got fired
and around 40 at the Germiston mail center
and some in krugersdorp

this is a different bunch
these are the mail delivery guy
many of them have been in casual employment for up to seven years, and have been promised permanent employment, and this the same bunch that striked last year to get rid of the labor brokers, witch they did
the same bunch that also burned vehicles last year

the issue is that Witspos is the heart of the PO
the guys currently on strike dont work at witspos, however they know that if witspos sneezes then the whole PO gets a cold

coastal postal services should be uneffected

ChrisF · Post by **ChrisF** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 6:40 pm

Stubs wrote:so you can imagine how irritating it is for us being an Online business, !!!!! 4x4direct.......

darem lekker om in die Kaap te woon ....

Stubs stuur DONDERDAG vir my n pakkie VRYDAG kry ek dit by die poskantoor. :) :) (daai ligte is gefit :) )

To rub some salt in the wounds .... Speed Services had THREE increases in the last 12 months -
1 April 2012 - 10%
1 September 2012 another 2,5%
1 April 2013 yet another 14,8% !!

29,5% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thunder02 · Post by **Thunder02** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:24 pm

ChrisF wrote:
Stubs wrote:so you can imagine how irritating it is for us being an Online business, !!!!! 4x4direct.......
darem lekker om in die Kaap te woon ....

Stubs stuur DONDERDAG vir my n pakkie VRYDAG kry ek dit by die poskantoor. :) :) (daai ligte is gefit :) )

To rub some salt in the wounds .... Speed Services had THREE increases in the last 12 months -
1 April 2012 - 10%
1 September 2012 another 2,5%
1 April 2013 yet another 14,8% !!

29,5% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like everything else in this country,costs go up,productivity goes down,go figure

Post by **Family_Dog** » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:33 pm

For some reason, all my mags arrive on time. Guess the strikers ain't ever heard of Klerksdorp. I feel left out.

-Drive Out
-SA4x4
-Toyota Zone
-Car

Even my DSTV mag.

-F_D

Cleaner · Post by **Cleaner** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:39 am

How do you know that SAPO is on strike?

You don't, the service stays exactly the same!

Thunder02 · Post by **Thunder02** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:30 pm

So here we go again

Strike started 2 days ago.

The Legend · Post by **The Legend** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:47 pm

Lekker man,nou gaan die e-tol invoices nog langer neem om afgelewer te word.Ek sien rooi ligte vir Sanral

Thunder02 · Post by **Thunder02** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:35 pm

Lollie wrote:Lekker man,nou gaan die e-tol invoices nog langer neem om afgelewer te word.Ek sien rooi ligte vir Sanral

Did not think of that one

Damaruri · Post by **Damaruri** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:41 pm

No e toll letters

Post by **pietpetoors** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:08 am

There was a sale in China on some of the online shops today. Imagine we send this to our post offies

According to a Post Bureau prediction, 500 million packages will be delivered between Nov 12 and Nov 16, a 50 percent increase from 2013

China's e-commerce giant Alibaba has shattered the single-day sales for its Nov 11 online shopping festival, known as 11/11, reaching the a new mark at 1:31pm, more than 10 hours earlier than last year.

Alibaba's online platforms, including Taobao and Tmall, topped sales of 36.2 billion yuan（$5.91 billion in 13.5 hours, surpassing the total of the entire 24-hour event from last year. Analysts said the total sales of the Hangzhou-based firm for Nov 11 could be as high as 80 billion yuan

ChrisF · Post by **ChrisF** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:30 pm

as SAB se deliveries soos SAPO was .....

4x4BEES · Post by **4x4BEES** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:19 am

ChrisF wrote:as SAB se deliveries soos SAPO was .....

Hoe kan oom so iets wil se?

My lewer sal dit nooit kan handel nie

ChrisF · Post by **ChrisF** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 12:30 pm

good
better
best

in deliveries this is now:
SAPO
School text books
SAB

Post by **pietpetoors** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 5:41 pm

From them Facebook page:

We are pleased to announce that the strike has ended following an announcement by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) today. This comes after the SA Postal and Allied Workers Union (Sapawu), and the Democratic Postal and Communications Union (Depacu) earlier agreed that their members should return to work.

Today, only 0.7 percent of our workforce remains absent from work. As a result, operations in all provinces are now at almost 100 percent capacity.

We would like to extend our sincerest apologies once again to everyone who was inconvenienced by the strike. Plans to work off the backlog have been implemented – the international mail centre, for example, has added a night shift.

The Legend · Post by **The Legend** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 7:29 pm

My pakkie wat 4x4 direct op 4 September by die poskantoor ingehandig het wys op die tracking search dat dit gister by my poskantoor uitgekom het.Amper drie maande geneem.

Ek moet seker nie kla nie.Dit is darem nie verlore nie.

Thabogrobler · Post by **Thabogrobler** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:07 pm

Ek hoop nie die wetters het pay gekry terwyl hulle gestaak het nie!

ChrisF · Post by **ChrisF** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:30 pm

Thabogrobler wrote:Ek hoop nie die wetters het pay gekry terwyl hulle gestaak het nie!

JA, hulle HET !

DIT is een van die redes vir die LANG strike .... twee keer is hulle n half dag laat betaal ... dan begin staak hulle sommer weer want die werkgewer is "nie regverdig" nie ...

hou maar dop as hulle more weer laat betaal word !!!!!

poskantoor het NIE geld om huur te betaal nie, en sekerlik nie om salarisse te betaal nie - tensy belasting geld gebruik word om die donners uit te bail ....

grobbepj · Post by **grobbepj** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 6:35 am

Thabogrobler wrote:Ek hoop nie die wetters het pay gekry terwyl hulle gestaak het nie!

Hulle
Moes hul tjeks gepos het... Miskien was daar dan meer aksie???

RiyadhFortuner · Post by **RiyadhFortuner** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:12 am

I think its time that ths country gets a private mail service which will all but cripple the SA post Office. If I had the money, I would start up one. I also sell small qauntities of this and that and rely alot on free shipping. With the strike I am not able to buy in any goods, as it would then make me alot more expensive

ChrisF · Post by **ChrisF** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:29 am

RiyadhFortuner wrote:I think its time that ths country gets a private mail service which will all but cripple the SA post Office. If I had the money, I would start up one. I also sell small qauntities of this and that and rely alot on free shipping. With the strike I am not able to buy in any goods, as it would then make me alot more expensive

TEN publishers got together and went out on tender mid November for an alternate delivery to move all their business away from SAPO.

most suppliers like myself have already moved over to couriers .... CHEAPER and more reliable than SAPO !

Banks are moving to emailing accounts, rather than mail.

Even Pathcare asked to email my account rather than use SAPO ....

I think when the dust settles SAPO may just clear their back log to find 90% of their regular business GONE !!!!

I feel SORRY for those hard working people at my local SAPO branch !! They did NOT strike ! They have been working their for decades, always helpful, always friendly .... but some temps over turned the whole system ... and thanks to our lenient approach to strikes another business has been ruined !!!

Look at the strike at Jurgens - ONE mention in the media ! But for the last three months the workers have been striking ... for the last 4 weeks it turned VIOLENT !! still just the one mention in the media. CLEARLY not sustainable. Yet another company on the verge of closing doors, with various outlets accross the country - and again just a handful of people that are destroying everything for so many others.

Look at Shoprite - truck drivers decide to strike .... Thus far Shoprite's answer - armes escourt for each truck !! Very standoff in front of their warehouse gates !!! Strikers on the one side, armed security in full riot gear on the other side .... this thing turns bad and Shoprites will be EMPTY over the festive period !!