EXCLUSIVE: Communications Minister Solly Malatsi has DEALT THE FINAL BLOW to South Africa’s dying Post Office, OFFICIALLY SURRENDERING its core function to private companies in a MOVE LACED WITH CONTROVERSY. Critics are SLAMMING the decision as the final betrayal of millions of citizens, particularly the rural and poor, who now face being COMPLETELY ABANDONED by the state.
This isn’t mere deregulation; it’s the GOVERNMENT WAVING THE WHITE FLAG after BURNING THROUGH OVER R10-BILLION in taxpayer-funded bailouts. The Post Office, a colossal monument to state failure, couldn’t even deliver mail, yet clung to a LEGALLY ENFORCED MONOPOLY that strangled e-commerce for years. Top officials now admit the rule was a SHAM, a “never enforceable” fiction as private companies operated ILLEGALLY just to keep the economy moving.
Insiders reveal the truth: this is a FIRE SALE of national infrastructure after a DISASTROUS business rescue process that saw nearly 5,000 jobs VAPORIZED and creditors paid pennies. Malatsi’s solution? Begging the private sector to take over via “partnerships,” a move Parliament’s own portfolio committee chair warns is a “DIRECT THREAT” to any remaining public service. This signals a DANGEROUS PRECEDENT: when a state entity fails, the government simply HANDS THE KEYS to corporate interests.
The stark question now hangs in the air: If the state cannot even deliver a letter, what other essential pillars of society will it NEXT SACRIFICE on the altar of its own incompetence?
Author: Kayitsi.com
