South African postal giant’s insane network splurge amid total collapse scandal!

LAST-DITCH TECH GRAVY TRAIN: TAXPAYERS TO FUND MASSIVE ICT SPENDING SPREE AS FAILING STATE ENTITIES BLEED BILLIONS! In a SHOCKING display of tone-deaf extravagance, the bankrupt South African Post Office (SAPO)—currently in BUSINESS RESCUE after losing its parcel monopoly—is now begging for a single provider to deliver a multi-million rand “modern” network for 647 sites. This isn’t a turnaround; it’s a FUNERAL PARADE funded by YOU. While citizens suffer under collapsing services, the state’s answer is to throw MORE money at the VERY entities that drove them into the ground.

But SAPO is just the TIP of the iceberg. This week’s tender bulletin reveals a FRENZIED year-end spending spree across the crippled public sector. Eskom, the architect of permanent load-shedding, wants a new multi-million Rand plant information system for the FAILED Medupi power station. The National Lotteries Commission—a body SCARRED by corruption scandals—is hunting for a contractor to deliver a 24-month “enterprise architecture blueprint.” The Land Bank, after a colossal bailout, is splurging on a “cloud-hosted PBX solution and advanced audio-visual technology” for its glamorous new Woodmead head office. It’s a CIRCUS of waste.

Experts are sounding the alarm: this isn’t about modernisation; it’s a desperate attempt to create IRREVERSIBLE contracts and lock in politically connected beneficiaries BEFORE the financial lights go out for good. The South African Revenue Service is even seeking an “eDiscovery tool” to hunt down tax evaders, while the very government it serves FUNNELS public funds into these questionable deals. The compulsory briefings and complex requirements aren’t about expertise—they’re designed to NARROW the field for the usual insiders.

The question every South African must ask is chilling: are we watching the final, systematic LOOTING of the state treasury, disguised as a digital upgrade?