PleasantThebest wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:58 pm
Shaun45 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:54 pm
I'm a bit worried if my valuable documents get lost in the inefficient SA postal system. Those documents are irreplaceable. Perhaps they sent it via diplomatic post to SA and I can fetch it on the day of my ceremony. Let's hope.
Lets hope you have better luck.. mines currently sitting in JHB International Mail Centre and hasn't moved since October. I have a Royal Mail tracking number at least. Let us know if you get them back after your ceremony.
Pathetic that SA Postal Service, to say the least!!! I know they were rioting, striking and burning Post Offices through July and that they are working to try catch up the backlogs, and then further strikes as below!!!
I have re-posted some crucial documents to Durban, I had to get re-signed, the first sent 4/7/2018, still not arrived/nowhere to be found! The 2nd redone sent 1/10/2018 International Signed for and Tracked and still not arrived as yet. A friend has a contact pretty high up in SAPO who has traced that the item has never arrived at JIMC, albeit Royal Mail have confirmed the flight it left Heathrow on!!! and have now had to lodge a claim/query, as only the sending service can interrogate the receiving service!!!
This is the latest updates on Royal Mail website:-
South Africa
Update: 12 September 2018
End date: Ongoing
Indefinite postal strike commenced in Johannesburg Airport impacting on the operation and handling of mail upon arrival.
As previously advised, this will affect all International Standard and International Signed postings which are currently being processed within 6+ weeks and 8+ weeks respectively.
These aims will more likely worsen as volumes of mail and backlogs grow as a result of the strike. We will keep monitoring this situation and advise of any developments.