Postal mail volumes drop as ICT takes over
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Postal volumes are declining with users preferring the faster internet services
The statistics show that the total volume of posted parcels decreased by 1.3% in 2015, from 18,571 total parcels dispatched in 2014 to 18,815 parcels in 2015.
Foreign received parcels decreased by 56.3% in 2015, reducing from 7,202 parcels in 2014 to 3,148 parcels in 2015.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...