Representative image A Chennai resident won a lawsuit against a local post office after they refused to return 50 paise in change during a transaction. The district consumer disputes redressal commission ordered the post office to pay the resident, Manasha, Rs 15,000 in compensation for overcharging. The incident took place on December 3 last year … Read more
Travelling across the world doesn’t come cheap. Even when airlines have sales, pricey flights still cost an arm and a leg. However, new research has found the most affordable destinations to go to if you’re looking to fly further ahead. Research from Post Office Travel Money in their annual Long Haul Holiday Report analysed local … Read more
After launching in February 2022, the National Administration Traffic Information System (Natis) online platform has become the most popular and one of the most cost-effective licence disc renewal services in South Africa. According to MyBroadband, the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) confirmed in early June 2024 that the platform had surpassed two million licence disc … Read more
A CRIMINAL inquiry into the Post Office scandal is set to involve 80 detectives and cost £6.75million. It will look into claims of perverting justice and perjury after 900 sub-postmasters were wrongly convicted. 1 Criminal inquiry into the Post Office scandal is set to cost £6.75million, above former postmistress Cheryl Shaw They were prosecuted over … Read more
Based on financial performance, there are seven ‘finalists’ when it comes to South Africa’s worst-performing state-owned enterprises (SOEs). This is according to Moneyweb, who have published a list where “the competition is fierce” for the title of worst SOE. Eskom takes the cake with substantial annual losses totalling R103 billion from 2017 to 2023. However, … Read more
THE firm behind the Horizon software that led to hundreds of sub-postmasters being wrongly prosecuted is still being given government deals. Fujitsu vowed not to take new taxpayer-funded public works when the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office sparked outrage in January. 1 Fujitsu is still being awarded Government contracts, even after it … Read more
A FORMER Post Office chief claims he did not know the organisation itself was taking its own sub-postmasters to court. Ex-managing director Alan Cook told the Horizon inquiry he had not heard anything to suggest it was able to act as a prosecuting authority. 1 Former Post Office chief Alan Cook says he did not … Read more
DISGRACED Post Office boss Paula Vennells has refused to answer questions after she was seen for the first time since the Horizon drama. Dressed in a helmet and hi-vis jacket, Vennells cycled away from a journalist asking about reported claims she covered up the Post Office scandal. 3 Paula Vennells refused to answer questions from … Read more
POST Office boss Paula Vennells was told of problems with the Horizon system two years before she told MPs there was no issue, secret audio recordings revealed last night. The then CEO was warned in 2013 during a meeting with independent investigators. 1 Paula Vennells was told of problems with the Horizon system two years … Read more
Police are warning residents after mail was stolen from a U.S. Postal Service mailbox outside a local post office early Monday morning. A maroon, newer model Jeep Cherokee was allegedly involved in the mail theft behind the Bedford Post Office, according to police. A Bedford police officer parked at the Bedford Market Place at around … Read more
