Former SA Post Office workers protest over unpaid pensions and 18 cents per rand deal

Jacky Maja, retrenched in 2024, stated that former minister Solly Malatsi had promised them Takealot jobs, which have not materialized. She also mentioned that the department promised to pay their pensions once government funds were received, but payments were still not made after the Treasury provided money. Maja expressed disappointment that the Post Office now proposes paying only 18 cents for every R1 of their pension, an agreement she claims was made with unions without consulting the affected workers.

She called for the Special Investigating Unit to intervene. Another retrenched worker, Jackson Khoza, emphasized that they were not consulted about their retrenchment or the pension deal. Albert Kwsha, who worked at the Post Office since 1999, explained that he and others used their pension money to buy vehicles to work for the company under a volunteer service package, only to be retrenched later, leaving them unemployed with vehicle installments.

He questioned the whereabouts of his unpaid pension contributions, which he estimates to be over R100,000. The Communication Workers Union did not respond to inquiries.