Public Protector's report on the South African Post Office

"The Public Protector’s report, titled ‘Postponed Delivery’, found the Post Office’s 10-year lease at Eco Point Office Park, valued at R161 million, was “irregular”, “unlawful” and “tainted by procurement irregularities and corruption”. Aside from falsities in the business case for this office lease, there had been no fair bidding process ahead of the procurement process. The report said the Post Office must recoup the R22 million it spent on empty offices - R2,372,050 per month for ten months from May 2010 – before the entity finally occupied the space in Centurion, Gauteng. The group CEO must take steps to ensure proper controls, and document management systems, are in place.

The Public Protector report found the Post Office had “irregularly appointed and utilised” labour brokers between April 2002 and September 2012, which cost the entity some R2.7 billion over that period. The “inadequate meaningful consultation of employees on cost-cutting” was a concern, said the report, finding the CEO must ensure in future employees are “properly” consulted."