SAPO’s answer to lower demand – hike the price. Huh?
I learned this week that one of the country's biggest corporate magazine publishers has decided to stop its printed edition. The director who took responsibility told me the suggestion came up during the lengthy Post Office strike: "We wouldn't have even considered it – but when the strike happened we simply couldn't get the magazines to our customers. So we decided to go digital." The savings on postal costs run into tens of millions – and that has been reinvested into the magazine, now published monthly rather than three times a year. And there has been very little negative feedback from customers – most prefer the digital product. Will the SA Post Office learn from this? Judging by Matthew le Cordeur's contribution , no point in anyone holding their breath. – Alec Hogg
By Matthew le Cordeur of Fin24