DA welcomes the sudden decision that the SAPO employees’ Medipos will be reinstated
7 October 2022
The DA welcomes the decision that SA Post Office (SAPO) employees will have their medical aid reinstated. All staff had their medical aids suspended by Medipos after the SAPO failed to make payments amounting to a staggering R700m.
The South African Post Office has been deducting medical aid contributions from their employee's salaries and simply ran away with the money, amounting to a staggering R700m unpaid bill. This is fraud on the most enormous scale.
Every Parliamentary option available to an MP has been utilised: Member's Statements, Questions to the Minister, media statements - and additionally after a meeting with the Hawks, a nationwide investigation has been launched.
After intense pressure from the DA, the bank account of the SAPO has been seized and R60m attached. Medipos has assured PO workers their medical aid benefits will be reinstated.