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South African Post Office layoffs

We've tracked one South African Post Office layoff, in Nov 2023, affecting 6,000 people. None of these cuts were publicly blamed on AI. Headcounts are what was reported at the time, and some may have changed since.

People affected

6K

Across tracked announcements

Announcements

1

Nov 2023 → Nov 2023

AI-attributed

0%

Of affected people

Every tracked announcement

  1. −6,000

    State owned postal service in business rescue planned to retrench more than half of its staff and close branches.

    About the figure: Plan announced under business rescue; in May 2024 the same outlet reported close to 5000 workers would be retrenched.

    Source: The South African

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