I must say that I am astounded that the postal strike has just gone on indefinitely.  One would have assumed by now that it could have been resolved.  The workers are also taking a huge gamble – they are after all working in a company which is slowly being eliminated by courier services, which are more reliable, if not more expensive, not to mention the Internet. They don’t seem to care, but I do also understand their side of things.  They have basically worked for the same company for years and years, but are not permanent employees – obviously, because the Post Office does not like the government’s own terms of employment, as set out in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and to deal with the CCMA – and they can avoid all of that by having them as temporary employees.  

It is somewhat hypocritical of course, because it is the government’s own policies, that they are now trying to avoid by making those employees permanent and I can only assume eventually they would have to give in on that point.  It is of course a disaster for businesses, including for De Broglio Inc, where we await Road Accident Fund claim forms from doctors, not all of whom we can travel to by car and collect those forms, police reports from police stations around the country, licensing certificates from Licensing Departments and a whole host of other documents that one requires to prove and sustain personal injury claims.  

We have a fantastic update service where we update our clients by e-mail, but unfortunately only 90% of our clients are on that service, which means that for the other 10% of our clients they have received no correspondence from us for about three months, and one wonders if they even know, since they are not getting our e-mails, that our telephone lines have now been out for one month!  The 011 446 4200 number is not working, but 011 788 7273 is working but of course only if a client receives an e-mail or a letter from us would they know that!