Johannesburg - The South African Post Office (Sapo) has appointed a new acting group chief executive officer after Mlu Mathonsi stepped down for “personal reasons” earlier this month.
Sapo said in a statement that its board, together with the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services Dr Siyabonga Cwele, has appointed Trevor Ndlazi as acting group CEO for the next three months.
“Currently Group Executive: Strategy and Sustainability; Mr Ndlazi possesses an MBA (Banking), BCom (Hons), BA (Hons), IMM Graduate Diploma, post-graduate diploma in Management and a BA in Industrial Psychology,” said Sapo in a statement.
“He brings into the new role more than 20 years of corporate experience and over 15 years’ experience in various roles in the field of strategy. He has held a wide range of positions in various companies in the private and public sector,” said the company.Sapo further said that the search for a permanent group CEO is underway.
The Post Office has suffered instability at the top amid a struggling financial situation in which it has struggled to pay full salaries this month.
Sapo’s board also resigned in November 2014 after a months-long crippling strike. The state-owned company at the time was further put under administration by government.
Subsequently, government instituted a turnaround process at Sapo in a bid to salvage the company.
“The stabilisation of leadership at the SA Post Office, as driven by the Board of Directors and the Minister, is progressing well. The ultimate business goal is to put in place a strong leadership team which will drive the business transformation within the organisation,” said Dr Lushaba, chairperson of the Board of the SA Post Office, in a statement.
The Post Office’s turnaround process has still come with its risks as the Communication Workers Union (CWU) held a Johannesburg march against the struggling parastatal on Thursday.
CWU originally expected a turnout of 4 000 of its members but fewer workers attended the march after the Post Office won an urgent court interdict against strike action on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Sapo spokesperson Khulani Qoma told Fin24 on Friday that services are back to “100%” at its branches in Gauteng following the Thursday march. He added that only about 100 Sapo workers joined the CWU march on Thursday.