An application for registration with the Postal Services Regulator to operate an unreserved postal service must be in the format and in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Minister on the recommendation of the Regulator.
A non-refundable application fee of R500 is payable either in cash, by bank-guaranteed cheque or electronic transfer.
Registration is valid for a period of one year from the date of issue of a registration certificate.
The following services are reserved for the South African Post Office only:
- delivering addressed letters
- delivering items weighing one kilogram or less
- delivering cylinders of 458 mm or less, 100 mm thickness and a mass of up to one kilogram
- the issuing of postage stamps
- the provision of roadside collection and address boxes.
This excludes businesses that deliver their own products, such as a florist, butcher or grocery shop.
Private individuals or businesses are free to apply for a licence to operate an unreserved postal service (for anything not included in the list above).
A non-refundable application fee of R500 is payable either in cash, by bank-guaranteed cheque or electronic transfer.
Registration is valid for a period of one year from the date of issue of a registration certificate.