An 11th hour agreement has been reached between the SA Post Office (Sapo) and its medical aid scheme Medipos, ensuring thousands of postal workers not to lose their medical aid cover.
The threat was averted on Tuesday when an agreement was reached in the Johannesburg labour court between Sapo and Medipos.
Judge Edwin Tlhotlalemaje ordered that from October to November Sapo had to pay R20m a month for contributions that were in arrears, with the repayments increasing to R43m between December and March 2022, and R50m between April and December next year.
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