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Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele says more than 80% of SA Post Office buildings countrywide do not comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
In a written reply to a parliamentary question, he said 618 of 755 post office buildings have been denied occupational health and safety certificates.
Key reasons included structural deficiencies in interior and exterior walls, roofs and ceilings, inadequate ventilation, lack of provision for emergency and escape routes and inadequate physical safety and security measures.
Further more, there was inadequate lighting, as well as insufficient fire extinguishing equipment.
Cwele said 137 post office buildings (about 18% of them) complied with provisions of the act.
He said a budget of R42.7m was available in the current financial year to carry out upgrades.
