Second chance to send mail to Australia
Qantas, the Australian airline, has informed the SA Post Office that a second repatriation flight has been scheduled to Australia. This presents customers with another opportunity to send postal items Australia.
1 387 kilograms of mail was sent to Australia on the first repatriation flight in August 2021.
Customers must hand items for Australia in at their local post office no later than 7 September 2021.
No items containing liquids, animal or plant products, medication or drugs may be posted. Items under pressure, such as aerosols that could explode in an unpressurised aircraft, may not be posted. All outgoing parcels are x-rayed to check the contents for banned items.
When that repatriation plane has departed, Australia will be closed once again to postal imports and exports.
Regular service to more countries
The mail service is now available to and from more countries after more international transport connections became available. You can now send mail to and receive items from the following 40 countries:
• Albania
• Argentina
• Austria
• Belgium
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Canada
• China
• Czech Rep.
• Denmark
• England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• India
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Kingdom of Eswatini
• Lesotho
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Thailand
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• USA
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
The Post Office has introduced an electronic customs declaration form on its website for quick and easy customs clearance of incoming and outgoing parcels. The form is under “tools” on the website www.postoffice.co.za(link is external).
International transport connections are running less regularly, and therefore the delivery time for international items is longer than normal.
Source: Government of South Africa