Apply In-Person:

1. To Open a Post Box Number (Rental), the applicant has to approach the Post Office South Africa Link
2. An application form will be provided to the applicant by the concerned officer.
3. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form. (Incomplete applications are not accepted)
4. Make sure that the applicant has attached all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
6. Submit all the documents with the completed form to the concerned officer.
7. The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as requested by the authority.
8. After receiving the application, the concerned authority will check the submitted application and document set. If all are in place, the application will be accepted.
9. An acknowledgment receipt will be provided. Please save it for future reference.
10. Then the application will be processed further. All the updates on the application status will be sent via SMS to the applicant’s mobile number.
11. Once the process gets completed, the applicant gets a call from the office regarding the application.
12. The applicant has to visit the office to get the post box number.
13. This entire process can be completed within 1 or 2 days or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

• Completed form
• Proof of identity such as a passport, driver’s license
• Certified South African address proof copy
• Proof of ownership
• Fee receipt

Post Office South Africa
NPC Building,
South African Post Office,
c/o Jeff Masemola and Sophie de Bruyn Strs,
Pretoria 0001
E-mail: customer.services@postoffice.co.za
Tel: 0860 111 502
Contact link link
Regional Office link

• Any residential owner who intends to Open a Post Box Number (Rental) is eligible to make this application.

• The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as per the authority’s request.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• This entire process can be completed within 1 or 2 days or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Applicants must complete the application form before submitting it. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicants must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

• Name
• Address
• Contact number
• City
• Zip code
• Email id
• Mailing address
• Date
• Signature

• PO BOX uses for receiving letters or posts from anywhere in the world. The PO Box is a rental base number that can be booked from their post office services.

• For more information link
  

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• link
  

• A post office box, sometimes known as a PO box, is a mailbox at a post office that has its unique box number that postal customers can rent if they want to receive mail away from their home or place of work. Individual PO box contents can only be obtained with key access.