1. In view of the escalated costs attached to the dispatch of an increasing volume of post from Head Office, this directorate issued a notice of 17 November 1998 regarding the following cost-saving measures, which are still valid, to all Chief Directors and Directors:
1.1 Ordinary mail will only be dispatched by Registry on Thursdays.
1.2 Hard copy circulars or minutes will be dispatched to schools every third Thursday, unless it is certified at Director level that the circular or minute contains a due by date and has to be posted as soon as possible. Should a circular or minute have to be dispatched outside the post dates the directorate concerned will be responsible for paying the postage.
1.3 Circulars or minutes will be mailed electronically to all schools with e-mail facilities. Should these circulars or minutes have annexures which cannot be e-mailed, they will be dealt with as set out in paragraph 1.2.
2. The dates on which circulars or minutes will be dispatched during 2006 are as follows: 
12 January 2006      13 July 2006
02 February 2006     03 August 2006
23 February 2006     24 August 2006
16 March 2006        14 September 2006
06 April 2006        05 October 2006
28 April 2006        26 October 2006
18 May 2006          16 November 2006
15 June 2006         30 November 2006
3. Any enquiries regarding the contents of this minute may be directed to:
4. It will be appreciated if you could bring the contents of this minute to the attention of all concerned.
5. Your co-operation will be appreciated.


SIGNED: JT SOLOMONS
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2005:12:19