Republic of Namibia 3 Annotated Statutes Posts and Telecommunications Companies Establishment Act 17 of 1992 “officer” in relation to a person in the employment of the department, means an officer as defined in section 1 of the Public Service Act, 1980 (Act 2 of 1980); [The Public Service Act 2 of 1980 has been replaced by the Public Service 13 of 1995. Section 38 of Act 13 of 1995 provides that certain expressions relevant to Act 2 of 1980 shall be construed to refer to certain corresponding expressions relevant to Act 13 of 1995, but does not say anything about references to the term “officer”. Act 13 of 1995 contains no definition of “officer”.] “postal company” means Namibia Post Limited established by section 2(1)(a); “postal enterprise” means all the assets, liabilities, rights and obligations, including any claim to copyright, trade marks and patentable inventions of the State which relate to or are connected with the conduct of the postal service and the supplementary services by the department, as determined by the Minister; “postal service” means the business of receiving, collecting, dispatching, conveying and delivering postal articles as defined in section 1 of the Posts and Telecommunications Act, 1992 and of performing all incidental services as undertaken by the department prior to the transfer date; “Postmaster-General” means the officer occupying the post with that designation on the fixed establishment of the department in terms of the Post Office Act, 1958 (Act 44 of 1958); “Savings Bank” means the Post Office Savings Bank controlled and managed by the Postmaster-General immediately before the transfer date; “successor company” means a company established by section 2(1); “supplementary services” means (a) the control and management of the Savings Bank; (b) the rendering of a money transfer service; “telecommunications company” means Telecom Namibia Limited established by section 2(1)(b); “telecommunications enterprise” means all the assets, liabilities, rights and obligations, including any claim to copyright, trademarks and patentable inventions of the State which relate to or are connected with the conduct of the telecommunications service by the department, as determined by the Minister; “telecommunications service” means the business of undertaking or providing any system or method of conveying signs, signals, sounds, communications or other information by means of electricity, magnetism, electro-magnetic waves or an agency of a like nature, whether with or without the aid of tangible conductors, from one point to another, and as undertaken by the department prior to the transfer date; “transfer date” means the date determined by the Minister under section 4(1). CHAPTER I SUCCESSOR COMPANIES Establishment of successor companies 2. (1) There are hereby established three corporate bodies namely -