Live data · refreshed 27 Jun 2026

South African Courier IntelligenceThis Week

Bob Go dominates South African courier media this week with 61 news mentions in 7 days.

Free public snapshot · Built from HelloPeter, Google News, and Stats SA · Licensed CC-BY 4.0

18
Couriers tracked
8
With trust scores
3,548
Consumer reviews
176
News mentions · 7d

Customer trust leaderboard

Source: HelloPeter · 8 couriers ranked

Live scores from HelloPeter — South Africa's largest consumer-review platform. Higher is better. Industry rank is the courier's position vs every business in their HelloPeter category.

🥈
#2
PostNet
2.6
out of 5.0
123 reviewsMid
Leader
🥇
#1
The Courier Guy
3.4
out of 5.0
1,779 reviewsStrong
🥉
#3
RAM Hand to Hand
2.1
out of 5.0
691 reviewsMid
#4
Pargo
81 reviews · rank 69
1.9
Weak
#5
DPD Laser
520 reviews
1.7
Weak
#6
Paxi
352 reviews
1.6
Weak
#7
Bolt
1 reviews · rank 26
0.0
Cold
#8
Globeflight
1 reviews · rank 78
0.0
Cold

Not currently indexed on HelloPeter: Aramex, Fastway, Bob Go, Uber Connect, DSV, DHL Express, FedEx South Africa. Absence is itself a signal — these couriers either have no consumer-facing complaint volume or operate primarily B2B.

Media attention · last 7 days

Source: Google News · 176 mentions tracked

Volume of indexed Google News stories per courier in the past 7 days. High volume = brand in a PR cycle (good outreach timing). Low volume = quieter brand, less defensible against a public comparison.

#1
Bob Go
61
#2
DHL South Africa
36
#3
RAM Hand to Hand
33
#4
Courier Guy
23
#5
FedEx South Africa
9
#6
Bolt courier
7
#7
Fastway couriers
2
#8
DSV South Africa
2
#9
Aramex South Africa
1
#10
Pargo
1
#11
Uber Connect SA
1
DeliverAI Intel·Week of 27 Jun 2026

Strategic signals this week

  • Bob Go dominates the news cycle with 61 mentions — outreach timing for partnership conversations is now.
  • The Courier Guy leads SA consumer trust at 3.4/5 — the brand currently most defensible against challenger entrants.
  • Globeflight sits at the bottom of consumer trust (0.0/5, 1 reviews).
  • Sector average trust is 1.66/5 — well below 3.0, confirming structural weakness in courier brand trust across South Africa.

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About this dataset

Data sources
HelloPeter consumer API · Google News RSS · Stats SA endpoints · DeliverAI quote engine
Snapshot
27 Jun 2026 — refreshed every Monday morning (09:00 SAST)
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 — share freely with attribution to DeliverAI

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