A Durban resident recently recalled how she received a parcel from the post office that went missing more than a decade ago. She took to social media and shared her ordeal on the Upper Highway community’s Facebook page.

Sanja Hanekom says they recently received two printouts in their post-box, which they barely use.

“The printouts apparently originated from the local post office, one stating that there is an inbound parcel for us to uplift at the post office and the other stating that this is now the final notice for the same parcel.”

She says the documents indicated they must pay R65 for the parcel to be released.

“Since we were not expecting anything, we were rather confused to discover that a parcel with my husband’s name and our address is held hostage at the local post office.

“We rushed out to rescue the parcel, mostly because we wanted to see what all this was about. On our way to the post office, the conspiracy theories were in full swing – my hubby’s darkest predictions and mine were in the hope that the parcel may contain stacks of banknotes.”

Hanekom says they were shocked when the post office teller dragged out a large, heavy-looking, battered parcel that was excessively taped.

The originating postal stamp clearly stated in red: 2010. It turns out it was a parcel sent to Hanekom by her father when her child was born.