The National Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, indicated that his department will soon present a new driver’s licence card machine for approval at the first Cabinet meeting of the year.
According to Mbalula, the German-made machine that produces driver’s licenses has been deemed as old, as no other country in the world is still using this type of machine.
“We are introducing a new card machine that doesn’t need to go to Germany to be fixed. Once the cabinet approves that, new machines are going to come. It’s going to be a new machine that is going to be on par with the developed world,” Mbalula said.
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The Minister went on to clarify that the breakdown of the current machine came before plans could be finalised to replace it, causing a major backlog in the issuing of driver’s licence cards.
“Whilst we were doing away with that machine, it had an accident and the machine had to be taken away to be repaired in Germany.
“It is being fixed as we speak. We have already taken it to Germany but in the interim, we will introduce new measures on what will happen,” Mbalula reiterated.
Mbalula further mentioned that an online payment service for motor vehicle licence renewal, driving licence card renewals, learner’s licence tests and driving licence tests will soon be introduced.
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