At least 383,000 pending licence cards have not been printed in South Africa due to a machinery breakdown in December.
Civil society group Outa has called on the government to scrap South Africa’s five-year driver licence in favour of a system that will see licences renewed every 10 years.that a change is necessary as the current system has all but collapsed due to ongoing technical issues. Outa estimates that South Africa currently has a backlog of more than 500,000 driving licence cards due to the breakdown of the machinery responsible for printing licences.
“We need to review and overhaul the entire process when it comes to vehicles, driving licences, vehicle roadworthiness, and how we manage and police this. Duvenage said that introducing a 10-year system would help reduce some of this strain and is already being successfully used in several other countries.on Sunday indicated that at least 383,000 pending licence cards have not been printed due to the breakdown as of the start of December, with this number rising significantly in the following weeks.
Robert Chandler, head of the Southern African Institute of Driving Instructors, said at least half a million motorists would be impacted by the breakdown, meaning the department stood to collect around R45 million from these temporary permits.
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