Civil rights organisation AfriForum says that the apparent reason for the five-year driving licence card renewal period in South Africa is due to the quality of the material of the card.
Civil rights organisation AfriForum says that the apparent reason for the five-year driving licence card renewal period in South Africa is due to the quality of the material of the card, which would not last more than that period, citing court documents filed by transport minister, Fikile Mbalula.
“We are also looking at the duration time. It is five years, but in terms of the national land transport act, that issue is not very clear that it has to be five years,” Mbalula toldMbalula announced in February that a team at the Road Traffic Management Corporation would compile a report with a focus on how extending licences to 10 years could impact safety and revenue.
“However, in an interview during which he made this statement, he referred to the wrong legislation. Mbalula claimed that it is the National Road Transport Act that determines the renewal period when it is the National Road Traffic Act that actually determines the renewal period,” it said.
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