Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has revealed that the government will spend about a billion rand on three new machines used for the production of driver's licenses. Rise Mzansi MP, Makashule Gana, who questioned Creecy on the matter, is calling for transparency from the government regarding the procurement process.
Government says the manufacturing of the three new machines used for the production of driver’s licences will cost about a billion rand. Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has revealed this in a written Parliamentary reply.Rise Mzansi MP, Makashule Gana, who posed the question to Creecy, says government needs to be transparent in its approach in relation to the production of these machines,
“Each machine will cost R334 million. As Rise Mzansi, we are calling on the Minister of Transport to take the nation into her confidence and to be transparent without interfering with the work by the bidding committee by providing an update to South Africans about how far the process is as the last update on this matter was given more than three months ago on June 10.
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