The Department of Transport (DoT) said that South Africa's new driving licence cards will take four days to make and return to motorists, as well as featuring a backup system in case of 'machine breakdowns', Cape {town} Etc reports.
Collen Msibi, DoT spokesperson, explained that the current system and machine aren’t utilised ‘anywhere else in the world’, which makes it difficult to find replacement parts, in an interview withhave also suffered ‘several breakdowns in recent years’, resulting in significant delays to renewal applications.‘We’ve had to ask the cabinet of the sixth administration to have these new cards, mainly because the technology we’ve been using to print the old cars is very old,’ said Msibi.
‘We are looking at about four days, and you will be having your card. It’s one of the issues that we’ve been looking at,’ Msibi added. ‘The difference this time around is there’s going to be a proper backup system in case there are breakdowns or maintenance of the system,’ Msibi added.Msibi said motorists are still required to visit Driving Licence Testing Centres when applying for and renewing their driving licence cards.‘I think we have to wait a bit,’ said Msibi.
‘We await with bated breath what the next decision of the GNU will be on the matter, but I can tell you at this point, we are still at five years,’ Msibi added. It was revealed in June, however, that the DoT had only then shortlisted five bidders and had yet to declare the tender.
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