"That's a weak excuse that load shedding is a problem for the driver's licence. He said that the transport department citing that the breakdown was caused by an electrical surge was inexcusable. It is really a sign of a department that is insufficient," said Outa's Wayne Duvenage. it broke down last year and it has broken down again this year. This means motorists could face further delays when renewing their driver's licences. The only machine in South Africa able to print driver’s licence cards broke down for the second time in less than a year. It's understood the machine stopped printing two weeks ago following a power outage.Įarlier this year, the department had to ship the same machine to Germany for repairs, resulting in a substantial backlog in licence renewal applications. AfRa7eW2gw' FIKILE MBALULA | MR FIX October 19, 2022 The machine had challenges due to power outages. In a tweet, Transport Minister Fikile Mbaula announced that the two-decade-old machine had been repaired and was churning out licence cards.ĭrivers Licence Machine Update: The machine is up and running on the 24/h shifts cycle we planned to meet the demand and kill the backlog. JOHANNESBURG - The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has slammed what it calls the Transport Department’s operational inefficiencies after the country’s only driving licence printing machine broke down again.
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