Driving licence card machine on the blink – again
driving licence card printer has broken down – again.
The department of transport said it undertook routine maintenance of its driving licence card processing machine from 5-19 April, but it ran into a problem. “The technical team encountered a technical breakdown that requires a replacement of a critical part from the original equipment manufacturer,” department spokesman Collen Msibi said. Card production is expected to resume in the next two or three weeks, he said.However, Msibi reassured South Africans that the printing of driving licence cards would not be affected. “The department is encouraging members of the public to continue applying for their driving licence cards as normal.
“We are not looking at that machine as a permanent feature,” he said. “That is why we are producing a new card. It’s going to be a new card, a new machine, which is on par with the developed world. We should have long ago changed this but, nonetheless, once cabinet approves it, new machines are going to come.” —
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