No ‘smart card’ driving licences for SA until next year

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Minister Fikile Mbalula has confirmed the plan to introduce a new driving licence card will be submitted to cabinet for approval early in the new year. driverslicence Dotransport

The introduction of a new smart card driving licence by the Department of Transport has been delayed until next year. Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula confirmed this week the plan to introduce a new driving licence card will be submitted to cabinet for approval early in the new year. “Once that is done, then we will announce it to the public,” he said at an event where he released the preliminary festive season road fatality statistics.

Read: Mbalula extends driving licence renewal period, says system is ‘a mess’ The measures included increasing capacity by opening two Driving Licence Test Centres operated by the Road Traffic Management Corporation – one at Waterfall Park in Midrand, and the other at Eco Park in Centurion – on October 1. These centres were to operate seven days a week from 7am until 9pm, add 35 380 renewal slots per month and increase Gauteng capacity for renewal slots by 48%.

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