SHORTLY after it reopened this week, the licence and testing centre at Rossburgh has again closed.

This time because the facility had no water.

This comes after Covid-19 infections forced the closure of 13 licencing and testing centres across the province, causing weeks of frustration and uncertainty.

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According to station commander, Chief Provincial Inspector Lorraine Ngidi the facility had reopened on Monday morning.

“We had to close again just after 9am this morning because of a burst pipe right outside the entrance on Titren Road,” she said.

Ngidi said the closure was due to the lack of water at the facility following the pipe burst.

“We have been told that it should be repaired by this afternoon, so hopefully we will be open again tomorrow morning,” said Ngidi adding that the facility had been closed as it wasn’t considered safe to continue operating without running water due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Staff and the public all need to be able to wash their hands and use bathroom facilities,” she said.

Burst pipes have been an ongoing problem in the greater Queensburgh area for months now.

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Before the lockdown, a Methodist church had to use a nearby trucking depot as a parking bay, because the road leading to its entrance had to be dug up for repairs.

Drivers and permit holders had been nervously eyeing the expiry dates on their drivers licences, permits, compliance certificates and even registration disks until amendments gazetted on Wednesday, 22 July, indicated that the grace period for those whose documents were due for renewal during the lockdown period, would be extended.

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