Your new driver’s licence card should be here soon

Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Dr Ismail Vadi announced that the Driving Licence Card Account (DLCA) and the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport had successfully managed to clear 85 per cent of the backlog relating to the late production of driver licence cards.

Due to a prolonged strike last year by DLCA staff and technical glitches experienced as a result of the IT systems upgrade, Gauteng had a backlog of 522 902 licences, said Vadi.

“I am satisfied that good progress is being made is resolving the backlog in licence production as 437 899 licence cards have been processed to date and are being distributed to the various testing centres in the province,” explained Vadi.

The delays in the production of the cards were as a result of a labour dispute between the National Department of Transport and employees contracted to the DLCA to produce licence cards.

“The DLCA has confirmed that an additional 10 000 licence cards are expected to be printed by the end of this week,” added Vadi.

Also, the DLCA has further said that 45 000 licence cards are currently in production and are expected to be ready by mid-April.

“The department acknowledges that many drivers who had applied to renew their licences last year are anxious about the delays in the distribution process, which is understandable. But the matter is being attended to with urgency,” he said.