License, testing stations to resume services in June
“No booking, no reference number, no service. We will be more than ready to welcome our customers on the 1st of June.”
The Tshwane metro will resume its licensing services from 1 June.
These services will include license testing centres, registering authorities, vehicle testing stations and driving schools.
“We are working around the clock to ensure our seven licensing centres are ready to welcome the return of employees by ensuring the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE),” said Tshwane metro spokesperson Selby Bokaba.
Bokaba said this was to encourage adherence to all measures put in place to prevent the transmission and spread of the virus when they resume operations.
Tshwane administrator Gilberto Martins, however, urged resident to use online booking systems to ensure that only people with a reference number and a prior appointment were allowed to enter license testing premises.
“No one will be allowed access to any of our licensing centres without a face cloth mask on,” said Martins.
Screening and testing will be done at all entry points.
“No booking, no reference number, no service. We will be more than ready to welcome our customers on the first of June.”
This comes as a new computerised learners testing system will be rolled out to the other centres in the city’s regions in the coming weeks and months.
The computerised testing system was launched in Centurion by Mbalula, who was accompanied by Gauteng roads and transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo and Tshwane administrator Gilberto Martins.
The computerised learner’s test is done in real-time with the introduction of modern technology.
“As soon as a learner completes the final question, they will receive their results. This not only cuts down on waiting time but also prevents any kind of possible corruption between a learner and the examiner,” said Martins.
Martins said a key advantage of the computerised system is that a learner can take the test in any of the country’s 11 official languages.
“This is about modernising of our licensing system. The system has testing software that has a bank of questions, which it draws on completely at random, so a learner can never predict which questions they are going to get.
He said the system was designed to promote physical distancing, was “user-friendly and efficient” to comply with Covid-19 risk mitigation measures.
Transport minister Mbalula said license testing centres, registering authorities, vehicle testing stations and driving schools would only be allowed to operate subject to Covid-19 measures being adhered to.
“If these measures are not put in place or are put in place but not observed, the centre will be closed,” Mbalula warned.
The national transport department also gave 180 sanitisers, 100 masks and 250 face shields to the Tshwane metro’s licensing division.
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