Mobile kiosks to help motorists renew licences
Transport department, in collaboration with the Gautrain Management Agency, would also be rolling out kiosks at various Gautrain stations to help motorists whose licences have expired.
The Gauteng Roads and Transport Department will be introducing mobile centres next month to make it easier for motorists to renew their driving licences.
The department, working in collaboration with the Gautrain Management Agency, would also be rolling out kiosks at various Gautrain stations to help motorists whose licences have expired.
“We are looking forward to adding even more capacity into the system, ensuring that law-abiding citizens do not struggle to regularise the validity of their driver’s licences,” said MEC Jacob Mamabolo.
Mamabolo said he was concerned over the poor response by motorists who failed to pitch up for appointments to renew their licences.
“In the first two weeks of the new year, we have availed 17 000 booking slots to cater to the 35 000 driver’s licence cards whose validity expires in January this year,” he said.
Mamabolo said through the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), licence holders were being sent text messages to alert them, ahead of time, of the expiry of their licence cards.
“They are further provided with available booking slots.”
This move comes as the department would be assisting cardholders by proactively giving slots to people whose licence card validity has been extended until the end of August 2021.
Mamabolo cautioned licence cardholders, who secured bookings but failed to honour their appointments, that the department and RTMC were recording this trend.
“This may have a negative impact once the grace period has expired.
“We are keeping records of these cardholders who fail to pitch up for their appointments. This trend is completely unacceptable and we encourage those who secure slots to use them,” he said.
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