Driving school operators put protest on hold

The National Driving School Association of South Africa (NDSASA) has suspended their protests amid talks with the Gauteng MEC for Road and Transport.

Last month, members of various driving schools around Gauteng staged protests outside 38 licensing centres in Gauteng demanding the online bookings system to be scrapped or improved.

On Thursday, national chairperson of the association Abel Mositsa told Rekord that the protests were put on hold after road and transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo agreed to meet with them.

“We had a planned march for Monday and Tuesday at the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) offices, however, the MEC asked to see us. He did meet with us briefly, but had other commitments and the meeting was postponed to this Friday,” he said.

Mosita said the organisation had sent a memorandum to both the MEC and RTMC.

“Our memorandum includes the increase of slots at the Centurion and Waltloo centres. We also asked the department to at least extend the online booking to two or three times a week instead of being done only on Tuesdays,” he said.

Spokesperson Roads and Transport MEC Theo Nkonki confirmed Friday’s meeting.

RTMC spokesperson Simon Zwane said the corporation would meet with the driving operators next week.

“We are meeting with the operators next week to listen to their concerns. We will be able to communicate in full once we have had an opportunity to talk with them,” he said earlier.

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