Cape Town — The Department of Transport has announced that the printing machine for driving licences will be out of service for the next two to three weeks.
The Department’s spokesperson Collen Msibi said that the machine broke down after undergoing routine maintenance last month.
“The routine maintenance started on 5 April, 2023 to 19 April, 2023. Thereafter the technical team encountered a technical breakdown which requires a replacement of a critical part from the original equipment manufacturer (OEM),” Msibi said.
“It is anticipated that the resumption of card production shall commence within the next 2 to 3 weeks.”
DRIVING LICENCE CARD MACHINE UNDERGOES ITS ROUTINE MAINTAINANCE @eNCA pic.twitter.com/xgWBNMjM1c
— Department of Transport (@Dotransport) May 3, 2023
However, Msibi said that the production of the cards won’t be affected, and encouraged South Africans to continue applying as usual.
“The Department of Transport has today reassured members of the public that the production of driving licence cards will not be affected by the routine maintenance of the card production machine,” Msibi said.
“The department has therefore encouraged members of the public to continue applying for their driving licence card as normal.”
According to EWN, last year, the country’s only card printing machine broke down and was not working for four weeks.
This resulted in a serious backlog.
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