Cape Town – The Department of Transport on Sunday announced that the country’s only driving licence card machine is operational again after a recent breakdown.
The department informed the public in May that the machine was taken out of production for three weeks inorder to replace a broken part that was identified during a routine maintenance.
“The testing of the machine after the part’s replacement took another two weeks before it was certified to go back to full production,” the department said in a statement.
As a result of the repairs, the department plans to increase card production from 60 000 to 120 000 per week.
The backlog of unprinted cards is currently at 350 000.
The department said it plans to introduce a new driving licence card, along with new card production machines, by the end of the current financial year.
This is aimed at improving the efficiency of the driving card system.
LICENCE CARD MACHINE BACK IN FULL PRODUCTION pic.twitter.com/d506P1xbnz
— Department of Transport (@Dotransport) June 18, 2023
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
