The Department of Transport (DoT) said that South Africas new driving licence cards will take four days to make and return to motorists, as well as featuring a backup system in case of machine breakdowns, Cape {town} Etc reports.
Collen Msibi, DoT spokesperson, explained that the current system and machine arent utilised anywhere else in the world, which makes it difficult to find replacement parts, in an interview with Newzroom Africa .
Furthermore, the current system and machine have also suffered several breakdowns in recent years, resulting in significant delays to renewal applications.
Weve had to ask the cabinet of the sixth administration to have these new cards, mainly because the technology we've been using to print the old cars is very old, said Msibi.
If youd recall, theres been a lot of breakdowns with the machine that weve been using [] The old machine has printed over 60 million cards since 1998. With the new system, were hoping the turnaround time for people receiving their cards will be cut very short, Msibi added.
