Current licence card printing machine to be decommissioned in 2023 Photos: Twitter
The current licence card printing machine will be decommissioned. Here are five things you should know about the new driving licence cards.
Current licence card printing machine to be decommissioned in 2023 Photos: Twitter
The printing machine that produces the current driving licence cards will be decommissioned in 2023 as South Africa will trial a new driving licence card in 2023.
This comes as Transport minister Fikile Mbalula announced at the end of last year that the current driving licence cards would be phased out.
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Here are five things you should know:
The new driving licence card is just one of the initiatives motorists can look forward to in 2023.
Other developments include setting up more smart systems to better handle applications and renewals and expanding the offices where this can be done.
The transport department is expected to go live with a new ‘smart enrolment’ for booking and renewing licences in March 2023.
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Trials in testing centres across parts of Gauteng have been taking place, including offices at Waterfall City and Eco-Park Driving Licence Testing Centres, which were the first to launch these services.
Hopefully, the new enrollment system will mitigate standing in a long queue waiting for a time-consuming data capture process to finalise. According to the department, the system assists applicants in capturing details during booking a timeslot to appear at a centre.
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Before visiting the physical licencing centre, the system integrates directly with Home Affairs online and ensures that photos, fingerprints and other information are checked and captured in real time.
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