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Driving licence card printing machine
news

SA searching for new driving licence card printers – tender closes today

School buses are back after learner picket
Eastern Cape

School buses are back after learners picket

reckless driving Easter
News

Reckless and negligent driving main cause of Easter road fatalities

Driving licence card printing machine
News

SA searching for new driving licence card printers – tender closes today

School buses are back after learner picket
Eastern Cape

School buses are back after learners picket

reckless driving Easter
News

Reckless and negligent driving main cause of Easter road fatalities

Easter fatalities
News

Easter fatalities increase from 161 to 225 with young men leading

By Nokwanda Ncwane14-04-2023 14:24

Young men accounted for 70% of the total number of the 2023 Easter fatalities and only three provinces recorded a decrease.

Easter fatalities
KwaZulu-Natal

N3 crash: Transport Minister to visit the scene and assess damage

By Nokwanda Ncwane11-04-2023 11:04

Transport Minister, Sindisiwe Chikunga will visit the accident scene where over 30 vehicles were involved in a crash on the N3.

Nyanga Cape Town train
News

Nyanga to Cape Town train service to officially launch on Tuesday

By Nokwanda Ncwane02-04-2023 19:22

Good news! The Central Line is now fully recovered! The Nyanga to Cape Town train service will be launched on Tuesday.

Fikile Mbalula licences
News

South Africa’s driver’s licence good news

By Siseko Gwegwe18-02-2023 17:12

In case you have missed it. The South African government announced the best driver’s licence news in years.

drivers licence
News

South Africa announces driver’s licence good news – 21 January

By Siseko Gwegwe21-01-2023 16:29

We’ve waited so long. The South African government finally sorted out a driver’s licence frustration that has been annoying us all.

road fatalities AA
News

Significant decline in 2022 festive season road fatalities

By Nokwanda Ncwane17-01-2023 17:39

1451 people lost their lives on South African roads during the 2022 festive season, a 13.9% decline in road fatalities compared to 2021.

Mbalula de Ruyter evidence Eskom
News

Mbalula to release festive season road traffic stats on Tuesday

By Nokwanda Ncwane17-01-2023 09:38

Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula will on Tuesday release the official road traffic statistics for the 2022/23 festive season.

Driver's licence, renewal period extended, 15 April, Fikile Mbalula, new card could come
News

Official: South Africa driver’s licence new convenience

By Siseko Gwegwe08-01-2023 10:35

Why did it take so long? Oh well, our South African government has announced a new driver’s licence convenience that was overdue.

Outgoing Minister Mbalula leaves the driving licence system in CHOAS
News

South Africa announces driver’s licence good news

By Siseko Gwegwe04-01-2023 13:28

At long last! The South African government has announced the news we’ve all been waiting for regarding driver’s licences.

PRASA
News

Parliament welcomes freezing of PRASA ‘ghost employee’ pay

By Rorisang Kgosana19-11-2022 23:39

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula announced earlier in the week that PRASA uncovered more than a thousand ghost employees.

boy knocked down by a truck Ekurhuleni
KwaZulu-Natal

KZN Transport Department conducting check-ups on truck drivers

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty30-09-2022 11:48

Following the Pongola truck accident, the Department of Transport in KZN began conducting check-ups on operators using busy routes.

drivers
News

Guess how many drivers are driving around with expired licences

By Rorisang Kgosana02-09-2022 19:53

The Department of Transport will up the ante in law enforcement in order to bring to book drivers who are on the road without a licence.

new driver's license renewal system.
Lifestyle

One step ahead: Gauteng’s top spots to renew your driver’s license

By Naledi de Wee26-08-2022 14:01

Krugersdorp, Waterfall Park and Maponya have been named some of the top places to renew your driver’s license.

testify
Mpumalanga

Dpt of Transport official jailed for REFUSING to testify in fraud case

By Rorisang Kgosana14-08-2022 13:07

The official told the investigating officer to throw the subpoena at the prosecutor as she will not testify in the fraud case.

Katlego Khoza spends his time filling potholes for small change.
Lifestyle

Pothole hero envy? Fikile Mbalula announces Vala Zonke project

By Naledi de Wee11-08-2022 10:57

Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula has ‘taken charge’ of service delivery by launching an app where South Africans can report potholes.

Department of Transport
News

Transport Department: Taxi operators urged to apply for Relief Fund

By Thabo Baloyi24-07-2022 19:52

The Department of Transport established by Taxi Relief Fund to help the sector recover from the economic setback spurred by COVID-19

Fikile Mbalula
News

Mbalula sends condolences to deputy after deadly crash

By Thabo Baloyi19-07-2022 09:32

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says he has reached out to his deputy Sindisiwe Chikunga who lost six family members in a vehicle crash

accident
KwaZulu-Natal

Accident on N11 KILLS family and grandkids of Deputy Transport Minister

By Rorisang Kgosana19-07-2022 05:30

The Deputy Minister of Transport is on her way to KwaZulu-Natal to identify the remains from the accident.

Six people Accidents Crashes
News

Six people die in FIERY collisions on the R71 and R40 roads in Limpopo

By Tshepiso Mametela26-06-2022 15:31

Traffic authorities have cited speed as the possible cause of two separate road crashes that killed six people in Limpopo at the weekend.

Mbalula Minister Roads Sanral
News

Mbalula inspects ‘pothole-riddled’ road connecting four provinces [Watch]

By Tshepiso Mametela23-06-2022 16:12

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula visited the notorious N12 road, dubbed the death trap, to oversee maintenance work by Sanral on Thursday.

Lwaphesheya Khoza Fikile Mbalula
News

Minister Mbalula appoints new spokesperson Lwaphesheya Khoza

By Siso Naile19-06-2022 18:06

Lwaphesheya Khoza has been appointed the new spokesperson for the Department of Transport by Minister Fikile Mbalula

bus and truck mbalula
News

Driver error to blame in Tshwane us crash that claimed 15 lives, says Mbalula

By Storm Simpson17-06-2022 13:54

‘The report concluded that driver error is the major contributing factor to the cause of the crash because the truck driver allowed his vehicle to veer off its original lane of travel onto the oncoming lane resulting in a head-on crash,’ said Mbalula.

Transport Department, international airports, railways, Gautrain, aerotropolises, Government
News

Dept of Transport looking at building new airports with ‘aerotropolises’

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty02-06-2022 13:59

The Department of Transport is looking at ways to integrate international airports into the broader economy of South Africa.

Centurion licensing centre
News

Services resume at Centurion Licensing centre after break-in [Update]

By Nthabiseng Madumo01-06-2022 18:37

The Centurion Licensing centre had to suspend services after there was a break-in last week and 30 computers were stolen.

Fikile Mbalula PRASA
News

Mbalula welcomes sentencing of former PRASA employee

By Thabo Baloyi01-06-2022 15:00

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says the 12-year sentence imposed on a former PRASA employee wil send a strong message

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