Having been without a Director-General for the last year, I am pleased to announce that Cabinet has since approved the appointment of Adv James Mlawu as the new Director-General of the Department.
I must express my appreciation to Adv Mothibi and his team for their sterling work that enables us to exponentially improve service delivery, while uprooting corruption and malfeasance from the system.
@MbalulaFikile The content of our country's learners & driving licence tests are weak, for e.g. there's no testing of hazard awareness. To make it worse, testing is compromised through widespread fraud & corruption. We will never stop the carnage without fixing the foundation: driver licensing.
@MbalulaFikile Minister, the level of disregard for driving laws and rules is now out of hand. Drivers driving through red traffic lights, overtaking on barrier lines and talking on cellphones is seen daily. Drivers simply have no appreciation of the grave consequences of recklessness.
Nothing new here. Every few years, Driving Licence fraud in SA makes headlines, yet it's happening every day. And almost every day there are reports about horrific crashes. Connect the DoTs.
https://t.co/jBXNNwxP9e
The @GautengProvince has concluded an investigation into allegations of corruption in Driver's Licence Testing Centres. MEC @JacobMamaboloSA officially released the report to the public. Remedial work is underway #Smart Mobility
Investigate, discipline, prosecute, dismiss, jail. Great! This may serve as a deterrent...for a while. But with the tax free bribe money so lucrative, the only way to stop the rot forever is to adopt proven technology AND absolutely commit to using the technology fully.
MEC @JacobMamaboloSA releases the outcomes of the investigation into corruption at Driver’s Licence Testing Centres (DLTC) across Gauteng #SmartMobility
It beggars belief that there are still Testing Centres in SA that conduct learners licence tests manually! The Dept of Transport promised the roll out of biometrically accessed computerised learners licence testing in its 2001 "Road to Safety Strategy". 21 YEARS AGO!!!
Three officials, an Examiner of licences, a traffic officer, an examiner of vehicles were given #sentences ranging from R600 to two years imprisonment. The examiner was arrested at #Temba DLTC after she wrote a learner licence test on behalf of applicant who was in BFN.
All the more reason for the @TrafficRTMC to prioritise the roll out of EFFECTIVE computerised learners licence testing systems to the many driving licence testing centres that are still conducting learners tests using paper, pencils, books and stencils... Like in the 1980s.
Three officials, an Examiner of licences, a traffic officer, an examiner of vehicles were given #sentences ranging from R600 to two years imprisonment. The examiner was arrested at #Temba DLTC after she wrote a learner licence test on behalf of applicant who was in BFN.
The following services will from today be payable online. #OnlineServices
Motor vehicle licence renewal
Driving licence card renewal
Learner’s licence test
Driving licence test
Presume @CityofJoburgZA will be hunting down every one of the individuals whose fraudulent "driving licence cards" were found in the "stack" that was recovered from the suspect. Please post updates @CityofJoburgZA. Should be interesting. And should send a strong message to others
Just read the replies to this tweet! Shocking but not surprising that so many people can quote the cost of "buying" a licence, or feel they have no other option. Just wonder how many drivers on our roads lack even the basic skills tested in learners & driving tests.
A R10 000 fine, or a few months in prison won't be suitable punishment for these crooks. They should be charged as accessories to murder when the incompetents they issued licences to cause fatal crashes on our roads.