No to Fake Licences
Obtaining your Learner's and Driver's Licence in KZN will never be the same
again. In every province in our country, departments responsible for transport
related matters have been grappling with the following challenges:
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Addressing the inequalities that arose during apartheid through separate
infrastructure development.
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Addressing problems with existing infrastructure.
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Addressing corruption relating to the issuing of driving licences.
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Addressing the fact that our rate of accidents and road related fatalities are
unacceptably high.
You’ve all seen the negative publicity that these challenges have generated,
amongst others, such as exposes on MNet’s Carte Blanche programme, very
recently, spine chilling reports on ETV’s 3rd Degree programme, many talk shows
on SABC’s SAFM and other radio stations, and in countless newspaper reports.
Indeed, many of you may have even personally experienced these problems or at
least know of close friends or relatives who have.
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport has spent millions of Rands
investigating fraud and prosecuting people over the years. And quite frankly,
even though there have been so many investigations, the problems have persisted.
In July of this year, the Department took a bold decision to do things very
differently in future. It was decided to spend money to eradicate the problems
rather than investigating the problems even more. These age old problems are
being addressed by using ground breaking technology, even in the deepest of
rural areas, which include:
- A new counterpart learners and driving licence card.
- Learner licence mobile units.
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