Licence disc renewal, a complete mess
IOL has reported that due to department of transport not paying its Post Office Bills, motorists have not received notifications that their licence discs are up for renewal.
The DA spokesman on transport, Manny de Freitas, asked minister Dipuo Peters in Parliament why the licence renewal notices were not being sent out. Peters replied, “the delay is due to non-payment of Post Office outstanding fees.”
Freitas says that due to this issue, motorists have received fines for driving with expired licence discs, “through no fault of their own.”
THE AA CLARIFIES THE LICENCE DISC ISSUE OF REGULATION 32A
IOL reports; The Automobile Association has received numerous queries about what steps motorists can take to resolve this issue and described licensing departments as “chaotic” because of the situation.
“Our experience is that the bulk of motorists who should be receiving licence renewal letters are not,” it said.
The association added that there were unnecessary delays without these renewal reminders, because motorists now had to fill in a green renewal document before their application could be processed.
The AA called for the department of transport to sort out the problem as soon as possible because the excessive delays in renewing vehicle licences could result in a large number of unlicensed cars on the road.
The AA called for the department of transport to sort out the problem as soon as possible because the excessive delays in renewing vehicle licences could result in a large number of unlicensed cars on the road.
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