Licence renewal reminders: still a thing of the past
‘Courtesy’ notices to motorists for the renewal of car licences are still a thing of the past for those living outside of Cape Town metro.
Since legal complications last year between the National Department of Transport and the company that lost out on the national traffic information system contract, motorists have been frustrated with not having received their annual renewal notices.
Motorists on their own
A Spokesperson for the Department of Transport, Ishmael Mnisi said that previous reminders were sent to motorists as courtesy reminders and that it was always the motorists responsibility to check when their next licence renewal was due.
According to The Power Report in the Sunday Times, the annual licence renewal reminders will continue to fall through for 2016.
“We are liaising with the post office, but there is no telling when notices will be issued again. The matter is still before the court,” Mnisi said.
According to IOL a Gaansbaai resident wrote to the Cape Times saying, “car owners used to be notified each year at the appropriate date when their car licence had to be renewed so that most people paid in time for the new licence.
“Now, however, the municipality can’t be bothered anymore to notify the car owners when their new licence is due which reduces their postal costs.
“As few car owners know when their licence needs renewing, many of them happily cruise around with expired licences,” said Nick Dekker.
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