Sandton Chronicle reports that the City of Johannesburg has been informed of a labour dispute at the Driving Licensing Card Account (DLCA) department that has been ongoing since 20 July.  

According to the MMC for public safety, Councillor Michael Sun, the dispute remained unresolved.  “This may have affected applications for driving licences, leading to delays in the issuing of credit card type driving licences,” he indicated.  Sun explained that the DLCA was a national government department responsible for the printing of all driving licence cards for both provincial and municipal licensing centres.  The City of Johannesburg in turn rendered licensing services as an agent of the Gauteng provincial government at the various licensing centres that it operated.  Sun went on to say:  “In order to resolve the problem on a temporary basis, City of Johannesburg licensing centres will be issuing temporary licences to new, as well as renewing, driving licence applicants.”  These would be valid for six months and could be renewed in the event that the issues at the DLCA remained unresolved at the time of their expiry.  All other services available at the City’s licensing centres remain unaffected.

• Read this report in full at The Citizen
• See too, Bedfordview licensing department closed after running out of printer cartridges, at The Citizen

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