The Star reports that last week Gauteng MEC for Transport Ismail Vadi indicated that a large backlog relating to the late production of driver licence cards due to labour action had been successfully cleared.  

This came after the Gauteng Transport Department announced it had cleared 85% of the backlog.  However, several motorists who applied for their renewals as far back as August claimed the department had no records of their applications, so Gauteng motorists have been advised to check if their applications for the renewal of their driving licences have been captured on the department’s IT system.  The department admitted that a prolonged strike last year, as well as technical glitches from an IT systems upgrade, had resulted in the province having a backlog of 522,900 licences.  “I am satisfied that good progress is being made in resolving the backlog in licence production, as 437,899 licence cards have been processed to date and are being distributed to testing centres,” said Vadi.

• Read a short report by Anna Cox on the above at The Star

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