Mbalula to clamp down on fraud at licensing centres
Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula has vowed to clamp down on misconduct at various drivers licensing and testing centres (DLTC).
This comes after the public raised concerns related to the unavailability of slots on the online booking service.
Concerns over fraud and corruption at the testing centres were also raised.
"Lawlessness will not be tolerated,” says the minister's spokesperson, Ayanda Allie Paine. “As a Department, we are clamping down on issues of runners who take advantage of applicants outside the DLTC, the selling of driving and learners licenses, collusion between eye examiners and optometrists, as well as the manipulation of the eNaTis system by the officials themselves."
"All this will come to an end," she said.
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On Thursday, Mbalula visited the Langlaagte Traffic Department to inspect the centres service delivery.
He announced that the department would continue to work with the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), the Fraud and Corruption Unit of the Department of Transport, and the HAWKS and other law enforcement to apprehend officials found selling driving licences at the centres.
