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Government is finally expected to make an announcement on #etolls in Gauteng. We believe there is money available through other sources for government to maintain roads,” says AA’s Spokesperson, Layton Beard. “We’re hoping that government makes a call in the Finance Ministers Medium Term Budget Policy Statement, and that call in our view is to scrap e-tolls entirely, to refund those people who have been paying and to cancel all debt. The association is also asking government to reimburse those who have been paying e-tolls since its implementation. The association is lobbying for government to announce a decision on the controversial project during Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement in October. Meanwhile, the Automobile Association (AA) says its online petition calling for the termination of e-tolls is gaining momentum. sYqnc6NuvPĪA says online petition to scrap e-tolls is gaining momentum SUMMARY: This morning with the management of the (RTMC) and Driving License Card Account (DLCA) we have an update on driving licensing interventions and progress. Earlier in 2022, the Department of Transport accelerated interventions to deal with licence backlogs in South Africa. Mbalula and the management of the Road Traffic Management Corporation and Driving License Card Account gave an update on driving licensing interventions progress. However there will be a five year period of transition,” says Mbalula. The current card and equipment used to produce it will be decommissioned on the first of April 2024. “The new card will be piloted from 1 November, 2023 until 31 march 2024. He says the move follows approval by cabinet. The current driver’s license card was introduced in 1998 and Mbalula says the technology is outdated. Transport Minister on accelerated interventions to deal with licence backlogs FIKILE MBALULA | MR FIX September 2, 2022

The new card will be piloted from 1 November 2023 until 31 March 2024. This will then enable us to commence with the procurement process for the new production infrastructure in October 2022. We will publish the changes to the driving licence card in the government gazette.

Mbalula says the new card will contain more security features and will comply with the international driving licence standards. This has been announced by Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, in Johannesburg on Friday. South Africans will soon have to replace their licences cards with newly designed ones.