Spotlight - 10-year driving licence validity extension approved
947 Drive with Thando · 5 August 2026 · 5m
Speaker 1: Nine four seven drive with Tanda. Week days three is six pm. So for years Speaker 1: and years, renewing the driver's license has been the bane of every South Africans existence. Speaker 1: We battled long cues. I remember there was a point where they said they had Speaker 1: one machine that prints those licenses. Speaker 2: Forget about that. Speaker 1: You have to renew your eyes even maybe five years, renew your eyes, your eyes. Speaker 1: Well, the good news is government has now announced a major policy shift requiring light Speaker 1: motive vehicle license holders to only renew their licenses after ten years. I love that. Speaker 2: I love that. Speaker 1: Joining us now on the line. We've been trying to get him on the show. Speaker 1: Department of Transports spokesperson Colin CB Colin, we welcomed these news, but what brought them Speaker 1: about? Speaker 2: Colin? Can't hear me? Yes, now we can, okay. I suppose we've had complaints from Speaker 2: the members of the public regards to the cues. There's us saying in your preamble Speaker 2: that the cues were too much, but also we had issues with the machine. But Speaker 2: most importantly, we did a study which really informed the decision by Cabinets to move Speaker 2: towards a ten year period, which of course will will assist us with efficiency in Speaker 2: terms of taking a new card, but also it moves towards the international benchmark in Speaker 2: terms of what are the other countries doing, So that study basically informed that particular Speaker 2: decision.
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