162 people died on SA roads this Easter while, over the same period last year, 235 perished in vehicle accidents.
Motorists, whose license cards expired during the hard lockdown, have only one week left, in which to renew their licences.
Mbalula yesterday said the deadline, for those whose licence cards expired between 26 March 2020 and 31 August 2021, will not be extended again.
He says the country currently has a backlog of 1.3-million expired licence cards that have yet to be renewed.
Driver’s licence offices will, for the next few days, be open for an extra two hours per day to allow motorists to renew their licences before the 5th of May cut-off date.
The minister says several measures have been implemented at traffic offices to assist motorists with renewing their licence cards in time.
Mbalula says offices will also be open on weekends, on both Saturdays and Sundays.
Read his full statement here.
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- A 30% reduction recorded in the country’s 2022 Easter road-fatality figure.
- A week left for licence renewal grace period.
It will be remis of me if I do not commend the motorists for displaying good behaviour and willingness to comply with the rules of the road during the Easter period. https://t.co/t513VNvsOS
— FIKILE MBALULA | MR FIX (@MbalulaFikile) April 28, 2022
As on 27 April 2022, we had produced a total of seven hundred and eighty-nine thousand six hundred 789,600 driving licence cards.
This leaves a backlog of cards to be printed at five hundred and ninety-six thousand five hundred and thirteen 596,513. pic.twitter.com/xn16cPcPnG
— FIKILE MBALULA | MR FIX (@MbalulaFikile) April 28, 2022
