Extension to car licences

All learners’ licences, temporary licences, drivers’ licences, and roadworthy certificates, including temporary permits that expired during the past month, will remain valid until the end of August, as government attempts to ease the backlog in services brought on by the lockdown.

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula was at the Centurion Licencing Centre yesterday morning to launch a computerised learner testing system, and announced the extended validity of the above documents. He said registering authorities, testing centres and vehicle testing stations would open on 1 June.

Mbalula said the validity of expired licences that expired since 26 March to 31 May will be extended by a further 90 days from 1 June.

Mbalula warned that all testing centres, registering authorities, driving schools and testing stations had to put in place procedures for the cleaning and disinfection of their premises before the commencement of their services.

“No person will be allowed to enter a testing station, driving school or any other registering authority if they do not wear a face mask,” said Mbalula.

“All these things that I’m reading here they are now law in our country. If we come to this place on 1 June and all these measures are not in place, then this place will be closed down.”

Some of the other new regulations Mbalula announced include that no person is allowed to enter testing centres without masks and that motor trade number licences that expired within the past month and up to the end of May will be deemed valid for a further six months.

If we come to this place on 1 June and all these measures are not in place, then this place will be closed down.

Fikile Mbalula Transport Minister