The 26-year-old machine has had 159 breakdowns in its lifetime. Expired licences will be valid for a further three months if an application for a new one has been submitted.

The Department of Transport says South Africa’s only driving licence card printing machine has broken down and will take 2–3 weeks to repair. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the department said ...

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Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has announced that South Africa’s only driving licence card printer is fixed and revealed what it looks like. Mbalula said he visited staff at the Driver’s Licence ...

In an increasingly cashless society, if you don’t have card payment machines, you risk losing out on sales. The 2025 UK Payment Markets report, found that debit card payments are by far the country’s ...

As the country battles with only one driver’s licence card machine, Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says her department has struck an agreement with the Government Printing Works to provide a backup ...

• For motoring news, go to Wheels24. Less than two weeks ago, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula announced South Africa's driving licence card machine was broken and in Germany to be fixed. Now, ...

The Department of Transport has revealed that it will cost an explosive R1 billion to procure three new driving licence card printers for South Africa. Responding to RISE Mzansi in a parliamentary ...