| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.07.2024 | New Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy has a mountain to climb | Where to begin for new Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy? Image: FIle/Fotor
To say the Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy has a mountain to climb in her new department would be the understatement of the decade. The political veteran wa... |
| 28.06.2024 | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday, 28 June | The Department of Home Affairs will soon announce plans to make the green barcode ID book in place of the smart ID card.
Images via DHA
We’ve got the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa on Friday, 28 June.
According to a repor... |
| 27.06.2024 | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Thursday, 27 June | Lauren Dickason sentenced. Images by KATRIN BOLOVTSOVA/Pexels and NZ Herald
We’ve got all the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa you really need to know on Thursday, 27 June.
Lauren Dickason will begin her sentence at a menta... |
| 27.06.2024 | Nationwide AARTO rollout days away, claims department | With AARTO rollout nationwide supposedly set for this coming Monday (1 July 2024), we wonder if they department has its affairs in order. Image: File/OUTA/Fotor
Following years of delays and repeated court action, AARTO rollout is set to ta... |
| 26.06.2024 | 2024 South African driver’s licence card debacle deepens | The 2024 South African driver’s licence is no closer to reality than it was when first announced back in August 2022. Image: File
The rollout of 2024 South African driver’s licence cards appears to be delayed indefinitely due to glaring ine... |
| 20.06.2024 | Big law changes for e-hailing drivers in South Africa | After years of lobbying, there have been significant law changes for e-hailing drivers in South Africa. Image: File/Fotor
It’s good news for e-hailing drivers in South Africa as important legislation was passed last week by President Cyril ... |
| 17.05.2024 | Big changes for SA drivers coming soon | The new traffic rules will kick in from July. Image by cottonbro studio/Pexels
The planned rollout date of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) system is 1 July 2024. What exactly will this entail?
Once someone r... |
| 16.04.2024 | Free State traffic officer gets five years for corruption | Tshiya Desmond Modisaotsile Pule, appeared in the specialised commercial crimes court in Bloemfontein. Image: Supplied
A Free State traffic officer, Tshiya Desmond Modisaotsile Pule, appeared in the specialised commercial crimes court in Bl... |
| 15.04.2024 | Job Vacancies: Jobs in almost every government department | Department of Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi and Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi brief media on plans to create employment opportunities nationally across various sectors and industries. Image: X/@GovernmentZA
Government has job... |
| 14.04.2024 | New SA driving licence cards printing in April | New SA driving licence cards is expected to start printing in April. Images: Stock/Broadband
It has been confirmed that the printing of the new driving licence cards in South Africa is expected to start before the end of April.
HERE ARE FIV... |
| 10.04.2024 | DOT misses deadline for 2024 South African driver’s licence cards | Why have we not seen a rollout for 2024 South African driver’s licence cards? Image: FIle
It looks like another own goal for 2024 South African driver’s licence cards, as a key deadline has been missed yet again by the Department of Transpo... |
| 28.03.2024 | Easter weekend alert: Government urges road safety vigilance | Traffic officer at a roadblock. Image: X/@_ArriveAlive
As the Easter weekend approaches, motorists are receiving stern warnings against flouting traffic regulations, with law enforcement agencies ramping up their efforts to ensure road safe... |
| 09.03.2024 | South African traffic LAWS you don’t know you break every day | These are the South African traffic laws you break every day but don’t get fined for due to thinly stretched police forces. Image: CT Traffic Services
According to South African traffic laws, can a motorist driving without a valid licence b... |
| 22.02.2024 | NEW tamper-proof licence plates to be rolled out across Mzansi | New tamper-proof licence plates coming to a province near you, and not only for Gauteng. Image: Worldlicenseplates.com/File/Fotor
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi prioritised tamper-proof licence plates in this week’s State of the Province Ad... |
| 15.02.2024 | These government departments are NOW HIRING for 2024 | President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image @GovernmentZA
Government jobs are available in most sections of South Africa’s departments, including theDepartment of Health and the Department of Basic Education.
ALSO READ: WhatsApp: How to contact everyo... |
| 07.02.2024 | DELAY to implementation of controversial 2024 AARTO laws | The implementation of controversial 2024 AARTO laws has been delayed. Here’s why. Image: File
You’ll recall a Constitutional Court ruling last year on 2024 AARTO laws that were slated to come into effect countrywide in July. Now, the Road T... |
| 06.02.2024 | SAPS: Where to find careers in the SA police | SAPS Warrant Officer Bez Bezuidenhout,53, has racked up slew of successes against rapists and perpetrators of gender based violence (GBV) and criminals during his career with the police. Photograph: SAPS
The South African Police Service (SA... |
| 25.01.2024 | Taxi business: 3 things unique to SA TAXI RANKS | File illustration picture showing the logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone next to the picture of an official German taxi sign in Frankfurt, September 15, 2014. A Frankfurt court earlier this month instituted a temporary inj... |
| 24.01.2024 | Festive season road fatalities claim over 1 400 lives | Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga says over 1 400 people died on SA’s roads over the Festive Season. Image: SABC News
A total of 1 427 road fatalities were recorded during the 2023/2024 festive season, says Transport Minister Sindisiwe ... |
| 15.01.2024 | How to BEAT the driver’s licence renewal backlog in 2024 | How to beat the Driver’s licence renewal backlog in 2024. Picture: OUTA.
For all the Department of Transport’s newly integrated systems, we were surprised to find there’s still a sizeable driver’s licence renewal backlog. Despite initiative... |
| 08.01.2024 | Essential INFO for car license renewals in January 2024 | Check out these quickest and cheapest ways of car license renewals in January 2024. Picture: File/Fotor.
Just because you’ve been putting it off, waiting for the ‘best time’, car license renewals in January 2024 don’t have to be a pain. If ... |
| 03.01.2024 | Increased traffic expected for South Africa | Heavy traffic expected on these eight South African roads TODAY Photos: Facebook/Gauteng Traffic
Increased traffic could be expected for South Africa, as thousands of South Africans prepare to head back to their homes after the holidays.
Th... |
| 26.12.2023 | Four-years on: WHERE are SA’s smart cities and bullet trains? | What’s the progress on SA’s smart cities and bullet trains, we wonder? Picture: File/Pexels/Fotor.
Can you imagine the Ramaphosa’s 2019 dream for SA’s smart cities and bullet trains? With nearly 300 days of load-shedding this year alone, a ... |
| 01.12.2023 | ‘Don’t even think about it,’ say traffic authorities about speeding | Firm message from government about speeding this festive season. Picture: File.
Traffic authorities will not tolerate speeding this festive season. This was made abundantly clear at the launch of the 2023 Road Safety Festive Season campaign... |
| 26.11.2023 | EISH: SA counts the cost of 1.3-million square metres of potholes | More people have joined the circling of potholes with spray paint . Image via Facebook/ Smangi KaDube
According to a report by MyBroadBand, Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga says 1.3 million square metres of potholes have been repaired ... |
| 17.11.2023 | Jobs: Government is advertising vacancies | Jobs in government are available if you have ever wanted to work for a government institution. Vacancies have been posted on the government’s main employment site, which is circulated each week for posts that require new employees.
Governme... |
| 09.11.2023 | Police chief names 10 most DANGEROUS roads in South Africa | Police chief names his 10 most dangerous roads in South Africa. Picture: File.
Following this week’s brazen attack on the Transport Minister, the police chief has named the 10 most dangerous roads in South Africa. It’s been a tough week for... |
| 07.11.2023 | South African Minister robbed, bodyguards’ guns stolen | Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga. Image: X/@Dotransport.
South African police said on Tuesday a government minister was robbed and her bodyguards had their guns stolen in what authorities in the crime-ridden country described as an “un... |
| 02.11.2023 | Current vs. NEW SA driving licence cards compared | We look at the key differentiators between current vs. new SA driving licence cards.
It doesn’t take a genius to spot key differences between the current vs. new SA driving licence cards. The Department of Transport (DOT) pilot program for ... |
| 19.06.2023 | Licence card production to increase as SA’s only machine is back | The six big changes for the new driving licences in sa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Jacques Stander)
The Department of Transport has confirmed that the driver’s licence card production machine is back and will be operating as per normal.
ALSO RE... |
| 19.06.2023 | WATCH: New driver’s licence cards to launch this year [VIDEO] | Application for a driving licence in South Africa form. Image: Supplied
NEWS IN A MINUTE: Listen or watch the full versions of the ”REMINDER: New driver’s licence cards to launch this year” article in a minute.
ALSO WATCH: SA President Cyri... |
| 19.06.2023 | South Africa’s driver’s licence machine is back in action | South Africa’s only driver’s licence card-printing machine has been fixed and is back in production, the department of transport said.
The department said that following the repairs, it will now double card production from 60 000 to 120 000... |
| 19.06.2023 | REMINDER: New driver’s licence cards to launch this year | South African drivers licence card. Image: File
The Department of Transport has confirmed that new driver’s licence cards will be launched in the country by the end of the 2023/24 financial year.
ALSO READ: ‘I’ll educate you’ – Annoyed Mbal... |
| 15.06.2023 | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Thursday, 15 June 2023 | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Thursday, 15 June 2023 Photos: Facebook/Seeff Somerset West.
We’ve got all the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa you really need to know on Thursday, 15 June 2023.
READ: Cape ... |
| 14.06.2023 | SIX big changes for NEW driving licences in SA | SIX big changes for NEW driving licences in SA Photo: Stock
The Department of Transport earlier this year said it aims to roll out new digital driving licence cards in South Africa this financial year as it pushes towards greater virtualisa... |
| 14.06.2023 | WATCH: SIX changes for NEW SA driving licences [VIDEO] | The six big changes for the new driving licences in sa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Jacques Stander)
NEWS IN A MINUTE: Listen or watch the full versions of the ”SIX big changes for NEW driving licences in SA” article in a minute.
ALSO WATCH: Sou... |
| 04.05.2023 | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Thursday, 4 May 2023 | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Thursday, 4 May 2023 Photo: Twitter: @sihlemavuso, @sli_masikane
We’ve got all the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa you really need to know on Thursday, 4 May 2023.
This was ... |
| 03.05.2023 | Here are SIX big changes for NEW driving licences in SA | Here are the SIX big changes for NEW driving licences in SA Photos: Facebook/ Safely Home by Western Cape Government
The Department of Transport aims to roll out new digital driving licence cards in South Africa this financial year as it pu... |
| 13.04.2023 | Transport Minister to release 2023 Easter road traffic statistics | At least five people were declared dead in multi-vehicle crash on the N3. Images: Twitter/@TrafficSA and @Dotransport.
Department of Transport Minister, Sindisiwe Chikunga will on Friday, 14 April 2023 release the Easter road traffic statis... |
| 09.03.2023 | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Thursday, 9 March 2023 | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Thursday, 9 March 2023 Photo: Facebook/GoogleMaps
We’ve got all the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa you really need to know on Thursday, 9 March 2023.
According to Arthur Cr... |
| 08.03.2023 | Outgoing Minister Mbalula leaves the driving licence system in CHAOS | Outgoing Minister Mbalula leaves the driving licence system in CHOAS Photo:@TrafficRTMC / Twitter and GCIS / Flickr
Outgoing transport minister Fikile Mbalula is taking up the ANC’s secretary-general role, and he will be replaced in the min... |
| 22.02.2023 | Gauteng Transport official arrested for R16 million fraud | A former Gauteng Transport Department official have been arrested on fraud charges of R16 million. Image: Pexel
A former Gauteng Transport and Logistics department official and her accomplice have been arrested following various charges, in... |
| 28.12.2022 | Transport Minister appeals to motorist not to speed | Image: Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula appeals to South African motorist not to speed and to be vigilant on the roads this festive season.
The accident happened on a stretch of road co... |
| 14.11.2022 | PRASA uncovers ghost employees and identity theft among staff | Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula said serious action will be taken against those behind the ghost employees at PRASA. PHOTO: Department of Transport
Thousands of staff earning salaries at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) t... |
| 01.10.2022 | Four face 34 counts of fraud, corruption for SA Express tender | Four men are charged with 34 counts of fraud for a tender involving SA Express. PHOTO: Bizcommunity
Four men are charged with fraud and corruption for the irregular awarding of a multimillion-rand SA Express tender. The four awarded the R40... |
| 24.09.2022 | 10 of the 19 children killed in N2 accident went to the same school | The children will be laid to rest in a massive funeral on Saturday. PHOTO: Twitter/@TrafficSA
Ten of the 19 school children who were tragically killed in a head-on collision on the N2 last week were all from the same school.
Three of them a... |
| 17.09.2022 | Pongola horror crash: Fikile Mbalula sends condolences to families | Fikile Mbalula Pongola crash
Photo source: GCIS
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says he has learnt with shock, about the horrific road crash which claimed the lives of 21 people on the N2 between Pongola and Itshelejuba in KwaZulu-Natal (... |
| 15.09.2022 | Three more traffic department officials nabbed for R60 mil FRAUD | The three traffic officials are now party of nine suspects who are charged with fraud and corruption. PHOTO: https://springsadvertiser.co.za/
Three additional traffic department officials have been added to the list of suspects who committe... |
| 30.08.2022 | ICT tenders: ICASA gears up oversight | South Africa’s telecommunications and broadcasting sectors are in focus this week as the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa advertises a number of tenders aimed at improving its oversight.
The regulator’s five tenders focu... |
| 18.08.2022 | Mbalula shuts down rumours that fuel levy increase will fund e-tolls | Minister of Transport says OUTA and AA are just rumour-mongering when it comes to speculations of the fuel hike to cover e-tolls. PHOTO: Twitter/@MbalulaFikile
There have been speculations of a possible fuel levy increase to cover the Gaute... |
| 14.08.2022 | Dpt of Transport official jailed for REFUSING to testify in fraud case | A Department of Transport employee has refused to testify or to receive the subpoena summoning her to court. PHOTO: ceosa.org.za
An official at the Department of Transport is refusing to receive a subpoena to testify in a fraud matter which... |
| 24.07.2022 | Transport Department: Taxi operators urged to apply for Relief Fund | Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula has come under fire over the Traffic Department’s drving tax proposal. Photo: GCIS / Flickr
The Department of Transport has reiterated that its Taxi Relief Fund is not a scam and has urged taxi operators t... |
| 02.06.2022 | Ermelo licensing official who sold fake licenses jailed | Sello Jerry Thomo who worked at the Ermeli Licensing centre was sentenced on Wednesday. Photo: Department of Transport
The licensing official from Ermelo who sold fake drivers and learner’s licenses to people who did not take the test is fa... |
| 01.06.2022 | Services resume at Centurion Licensing centre after break-in [Update] | Centurion licensing centre broken into, computers stolen. Photo: Department of Transport/Twitter.
Residents can now breathe a sigh of relief as all services at the Centurion Licensing centre resume since some services were suspended last we... |
| 05.05.2022 | It’s official: South Africa named the most DANGEROUS place to drive! | South Africa is the most dangerous country to drive in according to the international driver’s education company Zutobi. Photos: Twitter/@_ArriveAlive
The roads of South Africa have been given the grim title of being the most dangerous coun... |
| 28.04.2022 | Easter weekend was safer this year as 73 less lives lost, says Mbalula | Easter weekend this year was safer as Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula noted a decrease in 73 lives lost on South African roads. Photos: Flickr
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula was at the Grasmere toll plaza, south of Johannesburg, on Thu... |
| 28.04.2022 | Easter long weekend: Road fatalities DECLINE in MOST provinces | Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has revealed that South Africa recorded less deaths on the roads this past Easter long weekend, compared to the previous year during the same period.
Meanwhile KwaZulu-Natal recorded the highest decline in ... |
| 06.01.2022 | Mbalula welcomes sentencing of former PRASA employee | Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula welcomes arrest of former PRASA employee
Photo source: Flickr
The Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula has welcomed the 12-year prison sentence imposed on a former employee at the Passenger Rail Agency of S... |
| 29.06.2021 | Improved Fleet Efficiency And Reduced Costs Make Electric Vehicles The Smart Choice | BMW i4
Eskom’s Chief Executive Officer, Andre de Ruyter, has warned that South Africa can expect another five years of load shedding as the country continues to face a shortfall of 4 000 megawatts. Not only do these rolling blackouts hinder... |
| 29.06.2021 | Improved Fleet Efficiency And Reduced Costs Make Electric Vehicles The Smart Choice | BMW i4 |
| - | Mbalula says skills shortage and lacking funds hurt efforts to fix roads | Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula was answering written parliamentary questions about road infrastructure. Photos: Flickr
Many in South Africa lament the conditions of roads and hope the government can solve the issues. However, Transport M... |
