The Department of Transport has asked inexperienced truck drivers to register for training as promised in the Road Freight Logistics Task Team Implementation Plan activity 10 which aims to capacitate South African truck drivers. The DoT promised to enhance local truck drivers’ skills through the Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) driver training support program. DoT […]
The minister for employment and labour, Thulas Nxesi has admitted that there is no shortage of skilled truck drivers in South Africa in agreement with what ATDF-ASA has always been saying. Nxesi revealed his findings on Monday while giving an update on issues in the trucking industry that have seen local truck drivers block roads
The KZN Dept of Transport has initiated an internal investigation after a video emerged on social media with driving licence cards on the ground and the person recording the video inviting drivers to collect them from the flood-damaged Rossburgh Driver Licence Testing Centre (DLTC). The video which has been circulating on social media shows hundreds
Truck drivers using foreign-issued Professional Driving Permit (PDP) and their employers may rest easy after the parliament rejected proposed amendments to the Transport Regulations. Earlier this year, the Department of Transport (DoT) published proposed amendments to the Transport Regulations in the government gazette. The proposed amendments would have effectively prohibited a foreign driver, who does
Minister Fikile Mbalula has warned motorists to expect permanent roadblocks as road safety campaigns intensify. “We are going to intensify the campaign. There will be permanent roadblocks in the hotspots,” Mbalula said. Mbalula has joined operations in Mpumalanga on the N4 near Belfast to check on motorist compliance. The minister and Mpumalanga premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane
Three KZN Department of Transport officials were arrested on Thursday 12 November for fraudulently issuing learner’s and driver’s licence to undeserving candidates. The arrests follow an investigation, by the department’s internal investigative unit, which has been ongoing for the past few months. So far 83 drivers have been blacklisted on the national traffic information system
Durban – Responding to questions on the action the department was taking to stop carnage on KwaZulu-Natal roads which have seen 30 people die in two separate crashes involving trucks, KZN Department of Transport said they have blacklisted 83 drivers. One of the drivers was arrested at the Pinetown testing station while trying to renew
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The Department of Home Affairs have managed to arrest a number of undocumented truck drivers during an early morning raid at a truck stop in Port Elizabeth. Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said that his department was working very hard to deal with reports that there was a number of illegal immigrants employed in the
Driver’s licences will soon become more digital and mobile as the Department of Transport upgrades its ageing system. The department briefed Parliament on its budget, strategic plan, and annual performance plan on Wednesday. The department said that the Driving Licence Card Account (DLCA) – a trading entity of the Department of Transport which is responsible
