ERMELO – The Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison has embraced technology and the community gets to benefit greatly. The MEC, Mr Vusi Shongwe, has launched a computerised learner’s licence testing mobile unit at Breyten near Ermelo at Masizakhe Secondary School on Monday, June 1.
The unit will ensure that people living in remote areas of the province won’t have to travel long distances to write their learner’s tests.
“This is a second mobile unit that the department has acquired. The first one has been operational for about five years now. These units will operate in the whole province, especially in areas where there are no computerised facilities for obtaining licences and where there is influx of applicants,” said MEC Mr Vusi Shongwe.
According to Shongwe, these units will also alleviate the level and rate of fraud and corruption in the traffic department.
“Through this project, we want to eliminate possibilities of illegal acquiring of learner’s and driver’s licences. This mobile units will also assist to curb fraud and corruption in the stations where the computerised system has not been implemented yet,” he added.
K53 books were given to learners from the surrounding schools.
