The City of Tshwane is becoming technologically advanced and this was showcased at the successful launch of a computerised learner licence testing system at the Centurion Licencing Centre, which was led by the Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, who was accompanied by the Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC, Jacob Mamabolo, and the City of Tshwane Administrator, Gilberto Martins.
The computerised learner licence test is done in real time with the introduction of this modern technology. It has a bank of questions which are drawn completely at random, so that a learner can never predict which questions he/she will receive. As soon as a learner completes the final question, he/she will receive the results. This cuts down on the waiting time and prevents any kind of possible corruption between a learner and the examiner. One of the key advantages of the computerised system is that a learner can take the test in any of the country’s 11 official languages.
“We continue to serve our citizens by ensuring that we invest in technology in our quest to accelerate service delivery. Modernising the licencing system has become part of our essential services,” Administrator Martins said.
The system is designed in such way that it promotes social distancing, and it is user-friendly and efficient in complying with COVID-19 risk-mitigation measures.
As part of the City’s workplace occupational health and safety readiness, we are working around the clock to ensure that our seven licencing centres are ready to welcome the return of employees by ensuring the provision of personal protective equipment and encouraging adherence to all measures put in place to prevent the transmission and spread of COVID-19 when we resume operations on 1 June 2020.
Residents are urged to use the online booking system. The City will ensure that only clients with a reference number and a prior appointment are allowed to enter our premises. No client will be allowed access to any of our licencing centres without a protective face mask, and screening and testing will be conducted at all entry points.
The rules are simple: No booking, no service. No reference number, no service.
The new computerised learner licence testing system will be rolled out to the other centres in the regions of Tshwane in the coming weeks and months.
The Minister of Transport said that licence testing centres, registering authorities, vehicle testing stations and driving schools would resume their services with effect from 1 June 2020, subject to hygiene, disinfection control, social distancing and sanitising measures being adhered to. “If these measures are not put in place or are put in place but not observed, the centre will be closed,” Mbalula warned.