Department seeks to stop fraud and corruption at car and driver testing centres
Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi says the RTMC will ramp up probes of claims of unlawful conduct relating to registering vehicles, and the issuing of drivers licences
An audit of all vehicle testing centres and driver and learner testing centres is under way, to root out fraud and corruption as part of a broader bid to reduce road deaths.Criminal prosecution is on the cards.Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi told a briefing in Pretoria on Monday that the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) would work with the Special Investigating Unit to "intensify investigations into allegations of unlawful and improper conduct relating to the registration and licensing of motor vehicles together with irregularities in the issuing of driving licences".Disclosing the festive season road traffic deaths and volumes‚ the minister said preliminary data for the period starting December 1 2017 to January 9 2018 showed that there were 1‚527 people who died on the roads in that period compared to 1‚714 fatalities in the same period the previous year. This represents a 11% decline‚ which surpassed the 10% target. For the extended holiday period from December 1 to ...
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