The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has disclosed that the production of Drivers Licence Cards has normalised.
RTSA Acting Senior Public Relations Manager Fredrick Mubanga said the agency has received an increase in the number of applicants applying for drivers licences countrywide due to the increased number of motors vehicles in the country.
Mr Mubanga said the simulated backlog that was experienced in the recent past has since been addressed.
He said in a statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today that the agency has so far printed and dispatched over 28, 000 cards to all RTSA stations since it resumed the normal operations of card printing on August 10, 2014.
Mr Mubanga has advised members of the public who had applied for driver’s licences in the past few months to check for the licences in various RTSA stations.
He said RTSA is currently working on modalities to enhance the card printing facility so as to ensure that drivers licenses applied for are issued within the stipulated period of 30 days after application.
He further stressed that a temporal license is a valid license and does not need extensions.
Mr Mubanga however said in cases where it is inevitable, extension would be done by way of printing duplicate temporal drivers licence at no fee.
ok thanks..coming to get mine on tuesday..beter b there
did he say u don’t need to extend the temporal license when it expires after a month?. wonder if the traffic police knows this or the do it deliberately to trouble us when the find the temporal license is expired.
They have connived to help each other make lunch money. The cop I will just say “who told you? Walakwa pakinga!”
We need to move further. With facial recognition facilities now we can safely renew documents with a new photo taken plus NEW information. This idea of filling in forms with information that is already on record is counter-productive. Well done, RTSA for making steps to make this process bearable.
rubbish i got mine from matero.
RATSA could you also instill a sense of urgency at Kabangwe police check point on great north road where we spend hours due to Police sluggish way of clearing cars. Wether the queue of cars stretches to OYDC, it is business as usual for these cops
The story is so disjointed. We are first told Licence issuing has normalised. Then theres an increase in the no of applicants. We are then told of a simulated backlog arises. And it is addressed. Mwebantu, story telling is an art…a reporter should be able to link one sentence to another logically.
And please stop the nonsense of hiding and jumping on the bush trying to stop speeding vehicles 122 Km/h saying the maximum speed is 120km/m. Watch out!
Why roadblocks anyway? And who is supposed to man roadblocks, cops or ratsa? Or are cops and ratsa one and the same animal?
TOO MUCH CORRUPTION AT RATSA. WITH AN ARROGANT CEO BROTHER IN-LAW TO THE MINISTER YOU EXPECT NOTHING BUT UNPROFESSIONAL-ISM
Why is it that all of the sudden the traffic officers seem to be working very hard to an extent of using their own cars to patrol on roads,even on paths?Why can’t we see the same with other police departments?
What is a “simulated backlog”? Is RATSA just pretending to have a backlog?
Also, given that August 10, 2014 was a Sunday, I somehow doubt that is when RATSA “resumed the normal operations” …..unless maybe these were simulated operations?
Total lies! Temporary drivers licences have been issued since the new format licences were introduced many years ago. The backlog is real and not simulated. RTSa normally extend the temporary licences with a fresh date and stamp and this can be done for 6 to 9 months even in Lusaka. All the other excuses and explanations are lies. These rats are lazy and corrupt.
Hi There,
Are you aware of any Delays in the Printing of Cards at the moment? Please let me know.
Many thanks.
Is anybody aware of any Delays in the Printing of Cards at the moment? Please let me know.