Lerato Mailoane
The Gauteng Department of Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure will introduce interventions to curb corruption at driving licence testing centres (DLTC).
Announcing department's plans during the current financial year at the legislature, Roads and Transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo said: "We have identified alleged acts of corruption as manipulating and interfering with the nline booking system."
To end this negative trend, he said he would appoint a forensic investigating team tocrack this corrupt practice and increase the availability of booking slots.
"I am pleased to announce that we have now appointed Ligwa Advisory Services as a decisive intervention in this regard, they just started their work this week.
The department would also be expanding the rollout of the smart queue management solution at all DLTC's to track real live performance of personnel at every given moment, the performance of the equipment and machinery on a live platform.
The MEC said Members of Mayoral Committees (MMC's) responsible for DLTC's have also agreed to rollout this technology in their facilities.
"For the long term, we have appointed the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) working with Gerotek to help us with better solutions to resolve this crisis moving forward.
"They will be presenting us with a project plan that will see us leveraging smart technologies to resolve this matter. We are working with national government, the Road Traffic Corporation (RTMC) and have brought in the Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) to resolve this matter," he said