{"id":168109,"date":"2020-10-08T14:40:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T12:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/do-not-to-use-companies-claiming-to-be-able-to-assist-with-license-renewals\/"},"modified":"2020-10-08T14:40:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T12:40:27","slug":"do-not-to-use-companies-claiming-to-be-able-to-assist-with-license-renewals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/do-not-to-use-companies-claiming-to-be-able-to-assist-with-license-renewals\/","title":{"rendered":"Do not to use companies claiming to be able to assist with license renewals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/do-not-to-use-companies-claiming-to-be-able-to-assist-with-license-renewals\/\">Do not to use companies claiming to be able to assist with license renewals<\/a>: <input type=\"hidden\" class=\"simple-love-fix\" data-id=\"1960\" value=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dear Johannesburg<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng is aware that there is a huge licensing backlog in the province and that residents are struggling to get timeslots to renew their licences. <\/p>\n<p>We have been made aware that there are companies who are offering to assist residents with their licenses and are charging between R2000 and R3000 for their services.  <\/p>\n<p>In addition, there are also people standing outside the licensing department soliciting money from residents to assist them in getting their licenses renewed.  <\/p>\n<p>This is illegal and is aiding in corruption. We urge members of the public to not pay any money over to these so-called \u2018service providers\u2019.  <\/p>\n<p>A strategy to deal with the huge backlogs is long overdue and we therefore call on the MEC for Roads and Transport, Jacob Mamabolo to put a plan in place to deal with these backlogs.  <\/p>\n<p>If you are approached by anyone claiming to be able to assist you with renewing your license, please report this to our tipoff line tipoffgp@da.org.za <\/p>\n<p>Regards<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fred Nel MPL<\/strong><br \/> <em>DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Roads and Transport<\/em><\/p>\n<p><small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/do-not-to-use-companies-claiming-to-be-able-to-assist-with-license-renewals\/\">MyJHB<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MyJHB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join the fun:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/add-your-event\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Add Your event<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mypr.co.za\/submit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit a Press Release<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/directory\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Add your listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do not to use companies claiming to be able to assist with license renewals: Dear Johannesburg The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng is aware that there is a huge licensing backlog in the province and that residents are struggling to get timeslots to renew their licences. 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