{"id":235926,"date":"2022-09-01T16:26:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T14:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/new-south-african-driving-licence-card-approved\/"},"modified":"2022-09-01T16:26:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T14:26:48","slug":"new-south-african-driving-licence-card-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/new-south-african-driving-licence-card-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"New South African Driving Licence Card approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202209\/drivinglicences.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Cabinet has approved the replacement of the current Driving Licence Card to a one with more secure design features.<\/p>\n<p>The current system has been in operation since 1998.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday, Cabinet said the technology has since evolved and it is becoming expensive to maintain the current infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new proposed card will make the country\u2019s driving licence compatible with the International Information Technology Personal Identification Compliant Driving Licence (ISO18013),\u201d Cabinet said.<\/p>\n<p>In February this year, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula announced that department plans to introduce a new driving licence card in South Africa from October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a media briefing held at the time, Minister Mbalula said the new card will feature a number of security enhancements and international recognition \u2013 meaning it can be used as a form of identification.<\/p>\n<p>He said that following cabinet approval, the Department of Transport will undergo a procurement process, with the new licence card expected to be piloted in October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister said that the current card will be phased out over a five-year period, with the government also looking at extending the renewal period of the card from five to ten years. \u2013<strong>&nbsp;SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cabinet has approved the replacement of the current Driving Licence Card to a one with more secure design features. The current system has been in operation since 1998. In a statement on Thursday, Cabinet said the technology has since evolved and it is becoming expensive to maintain the current infrastructure. \u201cThe new proposed card will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-235926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/new-south-african-driving-licence-card-approved.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}