North West MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management Gaoage Molapisi warned the newly recruited examiners to stay away from fraud and corruption while executing their duties of examining learner and driver’s licenses at testing centres in province.

“Fraud and corruption will take you out of the system before you get into it. If you are found in such activities you would be blacklisted and never appointed anywhere in the country as examiner because we are putting you into a national system. Don’t allow yourself to be used whenever you are.

Your compromise would be compromising the department, and always keep in mind that fraud and corruption will never be tolerated at any licensing centre of the province. All we need from you is to demonstrate ability and seriousness in your work,” said Molapisi.

The MEC said the department will establish a provincial intervention team which will assist where there is crisis in all testing centres of the province.

“We are faced with a huge challenge on shortage of examiners, in this regard the department is going to establish an intervention team that will assist in all driver license testing centres and vehicle testing stations including municipalities to ensure that services are rendered efficiently and effectively to our communities,” he said.

The seven examiners were recruited by the Department through learnership programme in partnership with the South African Safety and Security Training Authority (SASSETA) to address the shortage of examiners in the province.

The learners have completed a course in examination of driver license and vehicle testing with the Tshwane Metropolitan Traffic College. Meanwhile, the department has sent the second group of new recruits to the college to complete the course. The learners would be placed in testing centres across the province for practical experience upon completion.

Molapisi said the department intends to recruit about 150 examiners in a period of three years.-TDN
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