BY REGINALD KANYANE
THE North West province has new number plates. The new securitised plates were unveiled in Mathibestad in Moretele yesterday.
Community safety and transport management MEC, Gaoage Molapisi said that North West was the first province to officially launched new security tight bar-coded number plate.
He said that the new number plates will contribute in reducing incidents of car theft and hijacking that were on the increase lately.
“Theft of prestigious, high-value vehicles is on the increase across the country. Highly-organised criminal gangs are using sophisticated technology to override the car security. The new number plates will come out with a bar-code. It will be easy for the police to verify the car information. With the bar codes, it would be impossible for number plate clowning,” he said.
Molapisi said that while criminals were always crafty, there is assurance that the new number plates will be fool-proof.
“Criminals are smarter, so we need to impede their criminal activities. The North West premier, Supra Mahumapelo has received his number plate already. Government departments’ fleet will receive their numbers soon,” he said.
The MEC also indicated that the processing of new number plates was officially open and motorists should be ready to take up the new plates.
“The system will be rolled out alphabetically. Those whom their number plates start with letter
A alphabet will be the first on the list. However no one will be penalised for not having new number plates,” Molapisi said.
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