 
MEDIA STATEMENT
PRISONERS ABLE TO CONVERT THEIR DRIVING LICENCESAs part of it's commitment to service delivery and good governance, officials from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport made a special trip to the Pietermaritzburg and Serfontein prisons to enable prisoners to convert their driving licences to the new credit card type format. We have gone to great lengths to ensure that as many drivers as possible will be able to convert their licences before the February 28 deadline. As we draw towards the conclusion of this programme ending on 28 February 2003 all registering authorities in this province have been requested to extend their office hours for the handling of cash transactions and even further for the delivery and collection of credit card driving licences. The RTI offices are now also open on Saturdays and this will extend throughout February as an additional service to the public in order to accommodate those who have waited until the last minute to complete the conversion process. According to the Government Gazette of 23 January 2003, the CCF licence will be the only driving licence acceptable after February 2003. After that anyone without it will be regarded as an unlicensed driver.
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