Disc, license renewal requirements waived amid system failures
staff writer | Thursday April 2, 2026 20:42
Delivering a national briefing today, President Duma Boko said the Department of Road Transport and Safety’s renewal system had failed to keep up with growing demand, forcing government to invoke extraordinary measures.
“The national transport system for renewals has been failing to keep up with the number of demand for renewals put forth in the system across the country. This has led to long queues across the country, and as a government we have taken a decision to waiver the requirement for drivers to have up to date vehicle and driver licenses,” he said.
The decision effectively provides temporary relief to motorists who have been unable to renew their documents due to system backlogs, outages and administrative bottlenecks that have plagued the department for years.
In recent months, motorists have reported spending hours in some cases days attempting to secure renewals, with repeated system downtime and slow processing times compounding frustrations.
The challenges are however, not new, the transport system has historically struggled with capacity constraints, particularly during peak renewal periods, often resulting in nationwide backlogs.
Previous attempts to digitise and streamline the process have yielded limited success, with intermittent system upgrades failing to fully resolve underlying inefficiencies.