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South Africa's driving licence card rates among the best in the world in terms of its security features. |
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On 28 February 14,616 such transactions were recorded, the highest number for a single day since the inception of the eNaTIS in April last year. ‘In March and April 2003 there was a last-minute rush by members of the public to convert their driving licences contained in identity documents to the credit card format,’ says Werner Koekemoer, eNaTIS project manager. ‘We’ve now passed the end of the first five-year card validity period. Thus, most of the drivers who converted last are now applying for their second credit-card-format driving licence. An elevated demand is expected until the end of April this year. In addition to the increase in driving licence card orders, learner’s licence transactions also rose by more than 12% in February. The system handled the increased volumes effortlessly and system users reported satisfactory transaction speeds. Moreover, zero downtime during business hours ensured optimal system availability.’ 12,622,524 transactions were recorded during February 2008. This represents a slight month-on-month decrease of 4.31% compared to January 2008 (when 13,190,971 transactions were recorded). This reduction is represented mainly in the system-to-system interfaces, as transactions performed by users showed a 0,85% increase from January to February.The breakdown of the transactions performed during February 2008 is as follows: 75,571 learner’s licence authorisations, 254,890 driving licence card orders, 68,775 vehicle record introductions, 284,524 vehicle registrations and 891,168 vehicle licensing transactions. In addition, 100,885 reports were executed on the system. These reports are utilised for, among others, financial reconciliations and audits. Daily transaction volumes exceeded the 600,000 mark on three occasions during the month, with 28 February being the busiest day (633,236 transactions performed). A total number of 3,325,750 transactions were performed on other computer systems that have interfaces to the eNaTIS (such as those of the South African Police Service, vehicle manufacturers, banks and insurance companies), while users of the eNaTIS application at registering authorities, testing stations and provincial authorities performed 9,296,774 transactions. The Johannesburg service centre once again performed the most transactions (822,229) followed by Pretoria (608,074) the City of Cape Town (574,836), Durban (299,767) and Germiston (186,956). With 66,324 transactions Mercedes-Benz SA was the most active non-governmental entity using a system-to-system interface with the eNaTIS, followed by Volkswagen SA (52,020), Toyota SA (46,777), General Motors SA (43,083) and TransUnion HPI (33,809). To access a daily breakdown of the transactions performed during February, click here. |
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