The country’s new electronic national traffic information system (eNaTIS) would be up and running by Wednesday, officials said.
National transport spokesperson Collen Msibi said the department would be running tests on the system on Tuesday to ensure it was viable for public use.
”We would like to say that the system is up and running and we would like people to go to their traffic centres tomorrow [Wednesday] for transaction on the eNatis system,” said Msibi.
On Monday, technicians worked through the night in a bid to fix the system. Work on the system took longer than expected, preventing centres from opening throughout the country.
Backlogs, technical glitches and shaky, slow systems have been reported at testing stations around the country since the eNaTIS system was introduced last month.
Msibi said problems were caused by the current server capacity.
”It [the installation] is going to clear up the problems.”
The registration of new vehicles had been a large problem, he said.
Last week, the Cabinet called on the country to be patient while the problems with eNaTIS were being ironed out.
The system was intended to prevent driving schools from making block bookings, which had often prevented individuals from making appointments.
It also aimed to reduce corruption by making it impossible for examiners to see the list of applicants, and vice versa.
The new service was electronic and meant traffic-related transactions could be done through automated teller machines and the internet. – Sapa