The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport is calling on all Minibus Taxi Operators in possession of written permissions and hand-written operating licenses which were issued in lieu of their applications not having been finalised for either conversion of permits, transfers, replacements, renewal or Be Legal Campaign (BLC).
The Directorate: Registration and Operating Licensing extended an invitation to minibus taxi operators in November 2011 and it had since been found that not all affected operators had responded.
All affected minibus taxi operators are requested to submit their written permissions/ backup letters and/or hand written operating licenses with the following requirements.
- A filled and signed Application Form by the applicant;
- Certified copy of Identity Document;
- Certified copy of Certificate of Fitness;
- Certified copy of Registration Certificate;
- Letter from a Taxi Association (Original);
- Tax clearance certificate from SARS (Original);
- Letter of inspection for older vehicles (Original);
- Written Permission/ Conversion acknowledgement and hand written operating licenses of the vehicle that applicant is applying for (Original).
Transfers must have been concluded prior to 2009.
The closing date for submissions is 31 January 2012.
Application forms are to be submitted at the following departmental offices:
- Johannesburg: 91 Commissioner Street, 2 nd Floor, Batho Pele Building;
- Pretoria: 345 Corner DF Malan Drive and Proes Street;
- West Rand (Mogale City) Corner Park and 6 th Avenue, Randfontein.