Number Plates Shortage: Govt Urges Use Of Temporary Identification Cards (TICs)

Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Joel Biggie Matiza announced that those unable to register their cars owing to a shortage of number plates should obtain Temporary Identification Cards (TICs) for indefinite use as Government works on addressing the matter.

TICs were usually 14 days. Said Matiza:

Any newly-imported vehicles may not be driven on our public roads until and unless they have some form of acceptable and displayed identification documents such as Temporary Identification Cards (TICs). The validity period of Temporary Identification Cards has with immediate effect, and in consultation with the Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, been relaxed to run for an indefinite period from the date of issue, and until further notice from the statutory standard 14 days. Again and in consultation with the Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, Government has decided to allow the use of Temporary Identification Cards throughout the country without confining usage to a specific and or confined route, again for an indefinite period from the date of issue until further notice. The foregoing official documents (TICs) are readily available at the Motor Industry Association of Zimbabwe (MIAZ) in all the major cities in the country and at all major border entry points and there should not be any excuse whatever for failure to display them while on our roads.

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