A Licence To Drive GRN Cars

THE policy of government is confusing when it comes to the driving licences of its staff members.

The same senior staff members who are encouraging the staff to get/obtain drivers licences are the same people who change the policy to say that if your licence is not a year old, you will not be allowed to drive any government car. No problem at all with the policy, but those encouraging their staff members to obtain drivers licences should think before they act. Some ministries are short of drivers and in these cases official trips have to be postponed as it is only drivers whose licences are older than one year old who are allowed to drive. Official, gazetted government or advertised vacancies of the ministries which have the requirement ‘drivers license’ should clearly indicate that such licence must be older than one year from the date of issue, so that the applicants whose licences that are not older than one year old won’t waste their time to apply. A message need to also go out to the seniors in offices who are abusing government cars to stop doing so. The seniors should also not become jealous when the junior staff obtain their licences. It also does not state that if a person has a licence that is not older than one year, that they are disqualified from driving any government car.MikeWindhoekNote: Name and address provided – Ed