Trouble for anyone renewing their driving licence in South Africa’s most populated city

• Drivers being turned away from Johannesburg's driving licence testing centres due to operational paralysis
• The City of Johannesburg has withheld over a year's worth of licensing agency fees, resulting in rationing of face-value paper and severe shortages of basic consumables
• Motorists are facing long queues, closed doors, and administrative backlogs, with officials and political structures responsible for the failures remaining in place