NO REGISTRATION NUMBERS, HUNDREDS TURNED BACK

MBABANE – In what will come as a huge blow to new car owners, some local Revenue Offices are not registering new cars.

Hundreds of locals including companies were turned back at Revenue Offices this week when they attempted to register their new vehicles.
This comes after there were no registration numbers available for people who wanted to register their cars. The registration numbers have to correspond with number plates as well as third plates.
Third plates are adhesive stickers with car registration numbers and in most cases can be seen on rear windows of most locally registered cars.

Information gathered is that the registration numbers are produced by the Ministry of Works and Public Transport then sent to Government Revenue offices for the public to purchase. They are vital in the process of car registration as car owners cannot proceed to have number plates made for them without them.  A call was made to one of the Revenue Offices to investigate why people were turned back.

The officer who answered said registration numbers go together with number plates and third plates. She said that since there were no registration numbers, cars could not be registered. “We do not have the registration numbers, without them we cannot register any motor vehicles,” said the officer in a recorded conversation. The female officer revealed that registration of vehicles was still continuing at Mankayane and Simunye. She noted that there was now a mad rush for car registration at the two Revenue Offices.

Richard Tucker, the Dealer Principal at Auto Truck Centre, confirmed that they were affected by the problem. Tucker said they had to drive all the way to Siteki to register cars.
Obed Zitha, the Senior Sales Executive at Swazi Auto Truck Centre, also confirmed that they were affected by the problem. Auto Truck Centre is located in Manzini. Zitha said they had to drive to Siteki Revenue, 68.5km away from Manzini just to register cars for their clients. He said they were told that there were no registration numbers at Matsapha and Mbabane Revenue Offices which are closer to them.
Zitha revealed that they had to drive to Siteki at least four times last week to register cars for clients. He said he had to register another car on Friday but opted not to as it was expensive for them to travel all the way to Siteki to register one car. He said they would register them once they had more.

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