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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The ministry of transport\u2019s traffic department has released a press statement informing the nation about some changes that have been introduced. In the statement, the ministry has said every Mosotho who is in the process of transitioning from a temporary driving license to a permanent one will only be able to access services on Saturdays and Sundays between 08:00am and 2:00pm.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, those getting new licenses and renewals will continue to be served between Monday and Friday during regular hours. The ministry this has been done to avoid congestion caused by motorists who are collecting their licenses. The nation will be alerted when the situation gets back to normal, the ministry said in the statement.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. The ministry of transport\u2019s traffic department has released a press statement informing the nation about some changes that have been introduced. In the statement, the ministry has said every Mosotho who is in the process of transitioning from a temporary driving license to a permanent one will only be able to access […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":26341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233,246,349,245],"class_list":["post-26343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-lesotho","tag-department","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"\nBid to ease congestion at the traffic department offices - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The ministry of transport\u2019s traffic department has released a press statement informing the nation about some changes th ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/bid-to-ease-congestion-at-the-traffic-department-offices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bid to ease congestion at the traffic department offices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The ministry of transport\u2019s traffic department has released a press statement informing the nation about some changes th ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/bid-to-ease-congestion-at-the-traffic-department-offices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-16T08:43:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-16T09:06:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678943700.92.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"670\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/bid-to-ease-congestion-at-the-traffic-department-offices#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/bid-to-ease-congestion-at-the-traffic-department-offices\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bid to ease congestion at the traffic department offices\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-16T08:43:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-16T09:06:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/bid-to-ease-congestion-at-the-traffic-department-offices\"},\"wordCount\":140,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/bid-to-ease-congestion-at-the-traffic-department-offices#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678943700.92.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Lesotho\",\"Department\",\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/bid-to-ease-congestion-at-the-traffic-department-offices#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/bid-to-ease-congestion-at-the-traffic-department-offices\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/bid-to-ease-congestion-at-the-traffic-department-offices\",\"name\":\"Bid to ease congestion at the traffic department offices - 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