Many professions require the employee to have a valid driver’s licence. This is necessary for insurance purposes and also to ensure that some protection and good care is given to company vehicles which those individuals may be entrusted with driving.

Failure to have a valid drivers licence is the single most quoted reason for insurance companies rejecting accident claims. South Africa has one of the highest drivers licence fraud rates in the world, with estimates of the numbers of invalid drivers licenses of over 20 percent. Out of a group of 20 people, 4 will have a false drivers license.

In fact, you can ever order a false drivers license over the internet and have it delivered to your door. See example below:

Under these circumstances, it is nothing short of recklessness not to ensure that all Drivers Licences and Professional Driving Permits in your company are validated as genuine.