# [TOP STORY] Joburg’s vehicle licence paper shortage exposes deeper government failure

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Podcast: [Moneyweb@Midday](https://stenobird.com/podcast/moneyweb-midday-60224)
Published: 2026-07-27T12:34:00+00:00
Episode link: https://iono.fm/e/1700677
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‘It's not like they didn't know that they were running out of paper. It's not like they don't know how many people are coming to have their licences done and renewed. So this is just sheer incompetence,’ says Wayne Duvenage, CEO of OUTA. Moneyweb

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