Important Notice, Due to Covid-19
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Date Updated 02/05/2020.......................................................................................................................................
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As per the Statement issued by our Minister of Transport{Honourable-Fikile Mbalula}
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https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2020-05-01-in-full-fikile-mbalulas-speech-on-level-4-rules-for-taxis-trains-buses-and-private-vehicles/
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We{Bangani'z Driving School CC} will be starting with, Driving Lessons on Monday-04/05/2020 Learners can make bookings on our online link.
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1) "A Mask is a Must, No mask no driving lessons"
2) We will have hand sanitizer, but preferably use your own, (No gloves Please) Hand Sanitizer is More than enough.
3) If not Feeling Well,
A) "Stay Home"
B) Don't hesitate to use our Online Link to do the following:
*Cancel your driving Appointment/lesson(s) {24hrs in Advance}.
*Book Driving Appointments/Lesson(s) at least 24hrs before your driving Appointment/Lesson(s) you will not be penalized, as long as you stick to the above Rules.
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Covid-19 is real!!!
Be Safe, Protect yourself & Protect others.
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Terms rules and conditions for this driving school
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Bookings: Learners/Drivers Licence
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Go to the link: https://visibook.com/banganizdrivingschoolcc................................................................. Submit your name by booking a slot no later than Saturday, we will then take your information and secure a booking for you.
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More information on Bookings: Read Below!!!
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Driving School Staff doing Online bookings for Clients.
NB-- {SUBMIT INFORMATION TO US, NO LATER THAN SATURDAY OF EVERY WEEK, BE AVAILABLE TO GO AND CONFIRM THE BOOKING, WITHIN 3 WORKING DAYS FROM THE DAY WE GOT IT FOR YOU}
NB-Please Submit A Copy/Picture of your I.D(Learners Licence Bookings) or Learners Licence Copy(Drivers Licence Bookings) via whatsapp to our 0760172528 in order for us to do bookings for you Sunday Morning.
Transportation: Will be available the Following week from the Saturday You Submitted your Booking details to us.
NB-If we got you a Learners/Drivers Booking you Must be available to go and Confirm it at the Licencing Department within 3 Working Days from the day we got it For you, Otherwise it will Expire & you will Forfeit all the Money paid to us for Learners or Drivers Licence Bookings
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Any payments and or cancellations or re-arrangement of services of any kind must be done 24 hours or before 12 noon the day before services or if you’re lesson or service is on a Monday it must be done on Saturday by 12 noon or you will lose or have to pay for that service requested. If you are sick we require a doctor’s letter as proof and then half the service or lesson will be charged. Using our vehicle or bike for hire, must be paid for 1 week before the test. All services paid for must be completed by you in 2 months or the monies will be forfeited. We will be able to for fill that service. Your leaner’s licence is valid for 24 months please do not wait till almost the end to do your licence as this puts unnecessary pressure on everyone and endangers the instructor’s life. Instructors and testing officers have died whilst teaching or testing.
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Any abusive language or threats of any kind towards any staff member from a client or their friend’s family or spouse will result in instant loss of your fees and services and a criminal charge can be made.
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If you the client is more than 15min late then the instructor will leave and you lose the service paid for. All attempts will be made to contact you. You may also not change the address where to be collected or dropped off unless it is 24 hours or before 12 the previous day and is not too far from the original address (2km) as the driving school works on a narrow tight time schedule. Please do not take it for granted that if we are at the collection place and we don’t send a message that you assume we are not there because cell networks can go off-line. You booked the lesson or service so please go out to the car.
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Payments for services must be made prior to making any appointments, either via Website( Online), EFT, Cash Deposits or any other cash transfer mediums available or at least 24hrs or before 12 the day before services are to start.
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The driving school or instructors cannot be held responsible if you gave us a date and time for your test only to find out when we get there to collect you that you made a mistake with the time or date or code or all of the mentioned items and documents, the full fee for that service will still be charged.
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According to driving school policy you should be ready for your test at least one week before your test. If you do not take our advice in this matter and you fail your test, then we cannot be held responsible. We’ve had clients that simply do not want to take our advice then unfortunately you might fail your test. It is also dangerous to you and us if you ignore our advice.
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If you pay upfront for any services and for some reason the car or motorcycle breaks down or for some reason cannot operate then your service will resume as soon as possible, this is a high-risk industry so if you waited till the last moment before your learners expires and note you have 24 months then we cannot be held responsible. We have had people come to us on the 23rd month, that’s unreasonable.
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We do use a short bit of your time on a lesson to fill in forms and client info this is standard practice and in accordance to the driving school mandate of South Africa.
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Once services have been agreed upon and address then only with the consent of the owner of the driving school or instructor will a change of pick up location be accepted and if it falls outside of a reasonable distance, more than 5km from the first agreed upon address then an extra fee per lesson or service can be charged by the driving school as prices and special offers are worked out according to distance driven to collect a client.
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The driving school or instructor reserves the right to not allow you in the vehicle or ask you to get out if you the client becomes abusive includes verbal abuse or you seem intoxicated or not in a right state of mind. An explanation via email or phone call will be given as to why we refused you services. The full fee for that service will still be charged to you.
The driving school, its staff, owner or management will not be held responsible for any loss damage or injury sustained to you or your vehicle whilst you are a client with us. In all aspects, reasonable risk management has been taken and being in a dangerous job all possible safety measures are in place to secure the safety of everyone.
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By using your own vehicle or motorcycle for services the danger is higher than using ours, so we prefer our vehicle because it normally has dual controls. Also, unless otherwise agreed upon the full fee will be charged if you use your own vehicle or motorcycle.
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Refund Policy:
BDS Driving School CC is an Excellent Service Provider of Choice and thus does not do cash refunds, clients who voluntarily deposit money in our account, can expect us to provide the service paid for. As long as we have the ability and resources to provide the service, we cannot be held liable to do cah refunds to clients.
Once you have paid for any service of any kind no refunds will be given only re-arrangement of dates and times will be accepted as long as it falls within 2 months of when services where first paid for.
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We [BDS driving school] reserves the right to change vehicles and instructors, as accidents and vehicles breaking down is common in this business. Also instructors joining or leaving the services of the school. Another driving instructor or person employed by the driving school will continue with the same service you paid for at the same quality.
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This driving school does not guarantee the same vehicle and or instructor for services. You may request another instructor if you are not happy with any service and according to the CCMA Labour Laws the instructor will be called in and an internal hearing held and or warning letter issued and refunds will not be done because we can provide thee same service paid for. This is taken very seriously by the owner of the school.
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No guarantees can be made concerning learners or drivers licence bookings at government stations for example electricity cuts or their staff is on strike or for any reason beyond possible means of knowing it beforehand. The driving school cannot be held responsible for government mess-ups or long queue’s and if we have to take you again to the station we have to charge again, or if the date you are given by them does not suite you, we are not in control of the government stations and dates and times is beyond our control. If we for example charge you R200 for a service but the government cannot provide this service then it is neither your or out fault then we both lose 50% of the fee we charged you.
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Driving schools or parents by law according to the government may not make bookings on behalf of clients only the client may. Meaning, learners or driver’s license bookings.
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Nobody else except the clients and instructor are allowed in the vehicle, unless the owner of the driving schools gives permission.
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No client’s parents or spouse or friend may follow our vehicle as this endangers the client and its staff.
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The driving school reserves the right to change lesson times within a reasonable time frame and will only do this in case of a vehicle being in an accident or breaking down or if the instructor becomes sick. All attempts will be made to give the service you paid for, but when an accident or vehicle breaking down occurs the driving school cannot be held responsible for loss of a learners or driving test booking appointment as this industry is a very high-risk industry. A learners licence is valid for 24 months so if you wait till the end and something happens then we cannot be held responsible. We often get clients waiting till number 99 to do their driving test or bike test and then put us under a lot of pressure which may endanger the client and instructor.
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Driving tests take priority and we reserve the right to change lesson or other services, with as little inconvenience to you the client as possible.
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All services asked for by you the client is to be paid for and unless otherwise stated nothing regarding services is for free.
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Make sure you the client books all relevant services by the government or driving school as it is not taken for granted that you want to use our vehicle or service for tests done by the government testing stations.
Make sure you have all relevant documentation as the driving school does not take responsibility for you forgetting for example your ID book or monies or having the wrong document’s or wrong times and days. All this information is available online/( Online bookings) or can be asked for from your driver or driving instructor.
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We reserve the right to cancel services with no refunds when or if you the client or any of your acquaintances becomes verbally or physically abusive towards any of the staff members or owner of the driving school, this includes phone calls or messages of any kind too. Or a constant arguing back and forth about something that the client spouse or parent is irritated about, we have been in the business since 2007 so we know what we are doing. A reasonable explanation will be given to you via email from the instructor or owner of the driving school as to why we will refuse a service either paid for or still to be paid for.
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The driving school or staff cannot be blamed if you fail your learners and or driving test. We have been in this business since 2007 so we know what we are doing is professional concerning your training to get your learners and or driving licence.
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Services on a public holiday, Sunday's or last Saturday of the month will not take place, unless agreed upon by you and the instructor and one can expect to pay either between 50-100% more for Services offered on these special occasions.
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Lessons or services can be refused or shifted by the driving school when it is dark or there are hazardous weather conditions unless otherwise agreed upon by the driving school. Or if in any way the driving school deems it to be unsafe for a service to take place for example natural disasters. As we have a responsibility to keep our instructors and you the client safe.
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Phone calls and messages of any kind will not be answered in unreasonable times for example after 7pm or before 7am on public holidays or Sundays unless otherwise by the driving school or instructor. Please leave a message and we will get back to you during our working hours 7am-7pm.
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During the many years of instruction we have often encountered people who become very irritated or frustrated with the government or some family issue who then take it out on our driving instructors or the owner. Sometimes pressure is put on the client to accomplish a task that is unreasonable. Some people learn faster than others, this is a dangerous job and people have died in the line of instruction or services given. If we constantly get put under such pressure then the instructor or owner may deny any service because it is potentially dangerous to the client or instructor. We may go as far as to deny the service and monies paid already will be forfeited. The person or persons or company putting pressure on the client does not realise the danger aspects.
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We can also not guarantee progress if the client is not able to learn due to some issue. Some people have had 2 hours and passed others up to 40 hours.
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Over many years and seen that we have delivered the most best professional service possible under sometimes very difficult conditions faced in South Africa. We have hundreds of test reports and photos of our clients passing on test reports given to us and on our Face Book Page. See [https://www.facebook.com/banganiinc] Our Facebook page.
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Concerning making appointments at the government testing station; We cannot guarantee a booking as things regularly go wrong at the station and is beyond our control. It is also standard practice for driving schools to take more than 1 person in the car to make appointments. This may cause a level of discomfort if you the client does not like this then you may request to be alone in the vehicle but then a much higher fee is charged. Our prices are based on a calculation that says at least four(4) people will occupy our cars for bookings or test. If you booked a spot in the car and do not show up on the day of collecting then your fee is still charged as now the driving school has lost out on possible income.
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NB--If clients prefer to get special attention when it comes to Making bookings for Learners or Drivers tests/appointments BDS Driving School CC is a Division of BANGANI INC PTY LTD which also runs shuttle services Via UBER, Clients are not limited to paying our UBER prices.
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If your documentation is not right it is not our responsibility to cross check all the items, you must have with you and if the station denies you a booking because of this then we still charge you. All the relevant info and wording of documents will be sent to you via email and or whatsapp or sms message. Technology is now so advanced that you cannot claim to not know. New laws of proof of residence occurred in Nov 2015, please ask us and to a certain extent it is our responsibility to give you all the relevant information you must have with you but it is almost impossible to guarantee you that you will get a booking from the government. [Please take your glasses with you and an optometrist certificate so if the station goes off line the certificate might be accepted even if you have no vision problems. Info is on Google and enatis.
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Please take note that in our experience it takes a person of average intelligence and co-ordination to do 40-60 hours of driving before they are ready to take the test. We suggest a combination of lessons and using another vehicle to accumulate thee hours necessary. It is not possible to expect the driving school to get someone proficient from not knowing how to drive to proficiency in just 10 or 20 hrs without the client also driving in-between to accumulate proficiency which is on the test report freely available on the internet called K53 test report.
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When you pay for using the car for a test we will do everything possible to help you pass. We can sometimes do a quick parking session or and do a possible route of the test but this route is not fixed and is not guaranteed as testing officers change it constantly. Or no route or parking session will be done if something beyond our control happens for example mechanical failure or sickness or traffic conditions or any other circumstance beyond our control. Sometimes not even the route or parking lesson can be done on that day of your test so it is not guaranteed.
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Please respect your instructor and driving school owner’s privacy as we keep getting messages or calls after 7pm and before 7am, Sundays and public holidays. Leaving a message is acceptable and will be replied to in working hours.
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As you can tell we have been blamed for almost everything going wrong that is not always in our control or part of a reasonable mistake from our side. We have been blamed for an eye test machine not working, we have been cursed at threatened and even our lives have been threatened because of mess-ups by government has made; we simply cannot be blamed for things going wrong beyond our control because of frustrated people.
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TRN (Traffic Register Number) for foreigners are not always accepted at all stations only a valid traffic register number is applicable for Gauteng if issued in Gauteng.
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Please take note that we cannot shuttle clients around we pick up and drop off at said address.
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What you need to take with you when making a learner’s licence appointment or driving test and wording for the proof of residence.
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Learners licence:............................................................................................................................................................
A valid SA ID Book and a certified copy by the Police.
Affidavit of proof of residence original document not a copy certified by the Police
4 colour ID Photos.
Glasses if you have an eye problem and or an optometrist certificate which is also not always accepted at all stations. An optometrist certificate even if you have good vision.
Monies; the driving school charges a fee plus the government which is R110 to make the appointment and R60 when you pass. Not always the same please ask.
When doing the test just your ID Book and the receipt you obtained from the government and your monies.
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WORKING HOURS:.....................................................................................................................................................
BDS Driving School CC Working hours are as shown/(Availability) in this Online Booking Calendar.
We don't work Sundays and Last weekend of the month.
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Driving licence appointment:....................................................................................................................................
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To make the appointment have your original ID book or TRN (Traffic Register Number)
A copy of your ID Book, TRN (Traffic Register Number) certified by the Police.
Your original learner’s licence and a certified copy by the Police.
4 colour ID Photos
Any glasses and an optometrist certificate, not always accepted at all stations though but just encase
Proof of residence wording to follow.
Fees of the driving school plus government fees of [R228-Code 08/B & R240-Code 10/C1] to make the appointment and R228 when you pass. These fees are not always the same amount, please confirm with the Driving School personel or go to the enatis system for the updated fees.
Take with your original ID Book, original learner’s and the receipt from government when doing the test and all your fees.
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All learners and driving test are available for scholars with a school stamped proof of scholar from your school to be tested on a Saturday at some stations. The wording must have your name surname ID number on a letter from your school with its letterhead and a school stamp. For proof of residence means a bill in the name and address not PO Box from the person you live at not older than 3 months, it can be any bill displaying the address stamped by the Police original not a copy.
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Example for client to use for Police purposes for a minor or person in care of another.
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Sworn Statement for proof of residence
I the undersigned legal guardian Name, Surname ………………………………………………………………………………………………
ID Number ………………………………………………………………………………….
Address:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Am the legal guardian/parent of Name Surname………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Id number ………………………………………………………………………………….
Lives with me at address:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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I hereby attach a certified copy of my ID Book this day………………… of month………………….. year ………………………
Signature of guardian/parent…………………………………………………………
contract signature
Please do not pressure us or the client in using words like,” he/she must now pass”, this is the worst type of pressure you can do to your child or student. A MUCH BETTER POSITIVE APPROACH WOULD BE USING WORDS LIKE TRY YOUR BEST. We all know a lot of money has been spent on lessons no need to “rub” it in.
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Lessons are not given to the same client every day unless prior arrangements have been made and again progress is according to the client’s state of mind and many other factors like co-ordinating some people have taken 2 to nearly 200 hours. Yes, we have had students for 3 to 4 years and some just one week. This is a dangerous job by pushing your child or student it makes them make mistakes which can lead to accidents.
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Client has received a copy of this contact 7 pages……………………………………………….………………………………..
Contract signature client……………………………………………………………………….name:……………………………………..
Address:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Instructor………………………………………………………………….. Name……………………………………………………………..
Date………………………………………………..All terms, rules and conditions are on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/madii10117/ including prices and contact information however this contract takes preference because our Facebook page is managed by service providers who may not update it in time or correctly.
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Contact Details:
Madoda Bangani Madii/Dopla(The Manager)
Cell: 0760172528(Whatsapp,Imo)
Tel/Office:(012)-7533215
Google: BANGANI Z DRIVING SCHOOL CC, Twitter Handle, LinkedIn etc.
Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/madii10117/
Fax: 0866076805,E-mail: mrbangani77@gmail.com
MMBANGANI
NB-- For those doing online bookings or appointments via our website https://banganiinc.co.za/
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*We are not responsible for counting the Number of Driving lessons booked, therefore make sure that you book the correct number of lessons paid for by us, or you will be liable to pay for the extra lessons booked or we will forfeit some/all of the money prepaid by us for the services, to reimburse for extra lessons booked.
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