Don’t Get Stopped: Crucial licence renewal deadline before long weekend

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Motorists have been strongly advised to urgently renew vehicle licence discs and driving licence cards before the Easter long weekend to prevent travel delays.

Hundreds of thousands of vehicle licence discs and driving licence cards on the Natis system will expire at the end of March.

According to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), 700 399 vehicle licence discs will be expiring in this period and will need to be renewed. This will affect 259 563 vehicles in Gauteng.

Western Cape leads with 116,633 vehicles, followed by KwaZulu-Natal (98,735), Mpumalanga (51,198), Limpopo (45,240), Eastern Cape (44,840), North West (36,335), Free State (31,964), and Northern Cape (15,891).

Most renewals in Gauteng

A total of 128,080 driving licence cards expire soon across South Africa, with Gauteng having the most renewals (44,142), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (20,188) and Western Cape (17,108).

Lower vehicle licence renewal fees are expected in Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Eastern Cape, North West, Free State, and Northern Cape. Motorists can conveniently renew their vehicle licence discs online via the NATIS website.

RTMC confirmed that licence discs will be delivered within three to five working days, and since 2022, over 6 million vehicle licence discs have been processed via this platform.

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Currently, only drivers in Gauteng, Gqeberha, and Karigan (Eastern Cape) can use it to prebook driving licence renewal slots; others must use local centres.