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Special number plates contain both personalised numbers and discrete numbers on it. Personalised number plates contain the letters WP (Western Province) at the end of the number plate. How to Apply If you want to apply for a special number plate, you’ll need to complete and return application form...

If you buy a vehicle, you need to register and license it in your name within 21 days. If the title holder (the entity who has the right to sell) is different from the owner, that entity must register the vehicle before you, as the owner can license it. Registration and licensing of a new vehicle...

You can convert your foreign driving licence to a South African (SA) one: If you obtained permanent SA residency. If you obtained a foreign driving licence while living abroad. (SA citizens) You have to convert your foreign driving licence within five years from obtaining your permanent residency...

If you build a vehicle up from parts, or if the tare of the vehicle changes, you will have to obtain a mass measuring certificate before you will be able to register the vehicle. You can get your vehicle weighed at any private entity which operates a weighbridge, who must issue a weighbridge...

As from 1 May 2003, the credit card format driving licence officially replaced the Identity Document (ID) version. You can still convert your old ID driving licence to the credit card format if you fall into one of the following categories: You were working or studying abroad on 30 April 2003. You...

The Department of Infrastructure provides access to information and public records, in keeping with the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2 of 2000 . There are conditions to this, and a fee might have to be paid. How do I access government information from the Department? To apply for access...

Should you wish to open a driving licence testing centre, the centre needs to be registered with the Minister of Transport. Once an application has been received to open a driving testing centre, the inspectorate of driving licence testing centres will evaluate the testing centre concerned and...

Your FREE RIDE to opportunity The Western Cape Government has partnered with business to help unemployed jobseekers find work. Together, we’re piloting Getting YOU to Work , an exciting new initiative offering jobseekers free travel to interviews using Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS). Through this...

Golden Arrow currently provides bus services for Cape Town. Bus timetables can be requested via email or accessed via the Golden Arrow website. For more information contact: Transport Information Centre Tel: 0800 65 64 63 Golden Arrow Head Office Physical Adress: 103 Bofors Circle Epping Industria...

All South African drivers are required to have a credit card format driving licence. This is automatically issued when a new driver receives a licence. The credit card style driving licence expires five years from the date on which it was issued. The expiry date appears on the card. Before the card...