Licence disc warning for 1.6 million drivers in South Africa
The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has warned over 1.6 million drivers in South Africa to renew their vehicle licence discs before the end of the year – with increased policing and enforcement coming over the festive season. With the festive season almost here, the RTMC has urged motorists to service and repair their vehicles before taking to the road, and to ensure that administration issues like licence disc renewals are handled. According to National Traffic Information System (Natis), a total of 624,333 vehicle licence discs will be expiring at the end of November, and a further 1,026,269 will expire before the end of December 2024. For the November wave, the highest number of vehicle discs are in the Western Cape where 152,531 will be expiring, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 136,342, Mpumalanga with 67,654, Eastern Cape with 63,903, Limpopo with 56,408, Free State 45,425, North West with 44,744, Gauteng with 35,142 and Northern Cape with 22,184. “Motorists can convenie