Motorists to cough up for new number plates
The new plates, says the department, will have to be renewed every five years.
Local motorists will have to buy new number plates in 2017, reports the Department of Transport.
News of the new number plates first came to light in 2015 when the Department of Transport sent out a notice informing South Africans of its intended plan of action.
The new plates, says the department, will have to be renewed every five years. The much-loved number plates such as NDE, NGL and NDH will be sent to the archives.
Under the new law, the new number plates must contain:
• SABS certification below the licence mark of the province.
• Four-dimensional bar code with QR code.
• The abbreviated name of the manufacturer of the blank number plate.
• The unique non-transferable of the blank number plate.
What is your opinion? Just a money-making exercise or a good thing?
