Procedure When Applying for a Learners Licence

• Learner’s licences are in three categories–

• There are age restrictions on each class of learners licence.

• The applicant needs to come in personally to a Drivers/Learners Licence Testing Centre with valid documentation (As of 1 November 2015, Road Traffic Legislation, viz. Regulation 32A to the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No 93 of 1996) has been amended, compelling a person or body of persons to provide documentary proof of their full names, Identity Numbers/Business Registration, Residential and Postal Addresses, as promulgated on 31 October 2014 viz Government Gazette 38142). These include the individual’s ID document as well as a certified copy thereof, 2X ID sized photographs and the prescribed fee of R150.00.  The applicant, on arrival at the Drivers/Learners Licence Testing Centre needs to complete a blue LL1 application form and undergo an eye test before his/her booking can be confirmed.  N.B. Due to COVID you will be required to bring an eye test from an optometrist. Acceptable documents for proof of residence are:

Any utility account, for example, Electricity account; Water account; Sewage account; Refuse removal account.

In the case where the utility account is not in the name of the owner, the person in whose name the utility account is issued must make an affidavit declaring that the owner resides at the address and the affidavit must be accompanied by the utility account of such a person.

Other acceptable documents are:
A bank statement; A recent lease or rental agreement; Municipal rates and taxes invoice; Telephone or cellular account; Valid TV licence; Recent long term or short term insurance policy document issued by an insurance company; A statement of account issued by a retail store.

In the case of a person who resides at an informal settlement or rural area:
A letter with an official date stamp from the ward councillor confirming the postal and residential address;
A letter from the local tribal authority confirming the postal and residential address

The above documents must be either an original document or a certified copy thereof and must not be older than 3 months

• On the day of the test the applicant needs to bring his/her test fee receipt he/she received when booking for the test, a valid identity document or temporary identity document, and an additional R60.00 for the issue of the learners licence if he/she is successful. Applicants who pass their test must be issued with a learners licence on the same day of the test.
• You can apply at any Drivers/Learners Licence Testing Centre in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal. For a list of Drivers Licencing Testing Centre's please click here.

IT MUST BE NOTED THAT IF APPLICANTS ARRIVE LATE OR WITHOUT THE ABOVE DOCUMENTATION THEY WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO WRITE AND WILL FORFEIT ANY FEES PAID.

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