Renewal of Drivers Licence
Description
Your credit card type driver's licence is valid for five years only counting from the date of issue and needs to be renewed after this time. Although the expiry date appears on your licence, You may renew your licence at any time before it expires. The new licence will be valid for five years from the date of renewal. To renew your licence, you need to complete the relevant application form, DL1, at your nearest Drivers Licence Testing Centre in KwaZulu-Natal. You may renew at any Driver's License Testing Centre in the country, but you will also have to collect your card there.

Steps to Follow

• Produce acceptable identification (ID Document/Smart Card or Passport as well as a certified copy thereof) as defined by legislation (as of 1 November 2015, Road Traffic legislation viz. Regulation 32A to the National Road Traffic Act, 93 of 1996 compels a person or body of persons to provide documentary proof of their full names, Identity Numbers/Business Registration, Residential and Postal Addresses, as promulgated in Government Gazette 38142);
• ID-sized photographs are required if you need a temporary driver’s licence, i.e. your current licence card has expired. One (1) ID-sized black and white or colour photograph is a requirement in terms of the National Road Traffic Act, 93 of 1996. If a temporary licence is required, the applicant is issued with a temporary driver’s licence, which is valid for six months.

NB: You do not need a temporary driving licence if you are applying on or before the expiry date on your driving licence card. You can drive with your receipt together with your expired driver’s licence card as proof that you have applied for a new driving licence card for a period of 3 months from the date of expiry of your driver’s licence card.

The applicant needs to undertake an eye test before the driving licence is authorised or provide an eye test certificate from an optometrist not older than 3 months old.

Fees

Pay the prescribed fee which is currently R250. If a Temporary Driving Licence is required, the fee is an additional R90 and you need to provide 1 ID sized photograph.

Proof of Residence

Additionally, the applicant needs to provide proof of residence. The following documents are acceptable:

• Any utility account, for example, Electricity account, municipal account, or other utility 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.

Additional Information

Note that you will not be required to take a driver’s licence examination. However, you will have to undergo an eye test.

N.B. You are encouraged to bring an eye test from an optometrist that is not older than 3 months. If it is found that your sight conditions have deteriorated from the date of the last issue, new conditions will be attached to your licence.

Legal Framework

The National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act 93 of 1996), Regulation 108

Service Standard

Your renewed driver’s licence should be ready in six to eight weeks.

Cost

To renew your driver’s licence the cost of R250.00 is charged. If you also require a temporary licence, the cost is an additional R90.00.

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