 
MEDIA STATEMENT
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENCE FEES TO INCREASEMotor vehicle licence fees in KwaZulu-Natal will increase by five percent from 1 July and motorists who currently pay R186 for renewing their licences will now have to fork out R195. Motor vehicle licence fees are determined by the respective provincial transport MEC’s and differs from province to province. The criteria used in determining licence fees include the cost of maintaining the road network as well as inflation. Bearing in mind the exorbitant costs of maintaining roads, a five percent increase is therefore reasonable, particularly compared to other provinces whose increases average around eight percent. Example, Western Cape motorists currently pay R252 for an ordinary car. When a car licence expires, the registered owner must approach his or her appropriate registering authority and renew the licence by paying the fee printed on the licence renewal notice which would have been forwarded to him or her. If the motorist has not received a licence renewal notice, he or she must approach his or her appropriate registering authority together with acceptable identification, complete the necessary documentation and then pay the fee due. After the licence expiry date has lapsed, the owner of the vehicle still has a further grace period of 21 days to license the motor vehicle after which he or she would be liable to a fine.
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