New Licence Number Plates To be Introduced in Gauteng Province

Hold on to your seats Gauteng drivers, because all licence plates will be replaced from the beginning of next year (January 2008).

Jacobs told Beeld outside the legislature that the Gauteng province was running out of permutations of numbers for new cars, and would either have to add new numbers or introduce a new numbering system. Licence Codes For Learners And Drivers Licences And The Age Requirements For Applying

Ignatius Jacobs, Gauteng MEC for Public Transport, Roads and Works said that the new licence plates will include a barcode, which will let the traffic department get fast access to the car drivers records through a computerised technology. And it will help eliminate car thefts and secure car identification and one that Gauteng province has been struggling about is the false issuing of vehicle documents. 400 Million Rand Enatis License System Goes Wrong

Because the has been lots of crime in the country involving cars disguised in other's people cars, the new licence plates will help prevent false plates to disguise vehicles used in crimes. Departments of Transport in South Africa

"In terms of work currently underway, the testing of the audit trail of the new number plate, involving manufacturers and embossers, will be conducted as a pilot project within the same industry, taking a period of six months, starting in August 2007," said Mr Jacobs.

The new licence plates will affect every car owner in Gauteng. Good Licence News for Johannesburg Langlaagte Testing Centre & Maybe The Rest of Gauteng Centres Will Follow...