Description
Your credit card
driver’s licence is valid for five years from the date of issue and must be
renewed after this time. Although the expiry date appears on your licence, a
renewal notification will also be posted to you.
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.
Steps
to follow
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You may renew your licence at any driver’s license testing centre in the
country, but you will also have to collect your card at the same testing
centre.
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Complete form DL1, Application for renewal of driver’s licence, at your nearest
traffic office.
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Bring the following documents:
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identity document (ID), temporary ID, old driver’s licence card or valid South
African passport
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two black and white ID photographs
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application fees.
Note: You will not be required to take a driver’s licence examination, but will
do an eye test. If your sight has deteriorated from the date on which your
licence was issued, new conditions will be attached to your licence.
Service
standard
Your new driver’s
licence will be ready in four to six weeks.
Cost
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Province
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Before expiry date
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If expired
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Eastern Cape
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R153
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R219
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Free State
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R155
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R189
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Gauteng
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R157
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R204
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KwaZulu-Natal
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R153 |
R225
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Limpopo
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R180 |
R252
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Mpumalanga |
R130
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R180
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Northern Cape |
R120
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R120
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North West
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R155
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R155
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Western Cape |
R100
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R140 |
Forms
to complete
Application for renewal of driver’s licence, DL1. The form is available at the driving licence testing centre.
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