{"id":203508,"date":"2017-10-06T15:37:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T13:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=203508"},"modified":"2017-10-06T15:37:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T13:37:26","slug":"government-increases-vehicle-licence-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/203508\/government-increases-vehicle-licence-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Government increases vehicle licence fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of\u00a0Transport, Joe Maswanganyi has <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/documents\/road-traffic-management-corporation-act-increase-transaction-fees-6-oct-2017-0000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced <\/a><\/strong>that South African motorists can expect to pay more in national licensing transaction fees in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of\u00a0The<em>\u00a0<\/em>Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, local registering authorities (licensing centres) must pay the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) a transaction fee for each motorist it processes.<\/p>\n<p>This is subsequently\u00a0passed on to the applicant and added to the annual licence fee.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>fees will increase by R30<\/strong> &#8211; from R42 to R72 &#8211; as of\u00a01 February 2018, the department said.<\/p>\n<p>This marks a significant increase compared to previous years with the fee going up a mere R6 rand since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Special classification vehicles qualifying for a concessionary nominal licence fee are typically exempt from this fee.<\/p>\n<p>This increase will affect South African motorists across the country, with the\u00a0actual licensing fee differing from province to province, dependent on the size and weight of your vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>In the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westerncape.gov.za\/assets\/departments\/transport-public-works\/Documents\/01_april_2017_licence_tariffs_pro_rata.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Cape<\/a><\/strong>, a motorcyclist can expect to pay R168 (as of 1 April 2017) for a new licence while motorists can pay anywhere between R276 (0-250kg) to R21,042 (11,500kg+) to renew their annual licence.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison Gauteng motorists can expect to pay between R276-R22,776 for their vehicle licence, and R192 for a motorcycle licence.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/200986\/businesses-need-to-be-very-worried-about-the-new-demerit-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Businesses need to be very worried about the new demerit system<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of\u00a0Transport, Joe Maswanganyi has announced that South African motorists can expect to pay more in national licensing transaction fees in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":203530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26,12416],"class_list":["post-203508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-headline","tag-licence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203508"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203548,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203508\/revisions\/203548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}