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With the Easter long weekend around the corner, many people are plotting some well-deserved breaks with a holiday road trip. KZN boasts an incredible coastline, Midlands retreats, and Drakensburg adventures, which means many motorists will be driving in and around our beautiful province this holiday.
But before you pack the cooler box and queue up your road trip playlist, there’s one small detail you might want to check: your vehicle licence disc and driver’s licence card.
According to the Road Traffic Management Corporation, hundreds of thousands of vehicle licence discs and driving licence cards are set to expire at the end of March, just ahead of the Easter travel rush.
The numbers you should know
- Across South Africa, 700 399 vehicle licence discs are due to expire. In KZN alone, this affects 98 735 vehicles.
- At the same time, 128 080 driving licence cards are reaching expiry. Of those, 20 188 drivers in KZN will need to renew.
That’s a lot of motorists who could potentially find themselves delayed at a roadblock - or worse, fined - simply because they didn’t realise their documents had lapsed.
Avoid the last-minute rush
The RTMC is encouraging motorists to renew now to avoid long queues, administrative delays, and unnecessary embarrassment over the busy Easter period.
If convenience is important to you – and no doubt it is – there’s good news: you can renew their vehicle licence disc online via online.natis.gov.za. The disc is delivered within three to five working days (and more than six million discs have already been processed through the platform since 2022, so it’s secure!).
If you’re in Gauteng, Gqeberha or Kariega and need to renew your driving licence cards, you can pre-book online. Drivers in KwaZulu-Natal will need to visit their nearest driving licence testing centre to complete the renewal.
Note that, as of 1 April 2026, residents under uMngeni Municipality in the KZN Midlands can fetch application forms for driving licence renewals, learner's licence application, vehicle registration and motor vehicle licencing renewals from all municipal libraries – allowing you to get your paperwork done beforehand.
A quick check could save your holiday
It only takes a minute to glance at your windscreen or check the expiry date on your card. Doing it now could save you one ruined Easter holiday!
Before you hit the N3 or cruise along the coast this Easter, make sure your paperwork is in order.
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