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South Africa is getting 8-year driver’s licences – which is bad news for the transport department | SA News

20 December 2025 by Guest

South Africa is finally set to extend the validity period of its driver’s licences from five to eight years, but doing so is expected to hurt the Department of Transport’s revenue.

Earlier this month,  Director-General Mathabatha Mokonyana informed Parliament’s Select Committee on Public Infrastructure and the Minister in the Presidency that a decision had been made to extend the validity period.

“We have just concluded, although it took a little bit of time, the issue around extending the validity period of the driver’s…

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  1. Murder Cherry

    10 September 2026 at 2:34 pm

    Fun South African Fact: South Africa is the only country in the entire world that has voluntarily abandoned its nuclear weapons programme.

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    28 August 2026 at 8:02 am

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