New car licence disc renewal fees for motorists in South Africa’s richest province

The Gauteng Provincial Department of Roads and Transport has gazetted the draft Gauteng Road Traffic Regulations Amendment Notice 2026, which will increase vehicle registration fees and licence disc renewal costs.

Under the provincial MEC for Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, the department has proposed amendments to the Gauteng Provincial Road Traffic Regulations, 2001.

The primary change proposed in this notice is a comprehensive increase in the motor vehicle registration and licensing fees across the province.

The proposed changes to Schedule 2 of the regulation include general registration fee increases for all vehicle classes.

This includes increasing the motor vehicle registration fee from R228 to R240, motorcycles, tricycles, and quadricycles from R252 to R264, and non-self-propelled caravan registration fees from R420 to R444.

The proposed fee increases will also see specially classified motor vehicle registration fees increase in line with non-self-propelled caravans, from R420 to R444.

Alongside the proposed registration fee changes, the Provincial Department of Roads and Transport proposed tiered licensing fee increases for standard motor vehicles.

These fees are calculated on a tiered scale based on tare weight in kilograms, and weight brackets are set to increase, typically around 5% to 6%.

Examples of these proposed tiered changes under the draft amendment include:

• 0 to 250kg – R252.00 to R264.00
• 251 to 500kg – R396.00 to R420.00
• 501 to 750kg – R432.00 to R456.00
• 751 to 1,000kg – R456.00 to R480.00
• 1,001 to 1,250kg – R528.00 to R564.00
• 1,251 to 1,500kg – R732.00 to R780.00
• 1,751 to 2,000kg – R1,104.00 to R1,176.00
• 2,001 to 2,250kg – R1,284.00 to R1,368.00
• 2,251 to 2,500kg – R1,536.00 to R1,632.00
• 2,501 to 2,750kg – R1,728.00 to R1,836.00
• 2,751 to 3,000kg – R1,956.00 to R2,076.00
• 11,501 to 12,000kg – R32,112.00 to R34,080.00

For vehicles over 12,000kg, fees will increase from R32,112.00 to R34,080.00, plus an additional R2,820.00 for each additional 500kg or part thereof – increased from R2,652.00 per 500kg.

Proportional fee increases are also applied across equivalent weight tiers for specialised categories, including breakdown vehicles, farming trailers, tractors, and farming truck-tractors

MEC calls for public comment

The draft amendments were published in Gauteng Provincial Extraordinary Gazette No. 247 on 5 August 2026, and made in terms of section 25(1)(g) and (h) of the Gauteng Road Traffic Act, 1997 (Act No. 10 of 1997).

Copies of the Extraordinary Gazette are available from the department’s head office, regional departmental offices, Driving Licence Testing Centres (DLTCs) and Transport Operating Licence Administrative Bodies (TOLABs).

For telephone enquiries, members of the public can call 011 355 7190/7036 during office hours to have a copy of the Gazette emailed to them.

According to the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport, the proposed amendments seek to strengthen road traffic regulation, improve road safety and enhance compliance across the province.

Diale-Tlabela urged members of the public and interested stakeholders to submit comments on the proposed amendments and participate in the process.

“Public participation is the bedrock of our constitutional democracy and is a crucial component of shaping legislative changes, and members of the public are encouraged to review the draft amendments and share their inputs,” she explained

Written comments can be submitted by email to [email protected], or can also be hand-delivered.

In-person submissions can be handed in at the Office of the Director: Policy, Legislation, Research and Knowledge Management on the 25th Floor of the Life Centre Building, 45 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg.

The department said all written comments must be submitted no later than 23 September 2026.