Foreign Cars

[Stellac]

I have a vw polo that I bought from a Japanese importer. It is registered on my name in Swaziland. My other one is registered on my name in Botswana. Can i register them on SA plates?
Is it illegal to drive them in SA? Can they be impounded?

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

You can drive them on a Temporary Import Permit(TIP) for 6 months, you'll get this at the border, this can be extended for another 6 months at a SARS office. After that the vehicle needs to leave SA.

You cannot register them on SA number plates.

 

[ForceFate]

You can drive them on a Temporary Import Permit(TIP) for 6 months, you'll get this at the border, this can be extended for another 6 months at a SARS office. After that the vehicle needs to leave SA.

You cannot register them on SA number plates.

How does it work? There's a car with Zim plates (XXX 9999) where I live. There's another one with UK plates (XX99XXX in typical font and colour scheme of black on white and yellow). These cars have been around for longer than 2 years.

 

[Lupus]

How does it work? There's a car with Zim plates (XXX 9999) where I live. There's another one with UK plates (XX99XXX in typical font and colour scheme of black on white and yellow). These cars have been around for longer than 2 years.

Well like anything, you need enforcement in order for laws to work. If no one is enforcing the law things will get through.

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

How does it work? There's a car with Zim plates (XXX 9999) where I live. There's another one with UK plates (XX99XXX in typical font and colour scheme of black on white and yellow). These cars have been around for longer than 2 years.

Likely on expired TIP's, you'll get away with it until you get pulled over at a roadblock.

Or they're driving the car out the country and back in once a year. That's how I kept my Zim registered car legal while at varsity, just went home for xmas.

 

[rjay100]

I have a vw polo that I bought from a Japanese importer. It is registered on my name in Swaziland. My other one is registered on my name in Botswana. Can i register them on SA plates?
Is it illegal to drive them in SA? Can they be impounded?

Stella, any update on what you ended up doing? I also want to import Japanese car and register it in Swaziland then drive it over here