Cheapest vehicle licence disc renewals in South Africa

South African motorists have to renew their vehicle licence discs annually, and a MyBroadband analysis has revealed that doing so through the South African Post Office offers the most affordable nationally available option.

PayCity offers the cheapest option overall but doesn’t have coverage in KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape, or the Western Cape outside of Cape Town.

Its R113.85 fee (R99 excl. VAT) is also only for delivery to a main centre. The delivery rate may change outside South Africa’s primary and secondary cities.

MyBroadband compared the cost of renewing your licence disc through the Post Office, the National Traffic Information System’s (Natis) online portal, FNB, Spar, Pick n Pay, and PayCity.

The SA Post Office charges the same administration fee as Natis of R72. However, it comes out cheaper as its delivery fee is R75.

Both services are available to residents of all South African provinces. However, it is important to note that the fees do not include the actual licence disc price, which varies by vehicle model.

Natis charges R99 for delivery. Post Office customers also have the option to avoid the delivery fee altogether and collect their replacement disc from a branch.

First National Bank (FNB), Spar, and Pick n Pay also offer licence disc renewal services.

FNB’s service is only available to motorists in Gauteng or the City of Cape Town, and its administration fee amounts to R199. The price includes delivery.

Spar’s licence disc renewals are the only service listed that doesn’t have an online platform.

Instead, customers are required to visit a supported Spar store with their expired disc to submit a renewal. The grocery retailer charges R199 for renewals, and customers must pick up their new disc from the same branch when it is ready.

Spar licence disc renewals are available at select stores across all provinces in South Africa.

Pick n Pay offers in-store and online licence disc renewals, with the retailer charging R250 for the renewal and a R79 courier fee. At R329, this makes the service the most expensive in our comparison.

Although still expensive, this is already a substantial decrease from its R345 launch admin price and R99 courier fee. The service is available in all provinces except the Western Cape.

A price comparison between the six services is summarised in the table below.

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