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The uniqueness of guessing where a car is from when seeing a number plate from KwaZulu-Natal is soon to come to an end.
KZN HAS EXHAUSTED NUMBER PLATES
The KZN government has decided to scrap the old 55 number plate system, and adopt a new number plate system ending in ‘ZN’.
KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape are the only two provinces to have towns and suburbs on their number plates.
The Western Cape has a 46 number plate system.
The change which was adopted by the KZN Executive Council due to an exhaustion of the old number plates from NRB(Richards Bay), NPN(Pinetown) and NPS(Port Shepstone). This means that the department of Transport is unable to general new number plates for those town.
NEW NUMBER PLATES BEGIN IN DECEMBER
Residents of Empangeni which also use NRB, have now had to adopt Umfolozi area number plate (NUF) despite not living there.
The new system is set to start being implemented as of 1 December 2023. Motorist need not rush to get the new number plate as they will be given two years to migrate to the new system.
According to IOL, Premier, Nomusa Dube-Ncube says that the new system will not become an unnecessary burden on motorists.
EXAMPLE OF KZN NUMBER PLATES
Some of the popular number plates from KZN are:
ND- Durban
NP- Pietermaritzburg
NUZ- Umlazi
NUR- Umhlanga Rocks
NKR- Ladysmith