A secure electronic mark will be used in the encryption of the code. The Department of Transport in KwaZulu-Natal has set aside R1.5 million for vehicle registration plates for the province. The Department of Transport in South Africa has set aside R25 million for the project during the 2015/2016 fiscal year. Concerning the foreign identification system within South Africa, foreigners are granted the permission to verify their number plate to the South African number plate system. The numbering structure on plates will also then change. The system has been implemented for additional and circumstantial use. This is termed an Intelligent Number Plate system. For instance, the plates display combinations like AB 12 CD GP or CA 123-456, with distinct variations in layout and formatting across different regions of the country.įrom 1 February 2000, a process started to replace all number plates in South Africa to an aluminium number plate with an RFID tag containing a unique identification code, including the ability to identify the number plate in a foreign nation. Each province have plates with unique designs, colour schemes, and alphanumeric patterns. In South Africa, vehicle registration plates, known as number plates, are issued by the Department of Transport in each of its provinces.
