Vehicle licence fees in the
Western Cape are set to increase
in June this year.
This follows years where they
have remained static, according
to the province’s MEC for
transport and public works,
Robin Carlisle.
“The Western Cape has not
increased its vehicle registration
and licence fees for seven
financial years – from 2006 to
2013,” he said. “A decision was
therefore taken to increase fees
by an average of 5.3% this year
which is still lower than the
inflation rate of 5.7%.”
Carlisle believes truck owners
should consider registering their
trucks in the Western Cape as
despite the increase the fees are
still lower than in many of the
other provinces in the country.
Citing some examples of
comparative licence fees, he
said licensing and registration
fees in the Western Cape for
trucks in the various categories
were between R7146 and R7830
while in KwaZulu-Natal the cost
was between R8883 and R9727.
According to Carlisle, all
money received from licence
fees goes back to the transport
network as his department uses
the income to build, upgrade
and maintain the provincially
owned road network. It also
helps municipalities to fund
the maintenance of its more
strategic roads.
“The decision to increase
fees was taken to allow us to
alleviate the road maintenance
backlog that was estimated
at around R8m in 2011 in
the province. To address the
increasing backlog in road
infrastructure maintenance
and development, we have to
increase the money pool and
this is one way forward,” he
said.
Between 2001 and 2006
an average increase of about
10% per annum was made on
registration and licensing fees in
the province.
CAPTION
Licence fees in Western Cape to rise by an average of 5.3% in June.
