Learner's Licence

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The Driver’s Licence

Once you have obtained a Learner's Licence, you may start to train for your Driver's Licence. 

The driver section of AfricanLicence.com provides some detail on the driver’s test, but we recommend you consult a professional, certified driving instructor that belong to a professional organisation such as the South African Institute of Driving Instructors (SAIDI). 

SAIDI instructors should have a legal instructor’s certificate and all the necessary professional training that will ensure he/she can teach you all the advanced, safe techniques to make you a great driver.

Driver Licence Codes

There are several classes of driver's licenses. Depending on which Learner's Licence you have, you are only permitted to take certain driver's licenses per the table below. Once you have obtained your Driver's Licence, you may drive the class of vehicle which you've have been licensed for without supervision, provided you carry your Driver's Licence with you at all times when you drive. 

Code

Vehicle classes

Includes

Code 1: Motorcycle Learner’s Licence

A1

Motorcycles with an engine capacity of 125 cubic centimetres or less

 

A

Motorcycles with an engine capacity greater than 125 cubic centimetres

Code A1

Code 2: Light Motor Vehicles Learner’s Licence

B

Vehicles (except motorcycles) withweight of 3 500 kilograms or less; and minibuses, buses and goods vehicles with gross vehicle mass (GVM) of 3 500 kg or less. A trailer with GVM of 750 kg or less may be attached.

 

EB

Articulated vehicles with gross combination mass (GCM) of 3 500 kg or less; and vehicles allowed by Code B but with a trailer with GVM greater than 750 kg.

Code B

Code 3: Heavy Motor Vehicles Learner’s Licence

C1

Vehicles with tare weight between 3 500 kg and 16 000 kg; minibuses, buses and goods vehicles with GVM between 3 500 kg and 16 000 kg.A trailer with GVM of 750 kg or less may be attached.

Code B

C

Buses and goods vehicles with GVM greater than 16 000 kg. A trailer with GVM of 750 kg or less may be attached.

Codes B and C1

EC1

Articulated vehicles with GVM between 3 500 kg and 16 000 kg; and vehicles allowed by Code C1 but with a trailer with GVM greater than 750 kg.

Codes B, EB and C1

EC

Articulated vehicles with GVM greater than 16 000 kg; and vehicles allowed by Code C but with a trailer with GVM greater than 750 kg.

Codes B, EB, C1, C and EC1
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