So as you may or may not know, I recently moved down from Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth. An excellent choice by the way. The only issue with this is my car was registered in Johannesburg which means I had GP vehicle registration plates (Gauteng Province – Its a South African thing). If you are from South Africa you will know that the only acceptable place to have GP plates is in fact in the Gauteng Province and nowhere else!
I finally got my ass into gear today to go and enquire about changing these plates to local EC (Eastern Cape) plates as I was told I had to wait for the old road tax disc to expire. Luckily for me, I heard on the radio the other day that in order to speed up the service I no longer had to go to the licensing department and I could get it done in a post office. I was going to try my luck with the timing business. Today I went to test that theory not expecting much I must admit.
I walked in, filled in 2 very quick forms, one registration form and one change of address, went to the empty counter, he punched in the details, I paid him R112 (equivalent of $10) and he printed out my new registration details. 10 minutes tops. Now all I needed was the actual plates for the car. Down to a shop 5 minutes away which is feeling far these days, and 5 minutes later along with being R160 poorer, I was all set and walking out with my new vehicle registration!
I am now no longer a Vaalie and now officially a Kaapie! Feels good. Now I must just wait for the hurricane that’s blowing through to subside (and for it to stop raining) and I will get out there and brand my car with her new little tags. So kewl.
Have I mentioned before how much I love this city!
