Non-Tariff Barriers

Complaint

Complaint number

NTB-000-344  

NTB Type

7.8. Consular and Immigration Issues  

Complaint

South Africa trucks with Zimbabwean and Zambian drivers are being impounded and at times foreign drivers get fined by the South African Cross Border Transport Agency for not possessing South African Professional Driving Permits disregarding section 32(3) of the National Road Traffic Act (Act No. 93 of 1996) which stipulates that "any document , serving a purpose similar to that of a professional driving permit issued by a competent authority , be deemed to be a professional driving permit".

This has been a serious issue for many years and rears its head every now and then. (  

Status note

South Africa reported that Zimbabwean driving a Zimbabwean registered vehicle only need to produce a credit card metal licence with a category for the Public drivers for heavy vehicles marked '2', endorsement of medical certificate and expiry date at the back of the licence.
Drivers driving a vehicle not registered in Zimbabwe should produce an A5 size white booklet type licence, International driving permit equivalent of a Proffessional Driving Permit in South Africa issued by Automobile association of Zimbabwe. An AA stamp indicating category for heavy vehicle will be displayed on the right handside of the document.
Zambian public drivers licences are similar to those of South Africa issued with a C1 to EC category of licences with endorsement (PrDP) .However the Zambian driving licences have 'P', which means passengers and 'G' indicating goods and th expiry date next to these categories

 

Progress update note

 

Policy or regulatory NTB

No 

Location

South Africa: Ministry of Transport (Government institution)  

Reporting Country or Region

Zambia  

Country specific trade issue

No  

Date of incident

2009-12-18  

Status

Resolved  

Date of resolution

2011-01-07  

Product Description

All products

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Total value

0  

Date reported

2009-12-18 00:00  

Modified

2011-01-07 11:08