SA Motorists are in for further punishment as there's yet another increase on the cards. This time, the increase comes from the national licensing transaction fee. Here's what you need to know.

According to a recently published government gazette, Minister of Transport, Blade Nzimande, there will be a 14% increase in the transaction fee, which is paid to the RTMC (Road Traffic Management Corporation).

While there is no official date of implementation, the official claim is that this increase is a transaction fee and will be passed onto motorists. The current amount sits at R72 and will be increased by R10, to R82. This is another increase from the RTMC as this time last year, there was an increase too, and this latest price hike means that motorists are essentially paying double for the same service.

This latest increase is yet more money that motorists will have to cough up for. At the end of February 2019, it was announced that tolls and the petrol/diesel price were going up too. The AA of SA commented, “The increasing costs associated with road travel in South Africa will make everything more expensive, and will certainly have a direct and indirect impact on consumers. It also makes it harder for job seekers to find work as few of them have the resources to pay current transport costs, let alone increased fees. This, in particular, is worrying given the country’s high unemployment rate."

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