I have a French driver's licence and am working in South Africa until next year December; Do I need to convert my licence to enable me to drive legally?

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on 26 Sep 2014

I have a French driver's licence and am working in South Africa until next year December; do I need to convert my French driver's licence to enable me to drive legally in South Africa?

Anonymous (not verified) on 1 Oct 2014 - 15:18

Hi there

Unfortunately only foreign licences that are in an official language of South Africa are valid (in practice, English).

The law does, however, say that a non-English licence can is valid if it is accompanied by: "A certificate of authenticity or validity issued in an official language of SA by a competent authority, or a translation of that license in an official SA language, is attached to the license."

For more information, have a look at our Transport and Driving in South Africa page.

All the best,

Xavier

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