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A passport status check tells you where your South African passport application is: still being processed, printed, waiting for you at the office, or held up by a problem. Home […]

A change of ownership is how a used car moves from the seller's name to the buyer's on eNaTIS, the national traffic information system. It is not finished when the […]

A customary marriage in South Africa is valid from the day the customs are completed, whether or not it is ever written down at Home Affairs. Registration is what proves […]

"Check employment status using an ID number" means two very different things in South Africa. Most people searching it want to know about their own record: whether an employer registered […]

If you have applied for a post at a school, a crèche or a care facility, or you are applying to foster or adopt a child, you have probably been […]

You have a registration number and nothing else - a bakkie you are about to pay a deposit on, a car that clipped your mirror and drove off, a vehicle […]

If you work for the South African government, or you used to, your PERSAL number is the reference that follows your employment record around. It appears on payslips, on leave […]

How to check a roadworthy certificate online in South Africa: read it against the car, confirm it on NaTIS, and check the testing station that issued it.

Every South African number plate carries a piece of information most drivers never think about: where the vehicle was registered. The letters at the end (or the start, in the […]

Your driving licence card has an expiry date, but your permission to drive does not vanish the moment that date passes. South Africa has a formal grace period, and understanding […]