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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 […]

A company's registration number is its unique fingerprint on the official South African business register. If someone has given you a registration number on a quote, an invoice, a contract […]

A CIPC director search tells you who is legally behind a South African company: who its directors are, which other businesses they run, and whether any of them have been […]

If you have renewed or applied for a driving licence card in South Africa, the wait can be nerve-wracking. The good news is that you do not have to keep […]

Before you pay a deposit, sign a contract, accept a job offer or take on a new supplier, one question is worth a few minutes of your time: is this […]

A background check is how an employer, landlord or business confirms that a person is who they say they are, and that their history matches what they have claimed. In […]