City to stop issuing new NRB number plates

Local motorists registering new vehicles will no longer receive NRB number plates as of next week, 1 May.

This was confirmed by the City of uMhlathuze on Monday following a directive from the KZN Department of Transport.

“The “NRB” license mark has become depleted on eNaTIS due to a steady growth in the motor licensing population in the Richards Bay area.

“The Department of Transport cannot create a new license mark for the Richards Bay area, as it is seeking the necessary approvals from the Cabinet of KwaZulu Natal to migrate from the current ‘discreet license numbering system’ to the ‘continuous license numbering system’,” said uMhlathuze Communications Manager, Bongani Gina.

The department said it is ‘not feasible to introduce a new license mark for Richards Bay’ but to rather use the “NUF” license mark which is already allocated to the Empangeni area.

“Both Empangeni and Richards Bay will be issued with the NUF license mark with effect from 1 May 2023,” he said.

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