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How to renew your vehicle licence disk O verstrand Municipality encourages residents to please consider online renewal of vehicle licences whenever possible. Ensure that you pay the correct amount into the Overstrand Municipality primary bank account and use the relevant car registration number as a reference. Transactions cannot be processed if the amount due and the reference number are incorrect. Members of the public can ascertain the correct amount due by phoning Traffic Services on 028 313 8175/8031/8166 (Hermanus Traffic), 028 384 8339 (Gansbaai Traffic) or 028 271 8400 (Kleinmond Traffic) before making an EFT payment. Due to high call volumes to the vehicle licensing office requesting the correct amount due, not all calls are being attended to. As an alternative, your request can be emailed to any of the following: jwilliams@overstrand.gov.za; pafrica@overstrand. gov.za; zbotma@overstrand.gov.za or iswartz@overstrand.gov.za. Unfortunately you will not receive an answer immediately but enquiries will be addressed within two to three working days. Please provide your vehicle registration number and ID number and contact details. Banking details to pay your car licence renewal: Bank: Nedbank Account Name: Overstrand Municipality Account Number (Primary Account): 1190136678 Type of account: Current Account Branch Code: 198765 Branch: Inland Garden Route SWIFT Code: NEDSZAJJ * use your car licence number as reference number Once payment reflects on the
municipality’s bank statement, the vehicle licence will be processed, and you can collect the disk from the respective traffic department (allow at least 3 – 5 working days for this or phone to ask if the disk is ready for collection). Remember to keep a copy of your proof of payment in the relevant car until you receive your licence disk – and keep your expired disk on your window in the meantime. As reminder: • Please, do not pay a random amount into the bank account. An incorrect amount will need to be investigated and will cause further delays. • Always use your car licence number as reference number e.g. CEM XXXX • Do not use ‘ouma se karretjie’ or ‘kerneels’ as reference. This will cause further delays. • Remember to take your proof of payment with you, when collecting the disk. Collection of vehicle license disks: Payments for license disks made via EFT can be collected at the relevant licensing and registration offices. When collecting the disk, bring proof of payment with. Inform the security officers at the door of the licensing office that you are there to collect your licence disk that you have paid for via EFT. Hand over the proof of payment and they will go inside the office to collect the disk on your behalf.
When somebody else collects the disk on behalf of the vehicle owner: • Authorisation letter stating the registration number and the authorisation of the person doing the collection (the person's full names). • A certified copy of your ID and their own ID.
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Fined during lockdown – now what? If you have been fined for an expired motor vehicle licence disk (or for that matter for the contravention of any traffic law), you have the constitutional right to appear in court and to put your case to said court. You can also dispute your traffic fine, in writing, with the municipal traffic department any time before a summons has been issued. Once a motorist is issued with a fine for a traffic offence or driving with an expired license disk, processes must be followed. Learner’s licences, driver’s licences
(card), temporary driver’s licences and professional driving permits that expired between 26 March 2020 and 31 December 2020 are deemed valid and validity has been extended for a further grace period ending 31 August 2021. Keep any proof of payment if you have renewed your motor vehicle driver's licence during lockdown, but were unable to collect due to the closure of traffic services. The extension on driver’s licences does not, however, apply to motor vehicle licence disks and motor-
ists are understandably frustrated with the renewal process of motor vehicle licences. Should you be fined, you would need to contest this as follows: Under the AARTO Act, motorists can make a representation to dispute a traffic infringement to the Public Prosecutor or to the Overstrand Traffic Chief. Forms can be obtained from the respective traffic offices (fines department) or via email to lcarolissen@overstrand.gov.za (Hermanus), zbotma@overstrand.gov.za (Gansbaai) or iswartz@overstrand. gov.za (Kleinmond).
Receive your municipal account via email Overstrand Municipality encourages residents to receive their accounts via email by sending a request to enquiries@overstrand.gov.za. If you have more than one account, you do not have to send the same request again. You can simply add the other accounts to your original email request. Accounts are payable at the latest by the 20th of each month. Please pay accounts timeously to avoid collection fees, interest, increased deposits and the termination and/or limitation of services. As convenient as electronic transfers may be, please take extra care when you enter the reference number or account name. If you make one payment for different accounts, specify (via email) how much should go towards settling each of the accounts. When paying an overdue account, please make sure that the municipality has been furnished with the correct information:
• the amount you will be paying now, • the name of the account holder and • the part of the account that is being settled. Residents can settle their municipal accounts at the Overstrand Municipal offices, supermarkets, via the Pay@ and Easy Pay systems, electronic transfers (EFT) and other online banking options that are available. Always use your account number as reference when making payment. If you have not received your account by the 10th, please contact a Client Services Officer at your nearest Rates Hall: Kleinmond (028 271 8400) Hermanus (028 313 8000) Stanford (028 341 8500) and Gansbaai (028 384 8300) – or direct any questions regarding municipal accounts to enquiries@overstrand. gov.za or visit your nearest municipal office to verify your account details. Please note that Overstrand Municipality cannot be held responsible
if the incorrect reference is used when making an EFT or third party payment. The bank account for Overstrand’s account payments: Bank: Nedbank Account number: 1190136899 Type of account: Current Account Universal Branch Code: 198765 Branch: Inland Garden Route (Please note that this is the correct reference for Overstrand Municipality) SWIFT Code: NEDSZAJJ Pre-paid electricity: Pre-paid electricity can be bought online. Visit the website home.ontec. co.za (or you can download the app from Google play store) or you can buy electricity directly from your bank. Pre-paid electricity may also be purchased from various outlets such as convenience stores, supermarkets and other small vendors.
