Found a strange old number plate or can’t remember what Uitenhage used to have before EC? We have compiled a list of the old SA number plates for your entertainment:
Eastern Cape
CAD Alexandria / Paterson CED Hankey / Patensie CBF Humansdorp / Jeffreys Bay CEB Kirkwood CB Port Elizabeth CCN Uitenhage / Despatch GCA Alice / Fort Hare CAE Aliwal North CAF Barkly East XAF Bizana XB Butterworth / Gcuwa XR Cacadu / Lady Frere / Wit Kei CAP Cathcart XY Centane / Kentani XD Cofimvaba CCU Dordrecht XN Dutywa / Idutywa CDA Elliot XAD Elliotdale / Xhora XAH Flagstaff / Siphaqeni CAU Fort Beaufort XAG Gatyana / Willowvale CEN Indwe CEH Jamestown XS Kala/Cala / Xalanga CBJ Komga CEJ Lady Grey XU Libode XC Lusikisiki CDL Maclear / Ugie CFB Molteno XJ Mount Ayliff / Maxesibeni XK Mount Frere / Kwabhaca XW Mount Fletcher XAE Mqanduli XA Mthatha / Umtata XE Ngcobo / Engcobo XAA Ngqamakhwe / Nqamakwe XZ Ngqeleni XAB Ntabanbulu / Tabankulu XF Port St Johns / Umzimvubu CH Queenstown XV Qumbu CCH Seymour XT Sterkspruit / Herschel CEP Sterkstroom CFC Stutterheim XO Tsolo XAC Tsomo CDZ Venterstad CEF Whittlesea/Sada CE East London GCC Keiskammahoek CD King William’s Town / Bhisho GCE Mdantsane GCD Middledrift GCF Peddie GCJ Zwelitsha CAB Aberdeen CFJ Adelaide CAJ Bedford CAC Burgersdorp CAT Cradock CAZ Graaff-Reinet CF Grahamstown CBO Hofmeyer CBG Jansenville CET Joubertina CBP Middelburg CBV Pearston CAH Port Alfred / Bathurst CCE Somerset East / Cookhouse CCF Steynsburg CCG Steytlerville CCL Tarkastad CCT Willowmore
Freestate
OA Bethlehem / Bohlakong OMB Bothaville OMG Edenville OGB Fouriesburg OH Frankfort OHS Harrismith / Van Reenen OJ Heilbron OXH Hennenman / Whites OK Hoopstad OAF Kestell OVE Koppies OM Kroonstad / Makoeng OO Lindley / Arlington OUB Memel OKC Odendaalsrus / Riebeeckstad OV Parys ORE Paul Roux OOE Petrus Steyn OBW Phuthaditjhaba / Witsieshoek OAB Reitz OIL Sasolburg / Viljoensdrif OR Senekal OOD Steynsrus OXF Ventersburg OMF Viljoenskroon OHB Villiers / Oranjeville OXV Virginia OU Vrede OVB Vredefort OIC Warden OKE Welkom / Thabong OKD Wesselsbron OC Bethulie OD Boshof OKB Bultfontein OND Clocolan OXG Excelsior OF Fauresmith OG Ficksburg ODB Hertzogville ONB Hobhouse OL Jacobsdal OFB Jagersfontein OFD Koffiefontein ON Ladybrand ORD Marquard OFH Petrusburg OP Philippolis ORX Rouxville OS Smithfield OCC Springfontein OXD Theunissen OEB Trompsburg OW Wepener OX Winburg OZ Zastron OB Bloemfontein OBB Brandfort ODD Dealesville OBD Dewetsdorp OE Edenburg OBG Reddersburg YBK Thaba nchu / Botshabelo
Gauteng / Transvaal
TJ Johannesburg TMD Midrand / Tembisa TRG Randburg TSN Sandton / Alexandra TJS Soweto TDK Alberton / Katlehong TBV Bedfordview TA Benoni TB Boksburg TO Brakpan TDL Edenvale TEB Elsburg TG Germiston / Wadeville TCD Kempton Park / Isando TS Springs TCO Carletonville / Oberholzer TK Krugersdorp TAY Randfontein TU Roodepoort TCE Westonaria TAW Bronkhorstspruit / Cullinan TLN Centurion YBX Mabopane / Ga-Rankuwa TP Pretoria/Mamelodi TH Heidelberg TON Meyerton / Randvaal TDG Nigel TVB Vanderbijlpark TV Vereeniging
Kwa-Zulu Natal
ND Durban NDC Durban City Council NPN Pinetown PNC Pinetown City Council NUL Umbumbulu NUR Umhlanga NUZ Umlazi / Amanzimtoti NJ Verulam / Tongaat NU Westville NBA Babanango NB Bergville / Winterton NCO Colenso NDH Dannhauser NDE Dundee NES Eshowe NE Estcourt NGL Glencoe NUM Greytown NHL Hlabisa NIN Ingwavuma NKK Kranskop NKR Ladysmith NS Louwsburg NMG Magudu NMA Mahlabatini / Ulundi NO Melmoth / Mtonjaneni NN Newcastle / Madadeni NKA Nkandla NND Nongoma NTU Nqutu NPP Paulpietersburg NPG Pongola NF Tugela Ferry NUB Ubombo / Mkuze NUT Utrecht NV Vryheid NW Weenen NUF Empangeni / Felixton NT KwaDukuza / Stanger / Umhlali NZ Mtunzini NDW Ndwedwe NRB Richards Bay / Lower Umfolozi NPS Port Shepstone / Margate NX Umzinto / Scottburgh NIP Bulwer NC Camperdown NA Harding NUD Himeville / Underberg NR Howick NIX Ixopo NCW Kokstad NM Mapumulo NCX Matatiele / Cedarville NMR Mooiriver NIM Mpendle NH New Hanover / Dalton NP Pietermaritzburg NPC Pietermaritzburg Council NK Richmond XH Umzimkulu
Lesotho
B Butha-Buthe GTL Government Lesotho C Hlotse / Leribe E Mafeteng A Maseru F Mohales Hoek J Mokhotlong G Moyeni / Quthing H Qachas Nek RLL Rental Lesotho D Teyateyaneng
Limpopo
GY Giyani TBR Lephalale / Ellisras TAJ Louis Trichardt / Makhado TAR Musina/Messina B11 Senwabarwana / Bochum VV Venda / Thohoyandou TWB Bela-Bela / Warmbaths / Warmbad TCA Groblersdal / Marble Hall B12 Letaba TAH ModiMolle / Nylstroom TBD Modjadjiskloof / Duiwelskloof TAN Mokopane / Potgietersrus TNS Mookgophong / Naboomspruit / Roedtan B13 Namakgale B06 Nebo TPH Phalaborwa TAL Polokwane / Pietersburg B02 Sekhukhune B04 Seshego TBZ Thabazimbi / Waterberg TBC Tzaneen
Mpumalanga
TAA Barberton TAE Mashishing / Lydenburg TBA Dullstroom TBH Mbombela / Nelspruit TBL eNtokozweni / Machadodorp / Waterval Boven TBS Sabie TCB eMakhazeni / Belfast TDD Graskop / Pelgrims Rest TDH White River TM Middelburg TMA Malalane / Komatipoort / Emjejane TW eMalahleni / Witbank TAB Bethal TAG emKhondo / Piet Retief TAM Wakkerstroom TAS Delmas TAT Greylingstad TAV Balfour TBF Hendrina TBJ Secunda / Trichardt TBK Morgenzon TBM Breyten TC Carolina TD Standerton TDJ Leandra TE Ermelo TEA Amsterdam TF Amersfoort TT Volksrust
Northern Cape
CAL Britstown CAN Calvinia CAO Carnarvon CAS Colesberg CAV Fraserburg CBA Hanover CBX Philipstown CCB Richmond CCJ Sutherland CCR Victoria West CEL Noupoort CEZ Williston CM De Aar CAG Barkly West CAY Upington CBB Griquatown CBC Douglas CBE Hopetown CBH Kenhardt CBK Kuruman CBU Springbok / Nababeep CBZ Prieska CC Kimberley CEC Garies CEE Warrenton CEK Pofadder CEU Hartswater CEV Postmasburg CEW Olifantshoek / Sishen CFH Kakamas CFO Keimoes CFS Groblershoop CU Port Nolloth
North West
TAF Zeerust / Marico TAX Swartruggens TAZ Brits TBN Koster TRB Rustenburg / Bafokeng CCS Vryburg TAC Christiana TAD Lichtenburg TAK Wolmaransstad TAO Ottosdal TAU Fochville TBB Leeudoringstad TBE Delareyville TCC Coligny TCX Makwassie THA Hartbeesfontein TL Bloemhof TN Ventersdorp TOY Orkney TR Schweizer-Reneke TSA Sannieshof TX Potchefstroom TY Klerksdorp TZ Stilfontein YBA Mahikeng / Mafikeng / Mmabatho YBM Ganyesa YBN Taung
Swaziland
GTS Government Swaziland HD Hhohho District LD Lubombo District MD Manzini District RLS Rental Swaziland SD Shiselweni District
Western Cape
CA Cape Town / Fish Hoek CEY Strand / Gordons Bay CFM Somerset West CFR Kuilsrivier / Brackenfell CL Stellenbosch CY Bellville / Kraaifontein CBY Piketberg CCP Vanrhynsdorp / Klawer CEA Moorreesburg CFA Wolseley CFG Vredenburg / Saldanha CFP Velddrift / Laaiplek CJ Paarl / Franschhoek CK Malmesbury / Darling CN Wellington CR Hopefield / Langebaan CV Vredendal CAM Caledon / Villiersdorp CAW George / Wilderness CBS Mossel Bay / Hartenbos CCC Riversdale / Still Bay CCK Swellendam / Barrydale CEM Hermanus / Gans Bay CEO Grabouw / Elgin CES Albertinia CG Oudtshoorn CO Calitzdorp CS Bredasdorp / Napier CX Knysna / Plettenberg Bay CAR Clanwilliam / Citrusdal CBL Ladismith CBM Laingsburg CBR Montagu / Ashton CBT Murraysburg CCA Prince Albert CCD Robertson / McGregor CCM Tulbagh CCO Uniondale / Avontuur CEG Heidelberg CER Bonnievale CEX Porterville CT Ceres CW Worcester / De Doorns CZ Beaufort West
