{"id":57721,"date":"2026-10-28T10:45:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T08:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/the-rtmc-has-called-on-motorists-across-the-country-to-prepare-adequately-for-the-upcoming-festive-season\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T10:45:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T08:45:05","slug":"the-rtmc-has-called-on-motorists-across-the-country-to-prepare-adequately-for-the-upcoming-festive-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/the-rtmc-has-called-on-motorists-across-the-country-to-prepare-adequately-for-the-upcoming-festive-season\/","title":{"rendered":"The RTMC has called on motorists across the country to prepare adequately for the upcoming festive season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has called on motorists across the country to prepare adequately for the upcoming festive season by ensuring that their vehicles are roadworthy and that all driving and vehicle documentation are valid and up to date.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 2,248,795 vehicle licence discs are due to expire during November and December, highlighting the need for motorists to renew their vehicle licences well in advance of the busy festive period.<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng accounts for the largest number of vehicle licence discs due for renewal, with 851,687 discs expected to expire during the two-month period. <\/p>\n<p>The Western Cape follows with 374,761, while KwaZulu-Natal accounts for 327,014.<\/p>\n<p>The provincial breakdown is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Gauteng: 851,687<br \/>\n&bull; Western Cape: 374,761<br \/>\n&bull; KwaZulu-Natal: 327,014<br \/>\n&bull; Mpumalanga: 150,725<br \/>\n&bull; Eastern Cape: 150,521<br \/>\n&bull; Limpopo: 131,274<br \/>\n&bull; Free State: 107,098<br \/>\n&bull; North West: 106,663<br \/>\n&bull; Northern Cape: 49,052<\/p>\n<p>With&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78993&#038;page=the-rtmc-has-called-on-motorists-across-the-country-to-prepare-adequately-for-the-upcoming-festive-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has called on motorists across the country to prepare adequately for the upcoming festive season by ensuring that their vehicles are roadworthy and that all driving and vehicle documentation are valid and up to date. A total of 2,248,795 vehicle licence discs are due to expire during November and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/vehicle-repair-maintenance--1170x555.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[99,852,164,66,339,313,229,2371,310],"class_list":["post-57721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-eastern-cape","tag-free-state","tag-gauteng","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-limpopo","tag-mpumalanga","tag-north-west","tag-northern-cape","tag-western-cape"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/vehicle-repair-maintenance--1170x555.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}