This topic has now resurfaced after Arrive Alive tweeted a reminder to the public that these new plates will come into use in 2017.
• All number plates will be made from aluminium with embossed lettering.
• South African Bureau of Standards certification mark will appear on the bottom right below the licence mark of the province.
• A four-dimensional bar code with a QR code will appear on all number plates.
• The abbreviated name of the manufacturer of the blank number plate will appear to the right bottom of the dividing line.
• A unique number.
• The plates will be black for public transport vehicles, blue for general vehicles, police and personalised number plates, red for government vehicles or green for diplomatic vehicles.
• The South African national flag will appear on the top left of the number plate before the dividing line.
• the allocated licence number and the licence mark of the respective province will be at the end.
