<P> In South Africa, the driving licence is the official document which authorises the holder to drive a motor vehicle on a public road . Driving licences are issued by authorised driving licence testing centres, which are run by the municipalities under the supervision of the provincial and national Departments of Transport . Since 1998, the driving licence has been issued in a "credit card format"; before then it was included in the holder's national identity document . The minimum age to hold a licence is 18 . Apply for a driving licence South African with the exception of Code A1 for which the minimum age is 16 . </P> <P> Driving licences are issued with various codes that indicate the types of vehicle that may be driven with that licence; the codes are shown in the following table . </P>

Legal age to get a driver's licence in sa