This article focuses on —the truly "old" plates that are no longer issued.
In the early to mid-1990s, the system began to standardize ahead of the new political dispensation. The provincial boundaries were redrawn, creating nine new provinces. The numbering system shifted from prefix-based identification to a suffix-based system. old south african number plates list
Old South African number plates (pre-1994) were generally based on the four original provinces: Cape Province Orange Free State This article focuses on —the truly "old" plates