Under the <\/span>proposals, all new vehicles would instead show \u2018CAA\u2019 as a replacement. The change will not affect current vehicle owners or people who wish to transfer the vehicle license to a different vehicle<\/span> but will apply to all new vehicle registrations.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div><\/span><\/p>\n Imagine your\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Ad<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0placed\u00a0here<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/div><\/span><\/p>\n A departmental spokesperson told BusinessTech that the changes are being introduced because licensing authorities are running out of possible alphanumeric combinations which will inevitably lead to duplicates.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n He said that this issue is unique to the Western Cape and Gauteng which use a more standardized system when compared to the rest of the county.<\/span><\/p>\n Gauteng introduced its new system in December 2010 which replaced the \u201cthree letters, three numbers\u201d format with the current format of\u00a0two letters of the alphabet, starting with, followed by two numbers, and then another two letters.<\/span><\/p>\n