South Africa’s K53 learner’s and driver’s licence test programme itself is not the reason why the country’s drivers are among the worst in the world. Instead, government incompetence and “stupidity” ...

Road safety advocate Rob Handfield-Jones argues that South Africa should reform the K53 system to better reflect real-world driving conditions, rather than abandoning it entirely. CapeTalk's Lester ...

The K53 testing system has been criticised for years for being outdated and ineffective in creating competent drivers. The system was created decades ago (though implemented in South Africa in 1998).

SOUTH Africa’s largest and most trusted motoring marketplace, AutoTrader, has invested in making the K53 learner’s book available free of charge to all South Africans via Help Guides. Leveraging the ...

Leveraging the reach of one of the most visited sites in the country, AutoTrader’s goal is to champion wider access to the K53 manual as a crucial step to greater mobility and financial freedom to ...